Last Minute Gift Countdown 2008 Christmas Needlekeeper

This year has been the year of the pincushion & needlekeeper here at Plumcute Designs™.  In keeping with that spirit, I whipped up this little project for you.  It’s fast, fun, & sure to delight!

Supplies:

black wool 5 x 7½

cream wool 4 x 5½

green wool 7 x 6

scrap of red wool

2-inch square of black polka-dot

fusible

one small snap

one small button

coordinating threads

basic sewing supplies

Cutting Requirements:

cut black wool to measure exactly 5 x 7½

cut cream wool to measure exactly 4 x 5½

cut green wool to measure 7 x 4 ½ 

cut 2 holly leaves from trimmed excess

cut a 1-inch circle from your red wool

following the manufacturers directions, cut a 1½-inch circle from black polka-dot

Putting Your Needlekeeper Together:

center & fuse your black polka-dot circle to one 4½-inch end of cream wool

blanket stitch around black polka-dot circle to secure it to cream wool

center red wool 1-inch circle onto black polka-dot circle

center small button onto 1-inch red wool circle

sew button & red wool circle to black polka-dot circle

arrange two green wool holly leaves off to one side of your red wool circle 7 running stitch in place.

center cream wool rectangle onto black wool rectangle and using a contrasting thread color blanket stitch together.  This is the outside of your needlekeeper

for the inside of your needlekeeper, you will center green wool rectangle onto backside of black wool rectangle and blanket stitch using black thread (this way it wont show on the front side) be extra careful to make sure your stitches don’t go onto the cream wool

stitch the snap onto the inside center of each end of your needlekeeper so that when folded in half to close you can snap it shut  I always fill my needlekeeper with a few of my favorite things like ribbon, buttons, & my Eiffel tower charm.

 

   

Enjoy!!!

 

PS. I am such a ding dong...I got up this morning and realized that I had not given you the template for your holly leaf...sorry!  So, here it is:

 

It should measure about one half inch wide and one inch long.  I tell you that because I have resized the thingy several times but it still shows up HUGE GINORMOUS in typepad.

 

Comments

[Carrie P.]

Thank you for the instructions. It is so cute. Happy Thanksgiving.

[ulla]

Thank you for your generosity.
Ulla

[Denise Felton]

Wonderful! Such a great idea. I've scheduled a link to this post to go live on my blog later this morning (Central USA time). I hope it brings you a few extra clicks.

Denise
http://needlework.craftgossip.com

[threeundertwo]

Thanks!