Sunbonnet Thimble Holder

Have you ever visited the website

http://www.tipnut.com/.

Well they have really cute needlebook

photo's with patterns free for your use.

Some of them are so darling. For a while

now I had been looking at the 1936 pattern

of the Sunbonnet Needlecase. For most of us

we remember the Sunbonnet quilts. I made

some of those in my time and gave them away.

Take a look at this Sunbonnet Needlebook.

Hey - I do admit being a CHEATER. If there is

anyway that I can make it in 5 minutes then I

am happy. This Sunbonnet belonged to a doll

that had a very pretty matching dress and

accessories. This Sunbonnet is not very big.

In fact it only measures about 3.5 X 3.5 inches.

On the inside I glued a piece of felt to the bonnet

to hold needles. However I mainly wanted the little

bonnet to hold thimbles.As you can see I have about

4 of them in this bonnet. It can hold more than that.

 If you want one of the Sunbonnet Needlebooks - you

could always find a larger doll that had a bigger

bonnet and convert it. It would be fast and east. You

could also add the little pouch to hold scissors, threads, etc.

But mine was too small to hold those items.

I think that I will put the rest of my thimbles inside

the little Sunbonnet.

I hope that you will think about the Sunbonnets

to hold some of your sewing supplies.

Have a great day and Thanks for visiting me!

Hopblogger

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Sweater Weather

Autumn is a very pretty time of the

year. Its not to cold nor is it too hot.

Everyone breaks out with their bulky

sweaters and some are so cold that

their coats are already in use.

I am still wearing my sweaters and

most of the time I am much too hot

to even wear one of those. Yes -

I go outside in a short sleeve

blouse!.

This cross stitch pattern is

called Autumn. All of the information

is here - so enjoy.

by Hopblogger



Double Decker Floss Bobbin

I have taken many spins around the internet

looking for this floss bobbin. And I cannot find

it anywhere so I am still hoping that it is safe

to put on this blog. If not then Please

tell me and I will gladly remove it.

These floss holders are a little glittery or super
shiny. You can cut it out of cardboard, wood or
whatever you want to use.
However take a good
look at the meat trays. You know when you
buy your meat at the grocery store and
they put your hamburger on one of those
white or black meat trays - then they wrap
it up in plastic wrap with the price on top
and hand it to you. Those are the meat trays
that I am talking about. These floss bobbins
remind me of those meat trays!
Or you can use thin
foam from the craft store but the foam is not
glittery like this floss bobbin. 
 
These floss bobbins are thin and
I cannot remember
if those meat trays are thin or thick. But I
guess it would not matter.  The thick might be much
more sturdier.
Anyway, I cannot stress enough about using
those meat trays cause they are FREE with
your meat!

You should be able to cut out
at least 2 of these floss bobbins from each
meat tray, if you use them.
If you use wood or a heavy cardboard
then line them up side by side, and cut out with
scissors or a saw. Stain or paint the wood,
or cover them with fabric using glue.
However I do not think that glue and fabric
will work if you use the meat trays. Make
them as pretty as you like or keep them
plain - the choice is yours.

Use a hole
puncher to make the hole at the top.
Cut slits on the sides so that your
threads or your ribbons etc can slide
into those slits to lock in place.

Please do not be intimidated. These
floss holders are super simple!!

Click click to print it out.

On these next 3 photo's are the measurements of
the double decker floss holder.

Wrap your ribbons around it or your small rick-rack.
I am sure that you can find lots of uses for this
bobbin besides floss. Would love to see a photo
if you use this.
Thanks for visiting me. Come back soon.
Hopblogger



Double-Decker Floss Bobbins

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THANK YOU.

I hope that all of you had a very

nice Halloween. Now that its over we await

Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have always combined

both of these holidays together ever since my hubby

and I have been married. I enjoy that season very

much because at those times I am not in the bed

dealing with environmental allergies.

There are all kinds of bobbins to hold floss. Everyone

is familiar with the small cardboard or small plastic

bobbins that is generally used in all of those plastic

boxes. But have you ever seen these?

 I found them this past Spring at the Thrift Store.

Someone definitely decided that they did not want

to cross stitch anymore. Anyway I have searched

in vain on the internet looking for these double-decker

floss bobbins. I cannot find them. I do not know if

someone made them or if they were bought this

way. I have never seen anything like them in all of

my years of cross stitching.

 So nicely wrapped. They have never been used.

 Look at the pile. All of these double-decker floss

bobbins were on huge rings. These bobbins are made out of

plastic but the plastic is not a thick plastic. Also the

plastic seems to have an almost glitter glow.

I will make a pattern for this double-decker

floss bobbin and post it next week for you. I will also

give you the dimensions of the pattern so you can be

sure to print it out in the right size.

 Take a good look and let me know what you think.

 These are not the same bobbins as I have above. These

bobbins are the large bobbins that sell online. These

do come in double-decker. However I have seen these

online and they do not look like the ones I have above.

 Thread Savers is also a source of floss bobbins.

These are very nice and made of wood. The directions

tell you how to use these. Arent these nice.

Of course if you still like to put your floss on those

small cardboard or plastic bobbins then thats okay.

You can keep these bobbins and glue scrapbook

paper on them. You can use pink paper for pink floss,

blue paper for blue floss and etc...

But if you are looking for an inexpensive change you can always

convert those bobbins to the Singer Sewing Machine metal

or plastic bobbins. These bobbins are not very

expensive and look so cute. You can nearly always

find those sewing machine bobbins at thrift stores.

Have a nice day and thank you for visiting

me

Hopblogger