Stitch upcycle

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

YOU WILL NEED ■ Appliqué motif ■ Second-hand jumper with a few stains scattered across the front and back body. FABRIC ■ For your re-make garment, we recommend you choose something in a fabric that is

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

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

■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RS = right side. ■ WS = wrong side. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WST = wrong sides toget