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Home Sewing Patterns Gardeners Seed Holder Gift Box Sewing Pattern

Gardeners Seed Holder Gift Box Sewing Pattern

Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Carolyn Letten

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Carolyn Letten

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

Make our gardeners’ gift box sewing pattern.

Get your greenhouse in tip-top order with our gardener’s seed box. Master machine embroidery to make the decorative lid and keep seed packets organised in the shed or gift it to a green-fingered friend. If you want to go off piste, the basic box template could also be used to create storage for your sewing room.

Essentials

Cotton fabric: blue, brown, cream, green patterned, plain green, orange
Wadding, 18.5cm x 27.5cm
Heavyweight interfacing, 18cm x 27cm
Ribbon, 36cm
Acid-free glue stick
Brown luggage label

Top sewing tip

If you’re new to freehand embroidery, try out the words and finer details on a scrap piece of cotton first.

Meet the designer

Owner of The Bobbin Bird, Carolyn Letten works from her Scarborough studio creating textile art inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire Coast & Moors. She also teaches free motion machine embroidery workshops and is a freelance designer for creative publications.

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