Welcome to Penelope's Pocket
Beautiful bags handmade in England for storing and transporting your stitching and knitting projects.
Mabel
Thread holder, ort catcher, needle/scissor minder. Part Penelope's Pocket part DIY.
20.5 x 14.5cm (8 x 5.5 inches) when open.
Doodle your own designs or pick chart motifs to decorate.
Linen is Zweigart 32 count Belfast Vintage Grey.
Complete with ribbon to tie.
Available to add to a bag purchase.
Price: £8.25 Available
Elsie
Thread holder, ort catcher, needle/scissor minder. Part Penelope's Pocket part DIY.
20.5 x 14.5cm (8 x 5.5 inches) when open.
Doodle your own designs or pick chart motifs to dGecorate.
Linen is Zweigart 36 count Belfast Vintage County Mocha.
Complete with ribbon to tie.
Available to add to a bag purchase.
Price: £7.95 Available
Joan
Thread holder, ort catcher, needle/scissor minder. Part Penelope's Pocket part DIY.
20.5 x 14.5cm (8 x 5.5 inches) when open.
Doodle your own designs or pick chart motifs to decorate.
Linen is Zweigart 32 count Belfast Vintage County cream.
Complete with ribbon to tie.
Available to add to a bag purchase.
Price: £8.25 Available
Merchant and Mills Baby Bow Scissors
Super cute and oh so slylish, teeny tiny scissors measuring 6.75cm or just under 3 inches. Hand finished in smooth black.
Available to add to a bag purchase.
Price: £6.00 Available
Merchant and Mills Fine Work Gold Scissors
Beautiful scissors with lustrous matt gold finish. Full size is 9cm or 3.5 inches, with a blade size of 3cm or approximately 1 inch.
Available to add to a bag purchase.
Price: £8.00 Available
The Caroline
Quilted zipped project bag with clear vinyl front for cross-stitch, embroidery, needlework or English Paper Piecing projects. All have hand finished bindings.
Garden Fete
Rifle Paper Company rich burgundy floral print with touches of gold paired with a forest green print from the same collection.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £29.00 Available
Union Flags
Blue backs and cream fronts covered with Union Flags/Union Jacks with gold highlights and crowns.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £29.00 Available
Spring Ladybirds
Colourful spring flowers really pop on this black background.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £27.00 Available
A Cornflower Blue Spring
I love this combination! Please note that although the colours of the main fabric are very true to life the blue is slightly softer/more powdery than it shows on my screen.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £27.00 Available
Happy Anniversary Blue
My latest all time favourite, I just love how that pink and turquoise shine on the putty coloured background.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £29.00 Available
Liberty Florals
Classic Liberty floral designs in coral pink, cream and khaki. Just perfect!
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £29.00 No longer available
Mermaids
There is such detailed printing on this fine cotton lawn, in pale blue and sandy beige. I couldn't resist adding a third fabric to these really special bags!
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £31.00 Available
Yellow Froggy
Green frogs on blue background paired with yellow water lilies.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £27.00 Available
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts inspired print of a tree and bird with a golden lining.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £25.00 Available
A Classic Christmas Red
Striking bauble print paired with a geometric lining.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £27.00 Available
A Classic Christmas Green
Striking bauble print paired with a geometric lining.
Internal dimensions 32 x 27 cm (12 6/8 x 10 6/8 inches)
Price: £27.00 Available
Dorothy
Vinyl free, padded, zipped project bag. Although the same size Dorothy is more flexible and can hold slightly more than the Caroline! She will come with a luggage label style tag as well as an optional tassel for recording her contents.
Chrysanthemum
An unmistakably Kaffe Fassett design, georgeous large, vibrant chrysanthemums on a fine quality cotton.
External dimensions 34 x 29 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
Price: £30.00 No longer available
Gertrude
Made specifically to hold Caroline bags using heavier weight fabrics, high quality interfacing and beautiful coordinating linings. (Other uses welcomed!)
French Navy Alice
The navy version of this iconic Alice in Wonderland print. To give an idea of scale the skeins of yarn are 100g ones.
Base 34 x15 cm (13 1/2 x 6 inches) Height 29 cm (11 1/2 inches)
Width at top 48 cm (19 inches)
Price: £56.00 Available
Merry and Bright
Poinsettia and golden holly with a golden lining, Christmas but not overtly so. Ready to fill with your Christmas wips, charts, kitted up soon to be new starts and of course project bags!
Base 34 x15 cm (13 1/2 x 6 inches) Height 29 cm (11 1/2 inches)
Width at top 48 cm (19 inches)
Price: £50.00 Available
Mediterranean Summer
Beautiful Rifle Paper Company canvas fabric. The citrus fruits really shine on this pale minty green background.
Base 34 x15 cm (13 1/2 x 6 inches) Height 29 cm (11 1/2 inches)
Width at top 48 cm (19 inches)
Price: £54.00 Available
Floral Notes
Rifle Paper Company cotton and linen canvas with a coordinating cotton lining.
Base 34 x15 cm (13 1/2 x 6 inches) Height 29 cm (11 1/2 inches)
Width at top 48 cm (19 inches)
Price: £54.00 Available
Pastoral Idyll
Rifle Paper Company canvas weight fabric, with a petite floral cotton lining. The backgrounds are very dark green
Base 34 x15 cm (13 1/2 x 6 inches) Height 29 cm (11 1/2 inches)
Width at top 48 cm (19 inches)
Price: £54.00 Available