Needle Books

I joined a needle book swap on Swap-Bot last month and this is what I sent out.  The first lady’s profile mentioned that she liked turtles, so I had turtles dancing around my head all month.  This turned out to be more than a needle book.  It has felt pages for needles and a pocket for other sewing items.  You can click on each picture to make them larger.

This is the front:

 

This is the back:

This is the inside right with pocket:

This is the inside left with a scissor fob that I made to send for hearts:

The second partner’s profile said that she likes vintage things.  I have a bag of vintage feedsack scraps that I had bought from an estate sale that have been marinating in my closet for a couple of years.  I dipped into the bag and made this:

 

This one does not have an inside pocket.  I will be posting photos of additional needle books and a tutorial soon.

Crafty Sunday

I’ve been playing around with some beading.  I’m only interested in making some sewing related tools and maybe a watch or two.  These are the scissor fobs I made today.  If you are interested in purchasing:

From left to right:

1.  Green measures 6″ long with lobster clasp and tassel- $12.00

 2.  Purple with fleur de lis charm measures 4 1/2″ long with lobster clasp-$14.00

3.  Pink with ivory shell and tassel measures 7″ long with lobster clasp- $12.00

4.  Blue with tassel measures 5″ long with lobster clasp-$10.00

5.  Pink with fleur de lis measures 4 3/4″ with lobster clasp- $14.00

 I will be putting these in my local heirloom shop this week to sell so if you are interested, please email me ASAP.

 

While the children were in school Friday, I went antiquing.  I found this cake pedestal.  Someone asked if I bake a lot of cakes *tee hee*.  Nope, I just like pretty things.  This will probably live in my sewing room with other pretty things sitting on it