Hexagon Pocket Gifts
Materials Needed:
5 fabric scraps at least 1/4 inch larger than your cardstock hexagons
1 piece of felt at least 1/4 inch larger than your cardstock hexagons
6 inches of bias tape or ribbon
D-Ring or Swivel Hook (optional)
Lay out your 5 cardstock hexagons.
Two of the hexagons will be folded and become pockets.
Another two hexagons will become the back and the inside of your project.
That leaves you one hexagon! This is the one that you will work on first.
Examples could be a favorite fabric, a piece of vintage embroidery, a quilt piece or a fussy cut fabric in your stash.
The three examples above are:
1) A bunny from my favorite quilter, Susan Smith. Her website is here. Then I
added some applique fabrics to make the flowers that the hare is standing on.
added some applique fabrics to make the flowers that the hare is standing on.
2) Two embroidered birds. Pinterest has hundreds of embroidery patterns. I happened to think this one was cute. I appliqued the birdie's clothing, including pockets on the little female and a pink cape. The boy's coveralls needed to be blue It was a vintage pattern from the 1940's or 50's.
3) If you Google search "Heather Ross fabrics" you will find my favorite fabrics to fussy cut. This Volkswagon Bus is a vintage fabric that is hard to find. I saw it on this wonderful blog here . I had a small piece of it in my sewing fabric closet that I had tucked away. It was waiting for a cute project.
Heather Ross has many adorable fabrics. I am excited for her new collection that comes out in November. It features donkeys. Her last fabric collection had a cute deer. Etsy has many of her fabrics to choose from.
Okay, so if you have decided on what you want to feature on your front hexagon, the hardest part of the project is over!
Wrap your selection around your cardstock. Make sure you have at least 1/4 inch excess on all sides. This will be the front cover of your needlebook. I liked the crisp look with the cardstock in, so I just left it there.
Trace your shape and cut out the one felt piece the same size as your hexagon. Pin the wrong side of your front hexagon to the wool felt. Machine stitch very closely from the edges, sandwiching in one end of your bias tape at the top, in between the two hexagons.
All that is left is the bottom. This requires the rest of your 4 cardstock hexagons.
First put 2 of the fabric wrapped hexagons wrong side together. Then fold the other two to make the pockets and place them . on top. Carefully stitch the whole "sandwich" together.
Leave the top open to insert the other side of the bias tape. This can be a little fiddly and is easiest if hand sewn.
(I folded one of the pockets in half to hold some embroidery thread. I folded the other pocket with just one fourth of the hexagon. This holds a small pair of scissors.)
If you slip some needles in the felt on the top, this completes a cute little mending kit that holds the basics: thread, scissors and needles.
What if you need a gift for a friend that has no interest in sewing? Just replace the pocket that holds the thread with Post-It Notes and the scissor pocket with a half pencil!
Voila! - it becomes a handy note holder. For the note holder, make sure the size of your hexagon is at least 3 inches.
