Assembling the pieces of my needle-case project...
...using a vintage table runner for the fabric.
Adding velcro prior to sewing the two parts together...
...this way, it won't show on the exterior of the finished case.
Pinning the layers together prior to stitching.
The finished case front...
...and back...
...and opened up, holding needles.
Another one, but larger this time (and rounded off on all four corners)...
...to hold even more needles!
Because I've been using my sewing machine a bit more lately...
...to fashion fabric linings and leather straps for my felted bags...
...I recently purchased a large quantity of needles.
In order to keep the 'regulars' from the 'denims' and the 'leathers'...
...I decided to fashion a fabric case for them.
Luckily for me, I found that
Laura had already posted a terrific tutorial on this project...
...and for once, I didn't have to 'reinvent the wheel'! :)
My only 'amendments' to her instructions are as follows:
I didn't leave any 'ease' in the elastic as I was sewing it on...
...(finding that it held better this way)...
...and I used
velcro instead of snaps as a fastener...
...sewing it to each piece of fabric
prior to sewing them together.
(Please make sure to check the position of each piece prior to sewing...
...since one needs to be at the top, and one at the bottom!)
Next time: a make-up bag made from
old jeans...
...and a quite
new kind of fabric!
