A small book to keep needles in

Crazy Quilting Needle Book with ribbon embroidery made by Hanna Andersson Sweden (Copyright Hanna Andersson)

I made a needle book for my mother in the technic crazy quilting, wich I plan to write more about here soon. I made it with fabric scraps my mother have given to me, so the colours and patterns (love em’) were no suprise, but so were the gift.

I really like how it came out, as a whole. In this picture you only see the front of it, with some different stitches, pearls and ribbon embroidery that I tried (but my fingers hurt too much from it). I’ll try to arrange som detail pics later. I really need a needle book myself, all my needles are still in their different packages, but I didn’t find the time right now.

I’m reading Il nome della roso this week, and it’s keeping my occupied.

Vintage Delta Needle Book paper cover image (found on Geocities back in the day)


PS: If you want to look at pretty paper packages visit Rosie’s Needle Book Museum (was at www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden). Isn’t it great that you can collect anything you like? Like napkins. Rosie writes:
To me they are as beautiful as the “Mona Lisa”!

I agree!


6 Responses

  1. A wonderful needlebook.Looking forward more of Crazy and silk ribbon embroidery.I’m also very fond of it and we had on QS a RoundRobin -RR.

    I wish you good luck
    Ulla in the north of Sweden

  2. the needlebook looks amazing! but does it open from the top or the sides? i cant quite make out how it works. but beautiful embroidery – ribbon work is a challenge, isnt it?
    i made needle books for my sisters last year for their birthdays and they really appreciated them. but mine pale in comparasion to yours – i made mine simply out of felt and with a bright button closure.
    excellent needle book link also!
    :)

  3. what a super cool needle book! i did a pillow in the same technique for my mother once. it’s such a fun way of using up old bits and pieces of fabric and trying to fin clever ways to embroider everything together. :-)

  4. Den är jättefin och det är jag som äger den, tack hanna
    kram mamma