This is a needle case I made for the Button Swap over at Kool Crafts and Arts. The aim of the swap was for us to choose 5 buttons and send them to our partner who then had the task of creating a little handmade gift for us incorporating the buttons received.
The buttons I received from my partner, Jen, were perfect for this project. This needle case is a great gift for anyone who does a little bit of sewing and it's very quick to make too.
The templates below were made by me and you can use them to create your needle case or you can also draw your own templates.
To make a needle case like this you'll need to cut 2 cover pieces either of the same fabric/felt or one each in matching material (I chose felt for the outside and cotton fabric for the inside). You'll also need to cut 1 inside piece using preferably felt so it's easier to stick the sewing needles and 1 front piece which will be embellish.
Once you have all your pieces cut you can start assembling them:
1 - Place the cover fabric on the cover felt piece making sure the right side of the fabric is showing. Sew and trim with pinking scissors. If you want to use ribbon to help keep your needle case closed, insert it between both layers of material before sewing. As you can see, I made a button loop with ribbon.
2 - Place the inside piece of felt centrally on the cover and sew along the middle.
3 - Embellish the front piece of felt and sew it onto the cover either by hand or by machine.
Below is my own needle case made sometime ago, it's slightly larger than the one above but made in the same way.
