I have had such fun making this felt sewing needle saver / folder / wrap. I thought it would be a lovely gift for someone special at Christmas time or anytime. So I thought I would share my tutorial here today. I am going to make up a few for my mom and mom-in-law and my friends at knitting group;) This is also a great activity for little ones and quite easy for them to make.
Materials I used:
Wool felt
Fleece for needle felting
Felting Needle
Felting sponge
Embroidery thread
Button
Floral fabric
Scissors
Pinking Shears
Cut out your felt piece for the outside of your wrap.
Dimensions: 6 inches x 3 inches.
I needle felted an acorn onto the front right hand side, I imagine I will add muchrooms, autumn leaves etc... to the others I am making:)
I cut out a piece of floral fabric to line my needle wrap, this should be slightly smaller than the outer piece of felt. I used my pinking shears, I love these scissors, so wonderful not to have to sew seams! Then I sewed on the fabric to the felt around its edges.
I then cut another piece of felt for the inside of the wrap, slightly smaller. This will hold your needles once your holder is finished.
Dimensions:
4.5 inches x 2.5 inches.
Sew this piece of felt down the middle of your wrap and attach it.
Sew around the outside of your felt with blanket stitch, (my favourite stitch at the moment)!
Sew on your button on the outside.
Sew a little loop on the other side of your felt that will loop around your button to hold your needle wrap closed.
Button and loop sewn on and holding wrap closed.
And there you go, one needle saver / holder / wrap ready to hold your needles!
A close up of the lined inside fabric.
Finished!
This project is lovely because you can use many of your fabric and felt scraps to finish it off. I will also be adding a few of these to my Etsy shop soon:)
Have a wonderful weekend,
Happy Sewing:)
Happy Sewing:)
xo
Linda
o this is very,very nice
ReplyDeletei love it
thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great gift Idea for the crafty people. I have several friends who would enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda.
Very cute!
ReplyDeleteHow very creative you are Linda, it's beautiful.. I knitted one, hopefully i can upload the photos to have it on my blog. xxx
ReplyDeleteSo sweet Linda. Thank you. I would like to include this on the Handmade Holiday Monday post if it is ok
ReplyDeleteWarm wishes, Tonya
We're doing mostly home made gifts this year and this is a fantastic project for my ten year old - now I'm hoping there is one of these in my Christmas stocking!
ReplyDeleteLove this - need to make myself one!! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everyone! Please feel free to include this in your Monday post Tonya:)
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Linda
Linda that is beautiful and I love the colour, is it some of your dye??
ReplyDeleteI think I need to make one for myself :-)
Thanks so much Jenni! I bought this felt from a fibre artist in Cape Town, such a pretty colour:)
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Linda
So cute!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented. Passed along a blog award to you today!
Ohh this is so sweet. My needles are also getting lost, this is just the answer I needed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
warmly,
Christina
Very nice and so easy to put together. I have a sewing day coming up soon and this is going on the list.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Such a creative idea! Great gift, too!
ReplyDeleteOh so cute. I especially have apassion for acorns.What a clever idea!
ReplyDeleteRebecca www.hopewellcreek.blogspot.com
Brilliant! You are so much like Kristen in that your brain is always creating. I'm a thief. I do from everyone elses creativity. How do you come up with all of this stuff?? So cute! And so helpful as I am always sticking my needles in furniture or where ever I am working. :D
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