The Christmas Box - pattern

Imagine everyone’s surprise when they open this gorgeous patchwork box to discover the contents? Will yours be filled with precious ornaments or chocolates – can you guess what I keep in mine? A pretty stitched edge that gives the feel of lace, festive applique shapes and some simple embroidery come together to create this fun zippered box.   Finished size approx. 4½” high x 10” wide Pattern only   What You Need: 11” x 11” cream tonal, background 3¼” x 10” tan print, ground 10 assorted 5” x 5” squares, applique and hexagons 5” x WOF warm cream tonal, outer wall 5” x WOF cream multi print, inner wall lining 1 (2” x 34”) bias strip cream multi print 11” x WOF red multi print, base outer, lid and base lining Embroidery floss, I used Valdani #078 aged wine, #H212 faded brown, #P3 aged white medium, #519 green olives, #575 crispy leaf, #0154 dark antique gold and #0578 primitive blue 36” double ended zipper, I used a ‘Make a Zipper’ and cut to desired length 18 x 1” pre-cut paper hexagon l