Needle Book

 

This is very self explanatory. I needed a swift and tiny one. It is very slapped together.

The fabric is leftover silvercloth that I bought a yard of, and I still have a lot of it. A yard of a tool fabric goes a very long way.

Why on earth after 60 plus years on this earth do I NEED one?

I pin safety pins to the inside of my coat and my purse, mostly to make alterations that people hand me (or mark them for myself) and I go through a lot of safety pins. Also, it's nice to have a couple of needles on hand.

The goal is to have a couple threaded needles (with the thread wound around the needle after it's inserted in the fabric 'page') ready to go.

Slapped a piece of heavy interfacing on the back for structure.

I could have put a piece of cardboard in-between two pieces of the fabric.

Next time.

Haptic Lab Quilt That I Will Be Stitching Until I Die

The text and photos on this just blew up and so I am going to post this without text, like a silent movie.

They just added a very cool print at home feature that I wish I could have used for this

https://www.hapticlab.com/collections/diy-kits/products/printable-diy-quilt-constellation

 that you print on this

https://www.sulky.com/item/sulky-sticky-fabrisolvy-stabilizer-white-85-x-11-pkg-12-sheets

You print it out, stick it on, and it washes out when you are done stitching.

Because unpicking all that nonwoven stuff out of this handstitching is going to really suck.

Do you suck at handstitching like I do?

https://sublimestitching.com/pages/tutorials

https://closetcasepatterns.com/hand-sewing-tips-techniques/

Read the comments. Everyone has an opinion and a different learning style. In sewing, as in religion and other acts of faith, nobody is wrong, they just don't do it the way that works for you (science is different, thank you)

Life is short

Start now