Tuesday 6 August 2013

Needle Case - 52 Week Scrap Challenge

I've been a bit naughty today. I've been sewing and I should have been packing. It's the second week of the 52 Week Scrap Challenge at Samilia's Mum.


This has been a bit of a rush. I didn't have enough time to applique, so decided to hunt through my fabrics to find one where I could embroider on the pattern to add something. The fabric with the circles came from my sister. She is moving house so was having a clear out, which was lovely for me. If I had had more time I would have made all the circles into daisies.


The inside fabric is from some old curtains, which came from a friend. I love the gentle green of the fabric, and you may remember seeing it on my blog before for various projects.


I got a bit confused by the word pellon, but I think the fleece interfacing that I had left over from making some bags is the same thing. And for the inside pages to pin the needles I used some white felt.

I'm happy with the final needlecase, which I will probably keep for myself. Up to now I have either been using a tiny little orange felt thing (which I have had since I was a child) or I keep my needles stuck in a pincushion. Not very clever as they disappear inside!










19 comments:

  1. A lovely idea to use the circles to make flowers. No more distractions now, on with the packing!

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  2. What a sweet little case. The embroidery around the circle looks really effective xx

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  3. Sweet. I kinda like just the 1 1/2 flowers, and not all of them flowers. It's fun.

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  4. This is a lovely job. I love the idea of transforming the circles into little flowers. So cute.
    Rosie

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  5. You are a true crafter - cant leave your crafty stash behind. I think I'd also choose sewing to packing :)

    love the lazy daisy stitch :)

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  6. Love your needle case! The embroidery looks fantastic.

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  7. Awww I love the daisy - and the half! I think it looks great as is - all of them might have been too much. Much better to be sewing than packing, I quite agree! Simmi x

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  8. Love the pretty colours on that fabric and the daisy you made.

    Have a great week,
    Alison x

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  9. It's really nice to have the embroidery added to the fabric, the daisies are very sweet. I'm sure it'll be a fabulous way to keep your needles safe and sound.

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  10. aww this is cute! i love the idea of creating daisies from the circles and the green lining fabric is so gorgeous x

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  11. Lovely, and if you are like me so satisfying to be able to use favourite fabrics right down to the scraps!

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  12. Such a lovely case, adn the flower looks very pretty. Have fun packing and hope you have a good week.

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  13. I love your needlecase beautiful work

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  14. Looks very retro - I like the way you did the details around the flowers.

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  15. Very nice needlecase! I have the same problem with my pincushion and so I too made a needlecase and keep pins in it - how do you stop pins disappearing into the cushion??

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  16. This is a lovely case you made. I love the way you embellished it to make flowers!

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  17. That's a very good idea to add a touch of embroidery around the print. Makes it look extra pretty.

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  18. I love the way you have created daisies out of the dots. Brilliant idea.

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