Finish it up Friday

Hello Dear Reader,

Mini Thread Catcher Needlecase 

Although we have decorating in progress this week, I have finished my Mini Thread Catcher Needlecase, and wanted to show it off! share with you.

In case you are new my blog, may I say how nice it is to meet you, and you will be able to read more about my "Mini Thread Catcher" in the files of the same name. Briefly, I started with some 1.5" vintage squares and scraps of calico with the intention of making a thread catcher, but, as with many projects, it grew and grew and became a Mini Needlecase!

The lid was the last to be finished, and I wanted it to look like a small quilt (although it isn't actually quilted ..... I couldn't think how to quilt something so small and at the same time I wanted it puffy in order to double up as a pincushion, whilst covering my stitching basket as a lid). There, that's what I should have called it all along .....

"My Stitching Basket!"

Last time I shared pictures of the lid/quilt, I was working out how to mitre the binding round the corners of the tiny quilt, and I feel quite pleased with the result!

I am really happy to have finished it, it is so useful, especially when travelling!

Plenty of pockets!

The lid has about 3 layers of wadding and a square of plastic within, fulfilling two objectives, one to keep the lid in shape and secondly to stop the pins going right through.

The only thing missing is my mini matchbook needlekeeper, which fits in the right hand pocket of the lid. I spent a litttle time yesterday knocking one up, but changing the size to fit my needlecase pocket, from a tutorial I found on Pinterest from Calli at Make-it-do.com and I was really pleased with the result.

And I just love little things attached to my pincushions. The little heart is useful as a needle rest, making the needle easier to find than when it is hiding amongst the pins.

I am really pleased with my needlecase because even my scissors, complete with sheath, will fit nicely into it, keeping them safe.

And there we have it, finished .... unless I think of anything else to add!

By the way that is thread across the top of the quilt, not a nasty mark .... didn't notice it was there until I was writing up this post. 

Oh, nearly forgot to mention the basket is approximately 2.5" high, or 6" tall if you include the handles with an 8.5" diameter.

Thank you for visiting me today, and I hope to see you again soon!

Hugs,

Barbara xx