ITH Needle Book with Sewing Motifs Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on June 09, 2014

SKILL LEVELSome Experience
TIME REQUIRED00:40
FINISHED SIZE3.19 x 3.25 inches

Description

Create a charming needle book featuring classic sewing motifs, perfect for organizing your needles in style. This in-the-hoop project is quick to make and requires only minimal sewing to finish. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

2 5”x 3” rectangle of flannel cut out with pinking shears or pinking rotary cutter

1 7”x4” rectangle of washable acrylic felt

1 7”x5” rectangle of quilting cotton print for lining

12” or 4mm wide red silk ribbon or equivalent

Spray Adhesive

Rotary Cutter with Pinking blade or Pinking Shears

Fibrous Water Soluble Stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/GMNC01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

I rarely write in the first person in embroidery instructions. But I have to tell you that this needle book is inspired by the orange felt needle book that was one of my British grandmother’s prized possessions. My Grandmother was blind in one eye, but she hand stitched many beautiful embroideries, 10” by 12” pictures, pillow covers, tea towels, all with fine embroidery floss. At the end of her stitching for the day she always returned her fine needles to her needle book so that they wouldn’t be lost. I know that my grandmother would be thrilled to see that I have carried on her passion for fine embroidery. I want her to know that she is my inspiration “For the love of embroidery…” Pat Williams.

Step 1:

Cut 2 3”x5” rectangles of flannel with pinking shears or a rotary cutter with a pinking blade.

Step 2:

Cut 1 5” x7” rectangle of quilting cotton for lining, 1 4” x7” rectangle of washable acrylic felt for needle book front and two pieces of 4mm silk ribbon 6” long.

Step 3:

Hoop fibrous water soluble stabilizer in your 5’x7” hoop.

Step 4:

Iron your lining fabric twice with Best Press or Magic Sizing to make the fabric crisp. Press wrinkles out of the silk ribbon too if necessary.

Step 5:

Load the design into your machine and stitch the first color stop which is an outline for the cover. I used red here so you can see it, but you can use crème if you like.

Step 6:

Spray the 4” x 7” rectangle of felt with adhesive spray and place over the outlines. Run color stop 2 to tack down the felt.

Step 7:

Follow the color chart stops from #3 to #13 to embroider the design on the cover.

Step 8:

Run color stop #14 in red as the outline for the lining.

Step 9:

Remove the hoop from the machine. Do not unhoop. Turn the hoop so the back of the embroidery is facing you.

Step 10:

Spray adhesive spray on the wrong side of the lining fabric. Place over the outlines just sewn and finger press in place.

Step 11:

Return the hoop to the machine and run color stop #15 to tack down the lining.

Step 12:

Remove the hoop again. Do not un-hoop. Trim the excess lining fabric right up to the tack down line with small sharp scissors.

Step 13:

Before you reload your hoop, change the bobbin thread to the color you are using for the border. In the sample this is red.

Step 14:

Run color stop # 16 which are placement marks for the ribbon.

Step 15:

Scotch tape the silk ribbon over the placement mark at each end of the needle book.

Step 16:

Run the final color stop #17 in red to complete the needle book cover.

Step 17:

Remove the tape from the ribbons.

Step 18:

Folding the ribbons to the inside of the right side of the needle cover. Line up the ¼” mark on your ruler to the inside edge of the border and trim all edges of the needle book cover. This alignment will let you cut off the outlines first sewn.

Step 19:

Rub a wet Q-tip around the inside edges of the inside of needle book cover to remove the exposed water soluble stabilizer.

Step 20:

Fold the cover and the inside flannel sheets in half and stem to crease a center back. Do not touch the cover with the hot steam iron, just hover it over the folded cover and then finger press.

Step 21:

Place the pages inside the cover aligning the center folds. Stitch with a back stitch in a color to match the felt between the two red borders.

Step 22:

Place a few needles for safe keeping in the flannel.

Step 23:

Tie the ribbons and trim at an angle to an attractive length.

For the love of embroidery…
Pat Williams

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

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