Needle books for Christmas Presents
September 17, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, handmade, notions and accessories
Have you started working on making your Christmas presents yet?
I have
A few weeks ago,
I posted about
finding a delightful
Sunbonnet Sue
Needle book in
a thrift store
while we were on holidays.
That’s her on the far left
in the photo.
I posted the link for the pattern for my version of an updated Sunbonnet Sue Needle book (the one in the center) at:
sunbonnet-sue-needlebook
Why would you want to use a needle book instead of a pin cushion? Needles don’t have the head on them that pins do, so when they are
stuck into pincushions, then can work themselves right into the pin cushion and get lost forever.
(And …read more
Updating Vintage Sunbonnet Sue Needlebook
July 16, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, doll and dolls and dollmaking, easy projects & fast projects, needles, notions and accessories, tutorial
A few weeks ago, I was enchanted by finding this adorable little vintage Sunbonnet Sue Needlebook in a second hand store:
Poor little thing… she’s very stained, and rather frayed around the edges.
Even so, she stole my heart, and I knew that I just had to see if I could rescue and re-create her.
If you are wondering what a needle book is, it’s a rather sweet bit of stitchery history.
Needlebooks are small ‘books’ with cloth pages that are alternatives to pin cushions.
Needles are stored in the inner pages of the needlebook.
Her front and back are way out of kilter with each …read more
