Not too long ago I saw some nice needle books for sale and thought I would like to make some too. It seemed to be in my and my machine’s sewing ability. They will be fun adding stitching later too. First I had to make some nice felt for the covers.
I started with two layers of white.
and added some colour and pattern
I found an old piece of prefelt
It wasn’t as thick as I wanted so I added a layer of fibres to one side.
and some other bits that were thicker.
Then, because I must be able to embroider sheep, I made a meadow.
Next, I had to cut them to size. I went looking and couldn’t find anything that looked like a standard size, so I cut them to what I thought would be usable sizes. Some larger and some smaller, depending on the piece of felt and what I thought would work.
I cut some middles. Each piece of felt has a needle and pin piece and a pouch piece. When they are sewn in there will be 2 pouches (front and back) and 2 pin pieces ( in the middle). I am wondering If I should add another needle and pin page or something else. What do you wish your needle case had in it?
I love receiving both the wet felted & needle felted detailed “how to” in your sight, for which I thank you.
Regards, Fay