Continuous Thread Needle Case

These clever needle cases feel so good in your hand.  The cause of their cleverness is the threading of multiple needles on to one continuous thread. Simply take the top needle on your felt and pull the thread through to the length required, before cutting the thread. There is no stopping to thread another needle each time your thread runs out!

 The user-friendly tutorial is on Youtube by Bookhou and includes a free printable pattern, too!!  The video tutorial  goes step-by-step and is easy to follow.  It includes detailed instructions for attaching the "yo-yo" side pieces. (called "Suffolk puffs" in England)

The link to the tutorial is https://youtu.be/Uy5-3FuXYSQ?si=s5DhJHBYuHDa4etN

You can download the template here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14q0M...

The fun part is adding a cute button or fussy cut fabric hexagon.  As soon as I finished I wanted to make another one!

(To adjust the size of your case, measure the width of your thread bobbin and add or narrow the width of the main rectangle piece of the pattern. )  

Fussy Cut Slippers Tutorial

                                      How to Make Some Cozy Slippers

    The fun part of making these slippers is choosing the 28 fussy cut  hexagons that make up the upper top of  the slippers.  Fourteen 1 inch hexagons are needed for each slipper.  This cute fabric is called 

Home Sweet Home by Elea Lutz for Poppie Cotton Fabrics.

When you are pleased with the placement of your hexagons, English Paper Piece your hexagons together into 4 rows, as shown in the picture.  (A row with 5, 4, 3 and then 2 hexagons.)

Place your slipper top on batting and quilt or top stitch to your liking.  

What makes sewing the slippers so easy is the free pattern generously offered by www.sewlover.com. Use the 2 pattern pieces in this free pattern that you can find and download here. 

  To make a right and a left slipper, just turn the pattern right side up and then wrong side up when cutting your pieces.  Make adjustments for your foot size before cutting! The pattern size is in CM but it works out to USA size 6.5 - 8, although it can be adjusted easily. 

Extra Tips: 

1.  For the slipper uppers, cut the batting slightly bigger than the finished piece.  I used fusible batting to prevent any shifting. Start quilting from the bottom middle of the upper fabric, to make sure it looks even when finished. Sandwich the quilt top, two pieces of batting, and the backing fabric together. 

2.  Optional: Add Dritz Anti-Skid Gripper Fabric to the bottom of your slippers, to prevents falls.

3. I purchased double-fold binding at JoAnn, but if you want to make your own, there are lots of  youtube tutorials.

4.  Add extra layers of batting to the soles of your slippers to give them more cushion.   Purchasing and adding Dr. Scholls shoe liners makes it even easier.  

 

Starting with the slipper soles, make a quilt sandwich using the quilt top right side up, layers of batting and then the  anti-skid gripper fabric facing down. 

Quilt the entire sandwich with straight-ish lines. 

Position the upper on the top of the sole as evenly as possible and clip in place. Stitch the upper to the sole using a 1/4″ seam allowance. 

Open up the rest of the binding strip and pin or clip the raw edge of the binding strip to the raw edge of the slipper.   Stitch the binding to the edge of the slipper, taking your time around the front and back curves. 

Post-It Note Holder Tutorial

 Post-It Note Holder Tutorial   

 

3 inch square little "Diddy"

        A few months ago, I was sewing this little     "diddy" and when I posted it on Instagram,         someone asked what I was going to make with it.   I had a spark of an idea that might make a cute   gift....something to hold a small pencil and a pad   of Post-It notes.   

  The image below is my first little Post-It Note   holder.   I have since made several more and   have improved a few things.    I like how  it can   now stand up on it's own or just as easily be   slipped into a purse.    

Closed Post-It Note Holder

Open Post-It Note Holder

Side View of Post-It Note Holder

 Here is my Tutorial for a Post-It Note Holder:

This finished project is 4 inches by 4 inches and can stand up on your desk.

Use a 1/2 inch seam allowance throughout.   

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Along with your selected  3" square, you will need to cut the following: 

• One 6  x 11 inch piece of fabric for the outside of your Post-It Note holder 
• One 6 x 11 inch piece of fabric for the inside  of your Post-It Note holder  
• One  5  x 6 inch rectangle of fabric (for the inside pocket) 
• One 4  x 9  inch  piece of fusible cotton batting
• One 3 1/2" square and one 3 3/4" square of extra firm stabilizer - Pellon 926

 

Materials Needed

Stitch your 3" square to the bottom half of the 6"x 11"  piece of fabric for the outside of the Post-It note holder, centering it in the middle of the bottom half.  Press.  This becomes the outside  front and the back  of your Post-It Note holder.    

 

   Then place your piece right side up on top of your 4 x 9 inch piece of fusible cotton batting.   Fuse the batting to the wrong side,  making sure it is centered on the back.

   Now is when you want to embellish your piece with extra quilting  or embroidery stitches.  To add some dimension,  quilt around the 3 inch square - like a little mini quilt!  Maybe you have a cute button to add?  or a piece of lace? or a little EPP shape to applique on the back?

  When you are happy with your hand stitching, set this piece aside for now.