Use the mindful, traditional technique of EPP to make this eye-catching oversized tote with beautifully illustrated prints featuring our gorgeous sewing bee flying round all her sewing accessories. It’s roomy enough to fit all your craft supplies in for taking to workshops or perfect for any shopping spree and is fabulous to show off especially when you’re shopping at craft fairs too. It’s the ideal bag for a weekend away, picnic or the perfect holiday holdall.

Learn how to work EPP and make this fabulous Carry-it-all Bag then use these skills to continue your sewing journey! The fabric panel includes all the fabric Hexies already printed to size so you just need to cut them out, make your Hexies and sew them together to make the EPP bag front. The rest of the Bag Outer pieces are on the panel too to make the whole oversized tote and show off your new skills.  You’ll learn all the basics of EPP and also how to construct the bag too with a little quilting to give it that professional finish. 100 paper Hexagons are also included in the kit so you can start sewing straight away.

Sewing School is the back to basics guide to sewing where you’ll learn a new technique or brush up on your skills whilst making a beautiful project too. In each kit we’ll cover a new technique in detail so you can learn how whilst you’re sewing, as it’s the practice that makes perfect! The different sewing terms and techniques are all explained so you can learn what each of them means and also pick up a few top tips along the way. In the instructions you’ll see that these are highlighted. If you turn to the Terms and Techniques section, you’ll find all these explained in more detail to guide you as you sew. 

So, whether you’re a complete beginner or more experienced you’ll pick up some tips, tricks and techniques to help on your sewing journey. On the printed instructions in the kit, you’ll find details of how to watch a FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL showing how to make your Carry-it-all Bag and learn these essential techniques too

The kit includes:

·      100% cotton digitally printed fabric panel 

·      100 EPP Paper Hexagons 1½in sides – 120gsm paper

·      Full colour instructions - including details of how to watch the FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL

You will also need (not included in the kit)

·       Cotton fabric: 39x44in (100x112cm), for the lining

·       Wadding: 85x90cm (34x35in). Vliseiline H640 fusible wadding is ideal for this

·       Matching sewing thread