Its become a bit of a tradition for the quirky quilters to create a gift bag of little useful bits and pieces (often hand made) to each other for a birthday.
Its fantastic to receive one of these, in fact they've been known to raise a tear.
As we've all begun to dabble a bit in Crochet I decided that a quilted crochet hook case would be the perfect gift for my friends. They were made in two batches for the pre Christmas and post Christmas birthdays but the process was pretty much the same for both....
Check the instructions which are not mine...they come from here, then find the fabric for the appropriate quirky personality....
Measure carefully, including the trimming ribbon...
Make a little needle pocket...
Line up the main pocket and the backing and sew some channels for the hooks...
They needed a "something" to keep the roll closed and the hooks safe... so I hunted out some ribbon, cord and even crocheted up a chain of crochet stitches with button ends to do the job....
A final trim and a turn...
and they were done..
They look even better with hooks in them...
They look even better with some hooks in -hope their recipients like them!!!
Loved by this recipient! Thank you. E
ReplyDeleteAn excellent choice of gift h.... Love my rainbow one.... Have all my hooks stored stately away. Just LOvE our handmade gifts..... Gives me as much pleasure to give as to receive.... Oh all right receiving is much better!!!!! ;)
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