because it seemed important to carry them over

Days off around the holidays, when your house has already been put into tip top shape because you were hosting, means time for doing anything your heart desires.  For me, that meant finishing my needle book.  

I wanted to add some scraps to the "pages" of felt inside the book.

I did some experimenting with stitches I can do on my machine.  

This is a simple pattern, the only part that caused me a teeny bit of consternation was the loop for the button to close the book.  But after I thought about it for a second, I figured it out.  I wanted my back and front to be different and did not want the button to wind up on the back. 

Very similar to the coffee cozy concept.  

Once the pages were sewn in, I was on the home stretch.

After the button was sewn on, I filled it up, tucked it in my "on the go sewing bag", and called it done.  

A small project is immensely satisfying for me.  Something that can be finished relatively quickly.  I put some of the needles and a few of those teeny tiny gold safety pins that Angie had in her pin cushion in my needle book. Because it seemed important to carry them over. She always liked a safety pin at the ready to keep a shirt from gapping in the wrong spot.  

Helpful links:

Pattern - how to sew a needle book

Comments

[jacki long]

So charming. I love stitches.

[Chris oliveira]

I love little books. And including Angie’s pins brought the whole thing to a new level of special.

[Amy in Texas]

Love a good needle book and your new one is so cute!

[Vicki in Michigan]

Nice! And perfect in your see-through-front bag. :-)

[Judy H.]

Love it. :)