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 :)

Cute little Needlebooks

I've made a few of these needle books, I really love them!

You can see them here, here, here, here, here and here.

This is the coolest one I've ever made!

Sometimes when I design a project, I try to force myself to think outside the box.

This is one of those times....the "afro girl" is Cotton and Steel fabric.

The little cherry in the bottom left corner is so adorable :)

You can find the tutorial for this needlebook from Amy Sinibaldi, on my Pinterest board here.

The back has 12 little 1" finished squares.

I tried to "peek a boo" interesting little prints.

I think the yellow hand stitching really compliments the little prints.

I used an unusual pointed antique button for the closure.

I used wool felt for the inside and embellished it with buttons, pins, ribbon, lace and linen.

Here's the second needlebook I made last week.

I use this little Japanese print a lot, I think it's so cute!

I added a sparkly Riley Blake button.

The inside has pale yellow wool felt and I added lot of colorful ribbon and buttons.

These little books aren't difficult to make, but there's a lot of little things to sew on them, so they're a little time consuming.

I think they make a great gift for someone you really, really like :)

I definitely need to make one for myself one of these days!

Needlebook and tutorial

I love this little needlebook, it's the fifth one I've made :)

You can find the tutorial over here on my Random Tutorials board on Pinterest :)

The tutorial is by Amy, and this is her blog, Nana Company.

Amy is so creative, and she makes the cutest things with very fine details and handwork.

I personalized each one of my needle books, none of them are exactly alike.

You can see my other needle books here, here, here and here :)

(I hope I copied all the links correctly!)

I love the little peek a boo pieces.

Do you see Little Red Riding Hood on the top left?

I hand quilted around the squares with white perle cotton floss.

I used antique buttons, and I especially love the button I used for the closure.

The elastic is a hair elastic from a pack that I bought at Target.

I'm really sorry about the upside down photo...

I tried and tried but I couldn't get it to rotate.

Oh well, you get the idea!

Some sweet little heart pins, decorative buttons from Riley Blake, and decorative ribbons.

I'm definitely not finished making these little needle books.

I love them so much and the people I've made them for have cherished them :)

That's worth all of my time :)

Needle book with tutorial link

I made this little needle book for my friend for her birthday :)

I really think it's the cutest one I've made!

The little red car with 2 little faces in the windows, and I backed it with a piece of linen and hand stitched around it.

Have you ever shopped at Anthropologie?

It's one of my favorite stores!

I save the ribbon handles from the shopping bags and I used one to trim the bottom of the cover.

I stitched on 3 little mother of pearl buttons and used an unusual diamond shape, antique button for the closure.

Inside the book are 2 pages of felt.

I added many different little adornments and scalloped the edges of the felt for more detail.

The back of the book is made of 12 little 1" squares and I hand stitched them all.

See the hen in one of them?

The inside lining is little dogs, a 30's print.

I know my friend loves dogs :)

If you would like to see the other needle books I've made from this tutorial, you can see them here, here, here, and here.

 You can find a link to the tutorial for this cute little needle book, here on my Pinterest board named "random tutorials".

Handmade Birthday Club 2014

It's Holli's birthday this month, she's in our handmade birthday club.  It's my birthday this month too :)
I'll show you all the gifts I receive later this month.

Holli said that she has never made a needle book for herself.

I made this cute little "Zakka" style book.

Don't you love the teeny weeny little cherries?

I love the Norwegian style little boy that I fussy cut, also.

I used an antique button for the closure.

I made a little patchwork on the back cover and hand quilted it.

The loop is a hair elastic :)

You can find the tutorial for this needle book here on my Pinterest board, "random tutorials".

I used a pale yellow piece of wool felt for the pages.

I really love all the little details.

This needle book is really small but a lot of time and thought went into making it, I sure hope Holli likes it!

Another Giveaway for You ♥

I have 3000 followers on Pinterest and I want to celebrate with you!

I made this cute little needle book that I saw on Amy's blog, Nana Company, and of course pinned it to my "Want to Make It" board on Pinterest.

There are four little felt pages in the book, these are the only two that are decorated :)

The back is sewn in patchwork, with 1" finished squares.

I quilted around the squares with red embroidery floss.

For a chance to win this little (4 l/2" X 4") needle book,

sign up to follow my blog (on the right) and tell me you did in a comment.

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Good luck, I will announce the winner on Monday, July 8!