Sew a stylish sarong

• How to sew a jersey snood
• Sew a faux fur stole
• Make pretty emery board covers
• Sew a pocket hand-warmer
• Make a woolly hat from an old sweater
• How to make a recycled bag
• Make a tweed clutch bag
• Sew a big beach bag
• Make a velvet evening purse
• Sew a stylish sarong
• Make a ruched hair bandeau
• Sew a pretty sleep mask
• Get customising: make a beaded camisole
• Get customising: make a sequined T-shirt
• Make Easter egg-hunt bags
• Sew a cute glasses case
• Sew an embellished shopper
• Sew a patchwork scarf
• Sew a fabric watch-strap
• Sew a pretty washbag
• Make a fascinator
• Make velvet bow hair clips
• Sew an apron
• Get customising: make a jewel-encrusted cardi
• Make a studded top
• Gifts to make: washbag
• Sewing projects for fabric scraps
• Fête makes: hair scrunchies
• Make a Cath Kidston strawberry apron
• Sew a simple backpack
• Sew a pretty cosmetic bag
• How to make a simple gym bag

For a cool cover-up use fine, semi-sheer cotton - or use polyester, which will dry quickly if tied around a wet swimsuit.

Simply stitch a narrow rolled hem around a rectangle of fabric. We used 1m of 160cm-wide loosely woven, lightweight fabric. For a more generous size, use 1.7m or 1.8m of 110cm wide fabric with selvedge running around top and bottom. Check that the fabric design is suitable to use this way round.

6 ways to wear it...

1. Tie the sarong around the waist or hip.

2. Wrap the sarong tightly around the body and tuck the end into the waist to hold it in place. 

3. Fold the fabric in half lengthways and tie it below the waist for a mini sarong.

4. Bunch up the fabric about 20cm from each end and tie the ends together above your bust.

5. Wrap the sarong around your body and twist the ends once or twice before tying behind your neck.

6. Wrap the sarong around your body and tie the ends behind your neck.