Stitching Companions

Knowing I had a swap, I had to get everything done, so they could be posted without worrying about missing the completion date.

The three pieces I stitched became a needle case, a scissor pocket and fob.

All that's needed now, is a button for closing, and the scissors to go inside.

Rhodes Stitch Butterfly

I signed up for a swap on the TSS Yahoo group for  a scissor pocket and fob.

I found a pattern for a biscornu-

http://kincavelkrosses.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/rhodes-butterfly-biscornu1.jpg - which I thought I could adapt.

I've done this pattern, or part of it three times now.  One for the scissor case, one for a needle case, and just the central design for the fob.  Now I need to have a look to see if I have the fabric to make them up.  Hopefully, it shouldn't take long, and they can be posted very quickly.



De stash page has had some more magazines added, as well as a couple of vintage sewing patterns.  In order to clear some space, the first 10 items will be removed at the end of this week, so if you're interested, please email me.

Hexagon Needle Case

On the way to making the hexagon flowers for this month, I got a little distracted.  You know how it goes, you read a blog that then points you to something else.  You click on it, and think, I just have to do this.

Well, I got put in this direction- http://www.designsbyfee.com/2011/10/hexagon-needle-book-tutorial.html.  As I like hexagons, and little needle cases always come in useful, I had to give it a go.  I used the last of my tiger fabric.  (I can't remember where it came from, but it's has seemed never ending!)

Inside is lined with felt for the pins and needles, and the ribbon fastens it all closed.

I had to use a complimentary fabric on the back.

Be warned, it's an easy enough project to make, but it's very easy to get into a sticky mess, I even managed to get glue in my hair.  Gaynor, if you're reading this, you would have been proud of the mess I made!

Now the first one is out of the way, the next one will be easier to do, I'd love to do some with "pretty" fabric.

As an aside, I've had to enable comment moderation as I've been getting unwanted, spam messages advertising inappropriate products.  As soon as the problem dies down, I shall remove it.  It's not something I like doing, but sometimes these things become necessary.

Needle Case

I've used a couple more of my crumb blocks and have made a needle case.

This one is for holding packets of needles, in this case, my sewing machine needles.  Now I don't have to go scrabbling in the bottom of bags to find the needles. 

I think if I was to do this again, I would put pockets on both sides. Next, I think, I will use some of these crumb blocks to make a cover for my sewing machine.