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.
Thank you for the instructions. It is so cute. Happy Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Carrie P. | November 26, 2008 at 06:24 AM
Thank you for your generosity.
Ulla
Posted by: ulla | November 26, 2008 at 07:03 AM
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
Posted by: Denise Felton | November 30, 2008 at 06:38 AM
Thanks!
Posted by: threeundertwo | November 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM