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Beach Bag
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Whether you're visiting the beach close to home this year or travelling further afield, here's a gorgeous, handy beach bag that'll see you through all your seaside adventures!
This bag not only looks great, but it has everything you might want in a beach bag: it’s big enough to carry your beachy necessities, with mesh pockets for your sandy flip flops, a zip pocket for valuables and inside patch pockets to keep smaller items where you can find them.
The pattern on the front is based on the Dresden plate quilting pattern and reminds me of rays of the sun, but you could choose a different design to go here – a wonky beach hut scene would be fun – or you can even keep the front plain. Don’t stress too much about the quilting here: the red triangles in the patchwork rays will turn out to be varying sizes, which is fine, and don’t worry too much about seam allowances or matching points in this section. It’s actually a great beginner project for a budding patchworker! And how about using the design on the front of a cushion cover?
I’ve provided patterns for the Dresden plate design and the shaped side panels of the bag. Measurements are given for the remaining pieces.
Finished size: 13 x 13 x 7in (33 x 33 x 18cm)
Note: Use a ½in (1.25cm) seam allowance unless otherwise stated.
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You will need:
Equipment
- Sewing machine
- Fabric shears
- Rotary cutter, quilting ruler and cutting mat
- Matching or co-ordinating threads
Materials
To gather:
- 50 x 22in (127 x 56cm) of plain outer fabric – mine is navy
- 46 x 40in (117 x 102cm) of lining fabric – mine is red
- 14 x 44in (36 x 112cm) of yellow fabric for the patchwork
- 9 x 44in (23 x 112cm) of red fabric for the patchwork
- 16 x 16in (41 x 41cm) of tear-away stabilizer or three sheets of A4/US Letter copy paper
- 50 x 14in (127 x 36cm) of single-sided fusible foam – I used one by Bosal
- 18 x 9in (46 x 23cm) of mesh fabric
- 20in (50cm) of ½in (1.25cm) wide elastic
- 8in (20cm) zip: mine is yellow
To cut:
- Two squares of outer and two squares of lining fabric each measuring 14 x 14in (36 x 36cm) for the front and back
- One handle strip from outer fabric measuring 4 x 49in (10 x 125cm)
- One handle strip from outer fabric measuring 4 x 23in (10 x 58.5cm)
- One outer and one lining piece each measuring 14 x 5in (36 x 13cm) for the base
- Two end panels from outer fabric and two from lining fabric using the pattern provided
- Three lengths of yellow fabric each measuring 2in (5cm) by the width of the fabric (you may need to cut more later) for the patchwork
- Three lengths of red fabric each measuring 2in (5cm) by the width of the fabric for the patchwork
- Two quarter circles from red fabric using the pattern provided
- Two 9in (23cm) squares of mesh fabric
- Two pieces of lining fabric each measuring 14 x 20in (36 x 51cm) for the inside patch pockets
- Two pieces of lining fabric each measuring 7 x 20in (18 x 51cm) for the zip pocket
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