Sewing Project #1---Needlecase

These most adorable wool Needlecases have been appearing everywhere. So hand-in-hand with my resolve to be more frugal and to use of my scrap stash, while having fun making things, I decided to do a picture tutorial as I crafted away while the boys napped.

Here's what I started out with: 1 small rectangle piece of wool, in a light, soft robin's egg blue
3 various scraps of cotton fabric---having fun with combinations
1 small button---mine was a cute two-tone pink (recycled)
3 inches or less of ribbon---a brown grosgrain
4 inches of white medium ric-rack


Ok, let's get started!

Layer your pieces of fabric, trimming them to the size that appeals to you. (My base wool is about 3 inches x 9 inches.)

Taking the cottons, sew around the edges, straight or zig-zag (or both!!)

Think things through a bit, admiring the color combinations that just flew together here!

Sew the cotton fabric to the wool, with a zig-zag. Then, tucking the ends under the wool, fold the wool over about a 1/2 inch, then stitch down, making a finished front edge.

This is the underside of what we have done so far.

On the other side, take your ribbon (or any other narrow notion to fasten the needlecase) loop it around, stitch on the center edged of the wool that is also folded over about a 1/2 inch.

Not pictured---hand sew the button on the front, in the center of the white ric-rack.

Stick some needles into the lovely soft wool, ooohhhh and aaahhh over the way they just slide in, and the way the silver needles and blue wool set each other off!!!

Fold in half, slip the ribbon over the button, and voila!!!

Finished needlecase, in the nick of time as Ian wakes up for a snack!!