Needle Book

I made this little needlebook for a sweet friend of mine.

The pattern is by Amy Sinibaldi of Nana Company.

Amy designs for Art Gallery fabric and she made this tutorial in October 2011.

My friend is a modern quilter, so I tried to make this book as modern as I could, 

even though I added vintage buttons and rick rack.

Here's the inside, the theme is green :)

The little patchwork squares are 1" finished, all Denyse Schmidt fabrics except for the teal one.

I hand quilted the back and the spine of the book, 

giving it more of a "zakka" look.

You can see the other needle books I've made

here, here, here, here, and here.

The tutorial can be found on my Pinterest board here. 

Thanks for following me and I hope you are inspired to make a needlebook :)

Sweetly Stitched Handmades

Let me just say, this book is awesome!

Amy Sinibaldi designs the prettiest things, I love her simplistic style and unique sense of color :)

Amy has a "favorite patch" that she makes for a lot of her designs, and I made two of them...

One for me, and one for a friend :)

 Amy's "simple zipper patchwork pouch" has been on my wish list for a long time!

I went to my 1 l/2" square stash and chose soft pastels, some of them have little "peek a boo" drawings.
I always take a photo of my squares before I sew them so that I can remember what order they go in while I'm assembling them.

Then I swirled my magic wand a couple of times and voila!

The quilting stitch along the linen adds such a sweet touch.

I chose a soft print for the lining.

Here's the second pouch :)

This one has a little Japanese print for the lining.

They're so cute, I could just eat them up....

but I won't!