Fabric requirements:
• You will need a variety of favourite fabric scraps, we used an eclectic mix of linen, cotton &
silk fabric including some beautiful vintage fabric scraps.
• The bag is made with 45 1ó” hexagons, each requiring approximately 10cm x 10cm of fabric
• The sewing roll is made with 95 5/8” hexagons each requiring approximately 5cm x 5cm of
fabric.
• Bag Backing fabric: 50cm of medium weight line or cotton fabric, 110cm wide.
• Lining fabric: at least 60cm of lighter weight fabric, 110cm wide.
• Casing Fabric: 15cm of light weight fabric, 110cm wide or a fat eighth.
• Sewing Roll Pockets: a variety of 6 scraps 13cm wide x 15cm high & 1 piece for the ruched
pocket 30cm wide x 13cm high.
• If the fabric pattern is directional or if you wish to fussy cut, you may need extra fabric.
Other requirements
• Cord for Drawstrings: 2 metres – approximately 3.5mm in diameter
• Ribbon for Sewing Roll ties: 1metre – approximately 1cm wide
Embroidery threads
We recommend DMC Eco Vita Organic threads but any threads that you enjoy using are suitable.
If you would like to use the same colours in our sample, we have Malmaison thread packs available
separately. Alternatively, the colour numbers are:
203, 301, 402, 404, 405, 409, 410, 502, 709, 609






















