Handicrafts: A Simple 15 Minute Sewing Project

A needle-book   (used to store sewing needles & keep them from rusting)

This project only took about 15 minutes for my daughter to do.

You will need:
3 pieces of felt 10cm (4" square) we just used some scraps we had or you could use one 23cm (9") square; some embroidery cotton; scissors; pins; large needle; tracing paper/baking paper; pencil or felt pen.

1) Trace over the shell shape (see further down) using tracing paper/baking paper & felt pen and then cut out the shape.



















 2) Lay the pattern on the felt & pin it on.

3) Cut the material roughly around the pattern and then cut carefully round  following the shell shape.

4) Remove pins, cut out 2 more shell shapes & lay the 3 shapes on top of one another.

5) Sew the shapes together at the base of the shell using a whip stitch, making sure the stitches go through all three of the shapes & tuck in the end of the thread to finish.


 


6) Now put your needles in the needle-book.