Archie The Wonder Dog

While you link up your finishes (and maybe even try to squeeze another one in before the deadline), we have arranged a series of tutorials to keep you entertained.  Okay, and perhaps help you extend your list for quarter four!  Today it's my turn and I'm going to show you how to make this needle book for your machine needles: You will need: Assorted scraps of fabric, some around 11" long and others smaller.  I have only made this with scraps and remnants, but a couple of (metric) fat quarters should be enough. Fusible wadding (I used Vilene H640 - I used scraps and remnants, but a (metric) fat quarter should be enough) Fusible interfacing (I used a lightweight cotton lawn because that's what was in my box.  A heavier weight would also work) Hair bobble and button for the closure Thread to match/contrast with your fabrics All the usual notions. Cut: From lining fabric(s) (mine is the pink solid): 1 x {11" x 5"} - inside background 1 x...

Does anyone else always have to play catch up with their blogging when the end of a quarter approaches?  It can't be just me... One of the items on my  Q2 FAL list  was a needle book similar to the one I made to go with my trug  and which is going to be a FAL tutorial in October (yes, I'm trying to be organised!).  I made this during the two days that my kitchen was being fixed (there was an on-going problem with the doors, drawer fronts and end panels 'delaminating' so two joiners came for two days to replace them.  During that time, the whole of my kitchen (and all the replacement parts, bar appliances) was in my (small) front room and Archie and I were upstairs. I just hope I got all the photos I need for the tutorial!) At the start of the quarter, the project looked like this: I was going to use the orange dot for the outside, but the dots didn't run true both horizontally and vertically (and I was too tired to fix it), so I chose anothe...