You will need the following for hand sewing a needle book. Basic needle felting a tutorial ashley hackshaw lil. Felt needle case embroidery kit by corinne lapierre, the perfect gift for explore more unique gifts in our curated marketplace. Fabric and felt needle book free downloadable pattern and tutorial.
There was still a bit of room between the needle flaps and the center fold, so i decided to attach a large thread ring there. Sewing book tutorial make this for sis needle case. If you have a teen on your gift list this curved zip pouch is a guaranteed hit or make this diy coin purse in just 30 minutes. As needle books go, my new one is something of a tome. Iron the book nice and flat, tucking in the opening flap to match the seam. This tutorial lists all the materials youll need to felt one brown short haired dachshund. This seals the gap that you left and gives the book a nice border. This is 2nd in a series of 3 needle felting easter tutorials. A surface to needle felt on normally a highdensity foam the basic principle couldnt be simpler you scrunch up the wool, lay it on the foam and stab it with the needle. I dont know about you, but i love sewing for easter. Happy 2016 to everyone, may all of you have a great year full of happiness and blessings. Level 1 needle book two projects are included on this page.
My husband, a bit of a gadget geek, decided that we needed to get a nook. I shall use it to make a needle book out of trish burrs rosebud kit. Felt needle book tutorial the instructions below will take you through the steps that i used to make the needlebooks. The art of needle felting and chimpanzee tutorial laura lee. Remove the book and lay the felt flat on the table. I hope you find them usefulthis is my first tutorial here on the blog, so please go easy on me. Its large enough to hold all my hand and machine needles, including my longest. Felt for the cover matching felt piece for button tab. Keep your pins, needles, and other sewing sharps organized and within reach with this easy felt needle book tutorial. This is my run at kayte terrys needle book project. If youre looking to practice basic embroidery stitches, this is the perfect place to start. Laura roberts shows you how to make a simple needle book out of wool. Little felted animals create 16 irresistible creatures with simple needlefelting techniques by horvath, marienoelle. Felt needle book tutorial making it up as i sew along.
Without any ads, registrations or logins, your generous contribution supports the free distribution of our entire needle felting tutorial library. Design fantastic wool creations using raw carded wool and a special barbed needle. This little needle book comes in handy when i want to sit outside on the deck and do a little hand sewing or stitch a binding on a quilt. Needle felted nook cover tutorial well, after much kicking, screaming, and digginginoftheheels, i have been dragged reluctantly onto the ereader bandwagon. Yes, this needle book is cute and perfect for organizing your needles. Ditto what everyone else said, and another thank you. Have fun making a colorful basket of needle felted easter eggs with this quick and easy tutorial. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Slip ribbon through casing, draw together and tie a bow. How to make a needle book national quilters circle. She is needle felted with a blend of soft merino and corriedale wools with wire inside her tiny toes and the centre of her beautiful fluffy tail so it can bend. An experienced crafter can make one of the creatures in about an hour.
Nov 21, 2015 im please to present a free needle felting tutorial. Align the foot with the edge of your cover and sew all the way round. The needle felted pipistrelle bat i created was mounted and given as an award at the palace of westminster to mp helen hayes as she is the species champion for the common pipistrelle and won best parliamentary species champion at the species champions annual awards ceremony. Felt alive needle felting video tutorials are free for anyone who wants to learn this magical craft. Needle felting video tutorials from felt alive learn how to. Heres a little tutorial on how i make my needlebooks. This month we are sharing over 100 handmade gift tutorials. Its quick and easy, but packs a big punch since it is just so cute and tiny. If you make a needle book, please share it in the casey york flickr pool. It has pages for needles, pockets for scissors and pens, and it will even hold your notes or paper piecing papers. Makeover a notebook with an embroidered felt cover by lisa tilse 3. This cute pair an incredibly soft penguin and polar bear are made by needle felting. I had to rummage a bit to find pieces that would work.
Press the book cover, now you need to sew around the edge. By the way, if youre still taking suggestions for next years projects, i would also love to do a small stumpwork project. Use a glue stick to glue the cardboard to pieces of batting or felt and cut out. Im please to present a free needle felting tutorial.
Tiny apartment crafts needle book mmmcrafts needle book domestic doozie needle book tutorial. They are felt, covered in cat fur, and really not working for me. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Center the pages of you book and pin on either side, fold in half and press. Apr, 20 here are the instructions for how i made the hardcover needle books i posted about yesterday. At our july meeting during show and tell i shared my projects from hand stitched camp by stitched in color. Felt food 101 lesson 3 needles, how to make felt food.
The motherofpearl thread ring doesnt really match the rustic look of the book, but itll do. Hand stitched felt needle book tutorial every 3rd saturday of the month i attend the phoenix modern quilt guild meetings. Does your mom sew, quilt, embroider or need an occasional needle. Recently my lovely friend yoko from lecien fabrics sent me a parcel of origami squares layer cakes to play with and i instantly. So lets have michele get this pretty tutorial started. I have a new project for anyone whod like to make a felt needle book. Today, as part of craftshare, cheryl has allowed me to take over the posting duties here at sew can do. Now i look for reasons to handstitch just so i can pull my book out. Learn how embroider it, add an index, and finish it with a button to keep it closed.
