Doodle is a doddle

Stitch a lavender bag to give your garments a delicate fragrance – and help ward off any pesky moths!

HeIlo all and welcome to the third part of our exciting new stitch-a-long. Have any friends come to mind when you’ve been working on it? For this part we’re on the ‘Joy’ panel, celebrating the friends

One thing about this design is customisation, so feel free to swap thread shades to use up those in your stash or to match your home’s palette. I hope you all have ‘sew’ much fun making this! www.jbcr

■ Pattern sheet x 1 (Tracing required) ■ Instruction sheet ■ 1.5m 145cm wide fabric ■ 0.5m medium weight iron on interfacing ■ 15cm metal zip ■ Jeans button ■ Topstitching thread ■ Matching thread ■ B

To fit sizes: 76/81 cm (30/32 ins), 86/91 (34/36), 97/102 (38/40), 107/112 (42/44), 117/122 (46/48). Actual size: 92 cm (36 ins), 102 (40¼), 113 (44½), 124 (48¾), 134 (52¾). Length: 57 cm (22½ ins), 5

Q My nan gave me her big button box (quite the bequest!) when she moved into a care facility recently. There are many lovely buttons and seems a shame not to use them in some way. I thought I could ad