![]() ![]() Buttons – A button and loop type closure.So here’s just a few options I’ve seen around. While your book doesn’t necessarily have to secure closed, it’s probably a good thing you can keep it shut if you’re putting it in a travel case. You’ll then want to size accordingly.įor example, if you want to have a pocket for your scissors or a loop for a pen… you’ll need a book big enough to accommodate those things. ![]() As you read through the following options you’ll get a better idea of what you want to include in your book. While the example book I’ll be making in this article is just large enough to hold needles, these useful books come in all different sizes. Types of needlebooks Consider the size of your book Whether you buy one advertised as a needle holder, or simply plop a magnet into an old mint tin. Whether clear plastic needle tubes, or fancy wooden ones.Īnother popular method are small magnetic tins. You could also store your needles in tubes. Whether that’s the usual cardboard and plastic affair, or the round compact cases sewing needles tend to come in. Aka a pin cushion.īut there’s several other ways to store your needles! Some people choose to keep their spare needles in the original packaging, making it easier to determine sizes. And many of you probably have a similar device for storing your pins. ![]() I typically stab mine into biscornu on my desk or in my travel floss box. While needlebooks are pretty dang cute, there’s lots of other ways to store your needles instead. Rather than a spiky pin cushion you could have a nice flat, soft, padded book that probably won’t stab you if you store it in your travel bag and reach in blindly. It’s a small fabric book used to store needles, straight pins, safety pins, sewing clips, needle threaders, and sometimes even scissors! The main feature tends to be felt pages that you can safely tuck your needles into. Attaching Pages to your cross stitch needlebookįirst off, what IS a needlebook anyway? You’ll be very surprised to learn it’s a book.Cross Stitch Needlebook – Designing a pattern. ![]()
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