Picnic perfect

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Mini backpacks are everywhere – make your own with Maya Pereda's patternless how-to

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Simply Sewing Magazine

11 May 2023

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Sew organised

Do you ever find yourself emptying your bag of its entire contents to find just one thing? This bag organiser will fit snugly into another bag to make everything easy to find

Woman's Weekly - UK

Bags of style

Make an on-trend accessory from just four granny squares

Simply Sewing

Stripe hype

■ 2.5m of 140cm wide fabric ■ 2cm wide elastic the length of the waist minus 5cm ■ 20cm invisible zip ■ 1m lightweight fusible interfacing ■ Fabric marking tools ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■

Simply Crochet

Buds & blossom

YOU WILL NEED ■ Lily Sugar‘n Cream (100% cotton, 70.9g/109m) 4 balls of Jute (00082) 1 ball each of: Country Yellow (01612) White (00001) Rose Pink (00046) Hot Pink (01740) Light Blue (00026) Orchid (

Love to crochet

■ Background fabric – Moda Chambray linen in grey – 2yds ■ Blue stripe ticking fabric (borders A and B and binding) – 1yd ■ Beige/blue print for borders D and E – 2¼yds ■ Light mixed prints – Nine (9)