Needle cases

I don't know about you but there are times I get sick of continuously threading needles. Like, when I am tacking a quilt or sewing paper piecing shapes by hand. Then I saw some one with a continuous thread needle...

Free Tutorial: Antique Quilt Needle Case — The Stitchery

These Needle books are great if you do any handwork! And they make excellent gifts since they work up fast! Mine is made with Alison Glass Fabric. This fabric is from her Lucky Penny line and intended for a needle book, including two small panels. (Note ~ You might not be able to find this… Read More »Needle Book & Tutorial

A curated list of diy sewing needle cases and needlebook sewing patterns, including free needlebook tutorials.

How to Sew a Needle Book: I have been using the same needle books for years. They are felt, covered in cat fur, and really not working for me. :D I decided that now that I am embroidering 10-15 hours a week, I really needed a nice needle book I can carry around with me. I a…

This post is so photo heavy! I apologize in advance but hopefully all the pictures will answer all of your questions! If not, fire away! You will need: 3 coordinating fabrics (fat quarter or smaller will work) 1 piece of batting 1 button 6 inches of thin elastic Felt Printed template (you can download it here) Use the template to cut your cover fabric and your inside fabric Then fold template on line And cut your third piece of fabric for the pocket You'll have one cover, one inside and one…

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Today is a fun day because it is Kate’s Scrap Happy round up day:). For my Scrappy project I would like to share with you my beautiful Scrap Happy …

This week on the blog we take a look at the new to me old craft of hand sewing as I create a needle case using beautiful vintage fabrics

I decided to take some time this past weekend to make myself a wee little needle book. It's small enough to fit in the palm of my hand how cute! I like to keep my needles in my floss case so it had to be small enough to fit flat under the lid. I was keeping them on a scrap of fabric but as I added more it started to look like this It was driving me absolutely crazy To make it I started with two pieces of linen, one black for the outside and natural for the lining they are around 5 x 2.5…