written by marieann

I had tiny scraps from the baby quilt I made for a friend that were too lovely to throw away. I decided to try my hand at crazy quilting. I made a pillow when I was really young but I hadn’t tried the technique since. I figured since I was making something really girly sewing cute it should be something sewing related. So I created a needle case that my boyfriend loves because he’s hoping that fewer needles will end up on the floor.

Materials:
Approximately 6×10″ piece of muslim
Same size piece of lining fabric
Thick fabric scrap for the inside of the case (felt or courdory)
Scraps of coordinaing fabrics
Buttons or ribbon scraps

Tools:
Sewing machine
Iron

Instructions:

1. Make a crazy quilt using the muslim as the backing and the fabric scraps.  Here’s a <a href=”http://diynamite.com/2007/10/30/how-to-crazy-quilt/”>tutorial for crazy quilting</a> (with lots of photos!)

2.  Sew ribbons or buttons and embrodiery stitches on the crazy quilt piece for decor

3.  Pin the crazy quilt piece to the fabric inside piece right sides together.  Sew around all four corners but leave a small hole for turning.

4.  Turn right side.  Press.  Hand sew the hole shut.

5.  Cut a piece of the sturdy fabric and fold it in half.  Fold in half the wallet part too.  Pin the center together and top stitch the sturdy fabric to the wallet body.

6.  I put ribbon around the edge (after I zig zagged the edge) to stop it from unravelling.  That’s not necessary if you use felt though.