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Safety Notice: Handmade items made from this pattern may contain small parts or long cords that pose choking or strangulation risks. Not suitable for children under 3 years. Please see the full safety disclaimer at sewmag.co.uk/safety.
This classic wintertime accessory features a length of elegant cord allowing it to be worn around the neck, over your favourite coat. The background panel has been created using neat patchwork, if you are new to stitching you can make this from a single piece of brightly coloured fabric.
Fleece Handwarmer
Create a 30cm x 40cm panel of patchwork or cut a rectangle of patterned fabric to the same size. Find the centre of the material, mark it, and then set aside. Back scraps of coordinating prints with lightweight interfacing and use a Sizzix Big Shot to cut a frame, frame centre, pair of wings and a sentiment, cutting each piece from a different print.
Pin the motifs into position at the centre of the main fabric rectangle and use two strands of embroidery thread to attach them with back stitch, blanket stitch and whipped running stitch. Press the panel face down.
Lay the fleece fabric over the appliquéd panel, right sides together. Line up one long edge centrally and sew down this seam with a straight machine stitch. Shift the excess fleece to the middle so that the opposite long edge can be stitched in the same way and turn out, positioning the appliquéd panel in the centre to create a fleece band on either side.
Carefully slide a 30cm by 40cm piece of quilt wadding between the two fabrics and pin to the remaining raw edges of the appliquéd panel. Machine stitch these edges right sides together, holding the fleece away from the seam.
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