Jul 10, 2014 this little needle book comes in handy when i want to sit outside on the deck and do a little hand sewing or stitch a binding on a quilt. These are fun to make for friends and always handy to have in your sewing basket. Aug 20, 2014 hand stitched felt needle book tutorial every 3rd saturday of the month i attend the phoenix modern quilt guild meetings. I loved my little house zipper pouch so much that i wanted to make a needlebook that was similar so i came up with this. Birgitte krag hansen is the queen of needle felting and most others learned from her. Grab your favorite color felt and your embroidery hoop and give this sewing project a try. Continue running stitch down center along spine to secure wool pieces in place.
It has pages for needles, pockets for scissors and pens, and it. The art of needle felting and chimpanzee tutorial chimp with a pearl earring because the fairytale frog tutorial that i did was so popular, i decided to do another tutorial with the same multijointed technique. Oct 02, 2008 nini makes shares a tutorial for a felted needle book that is a great present for a young stitcher and also an easy enough project for a young stitcher to. Some of the materials you will need are five pieces of felted wool 5 x 6, snaps, handmade paper, and fusible web. Nov 09, 2015 this stitch on embroidered needle book is a quick project even beginnings can put together. When youre on the go and you want to sew, this stitch on. Its simple, inexpensive, and you can fashion just about anything you can imagine. Sheep, wool, farmlife, spinning, dyeing, knitting is what i love. Give your mom a homemade felt needlebook this mothers day to help keep track of needles. Heres not one bunny sewing pattern, but 20 free sewing patterns. It could tell a story, mark an occasion, like a birth or anniversary, or be a sort of travel journal, the pages filled with little things found along the way and saved. One is a needle book that is practicing hand sewing. Feb 22, 2014 have fun making a colorful basket of needle felted easter eggs with this quick and easy tutorial. She has a lot of character, and that always catches my attention, so i doodled her during a vmqg meeting a while back.
I own many books on needle felting and have enjoyed them all, but this is the best of the lot. Okay, i may have a couple labels left to sew on, but, other than that, its finished. Theres no more appropriate way to store you sewing needles than to sew them a case. Needle felting tutorials archives the magic onions. I know you could make it more understandable for me. This stitch on embroidered needle book is a quick project even beginnings can put together. It could also be a repository for the scraps you cant part with. Thank you for the very clear tutorial on making this lovely needlecase. This cross stitch tutorial will show you how to make a simple and beautiful keepsake cross stitch needle book or needle case. I added some pockets to keep needle threader, buttons, thread. Check out this embroidered needle book tutorial to learn how to sew a monogrammed holder for your needles. This cute pair an incredibly soft penguin and polar bear are made by needlefelting. I had so much fun making it it was great to come home to, during a really, really long week at work.
For this project, we used living felt brand cw1 core wool, and mc1 merinocross batts. The second is a harder needle book project that you sew on the sewing machine. The whole inside of the book, in fact, is done in felt scraps. Hand stitched felt needle book tutorial pile o fabric. In fact, her face was the inspiration for my milly needle books. Use an acrylic ruler to cut the cover piece to size, removing the pins once the ruler is in place. See more ideas about needle book, sewing accessories and needle case. I would use anything from a 3 to a 6 remember the smaller the number the larger the needle you will want to avoid too thick of a needle since it can leave a noticeable entry hole in your felt, although these will disappear after time or you can just gently. This book is detailed and has plenty of photos to show you what the author is explaining. May 31, 2017 diy felt needle book juliak art studio. As the needle enters the wool, it catches the fibers and tangles them together, creating a compacted mass which you can shape and sculpt. Sew all around the edges, except for the place we marked.
The technique involves sculpting shapes from unspun wool called roving, by manipulating the fibers with a special needle until they interlock and become dense. This is a very easy pattern and only requires a basic blanket stitch to complete. I taught my students to make this book, but i turned it into a sewing kit book instead of just a needle book. Use a pencil, crochet hook, bobby pin, whatever you like to poke the corners out.
Needle the sliver a few times to stop it from unrolling. You can embellish the book with a variety of appliques. Buttonhole the curved and short side of each white flannel section detail 2. I liked the doodle, and made it into a needle book kit which you may recall from this post. If you are doing a free form you might need a needle felting mat too. Nini makes shares a tutorial for a felted needle book that is a great present for a young stitcher and also an easy enough project for a young stitcher to. Here are the instructions for how i made the hardcover needle books i posted about yesterday. Close the pages of your needle book and wrap the piece of felt around them to measure for the cover.
Although i designed the final needle book myself, i used lots of sources for inspiration. This is a great project to use for small pieces of prints. Jun 08, 2007 ditto what everyone else said, and another thank you. Sew a running stitch of perle cotton on back cover of needle book on three sides to close opening and add decorative touch. Ive looked at all the projects i could find online and i didnt find the instructions all that helpful. Jul 05, 20 keep your pins, needles, and other sewing sharps organized and within reach with this easy felt needle book tutorial.
However, keep in mind you can change up the sizes and how many colors of felt that you use in your needle books. Anyway, i wanted to try them out on my felt stash, so i put together a simple needle book with pinked edges there are several optional steps that you can cut out to make it even easier. Decide how much of an overhang you want on all sides. Tips and tricks to make perfect needle felted hearts. Join each section 2 to facing leaving long straight side free, insert cardboard.
Crafty dame, amy, knows i have a bit of a thing for needle books. How to make a cross stitch needle case tiny modernist. Ever wondered what to do with your stray sewing needles. Heres a nice little tutorial on how to make a nifty needle book.
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