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Home Sewing Patterns Fruit and Vegetable Embroidery Tote Bag Sewing Pattern

Fruit and Vegetable Embroidery Tote Bag Sewing Pattern

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Susie Johns

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Susie Johns

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

Personalise a plain tote with an embroidered fruit and vegetable motif with Susie John's tutorial.

We’re always being encouraged to eat our five-a-day, and find alternatives to single-use plastic bags – so this practical project ticks the box for both! The pun-tastic design makes the most of split stitch, a useful basic that can be used for embroidering lines, and neatly filling in shapes, such as the rainbow of produce on the front of this tote.

Essentials

Fabric: unbleached cotton calico, 50cm x 115cm; medium-weight cotton, 34cm x 84cm
Cotton herringbone tape, 25mm x 1.4m
Six-stranded embroidery thread: cream, yellow, four shades of green, fuchsia pink, bright red, maroon, dark plum, purple, three shades of beige, grey, brown, white
Erasable pen
Embroidery needle
Embroidery hoop

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Top sewing tip

Why not make a second tote bag to store in the car? You can create a different food motif using the split stitch technique you’ve just learnt.

Meet the designer

Susie Johns is a versatile crafter, with a flair for knitting and embroidery. She contributes regularly to several craft magazines and is the author of a range of books on subjects, such as collage, painting, pa