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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.
Cars become messy so quickly, but with this handy set you can keep your essentials stored safely. Featuring a wallet to keep maps plus a car tidy to store all your bits and pieces, these makes are an ideal Father’s Day present. We’ve used Liberty print Tana Lawn combined with traditional tweed and bright binding to create this classic set.
Make a map wallet
Download the reversed UK template. Print and transfer the outline to the paper side of fusible webbing. Cut it out roughly and iron onto the wrong side of a green piece of Tana Lawn.
Cut the shapes out neatly and iron them to a 30cm x 45cm piece of tweed, so that Norfolk lies 5cm in from the right-hand short edge. Using contrasting sewing thread, machine or hand stitch all the way around both islands with blanket or zig zag stitch.
Iron a 30cm x 45cm rectangle of fusible webbing onto the wrong side of blue Tana Lawn the same size. Peel off the backing paper and iron the adhesive side onto the back of the tweed.
Trim the double-sided fabric down to 26cm x 40cm, making sure that Norfolk is now 2cm in from the edge. Create the curves on the flap by placing a jam jar lid in each top corner in turn and draw around the edge with a chalk pencil. Cut along these lines.
Neaten the straight bottom edge with cotton tape, then fold up a 14cm turning to make the pocket. Tack then machine stitch the side edges together 3mm from the edge. Bind the side and top edges with bright bias binding, tucking the ends under at the bottom corners.
Stitch a car tidy
To make the cover cut an 18cm x 20cm rectangle of tweed and applique the UK outline to it, using the template as before. Cut a 10cm x 20cm strip of Tana Lawn and a 12cm x 20cm strip of tweed. Join the Tana Lawn and then the tweed to the left edge of the applique with 1cm seams. Press the seams open.
Iron a layer of fusible webbing to the wrong side and trim down to 18cm x 30cm and round off the corners as in step 4 of the map wallet. Cut a 20cm x 35cm rectangle of Tana Lawn for the inner lining and reinforce it with iron-on interfacing.
For the zip pocket you will need a 4cm x 20cm and a 10cm x 20cm strip of tweed. Using a zipper foot, machine stitch one strip to each side of the zip. Press under a 1cm turning at the long edge furthest from the zip.
The slip pocket is a 12cm x 20cm rectangle of tweed. Bind one long edge with bias binding for the opening. To make the pen pocket, cut a 5cm x 30cm strip of Tana Lawn and fold in half lengthways.
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