I recently bought myself a sewing machine, and among the things that is necessary for sewing, is the needle pillow. A friend of mine, Hanna, said she had the idea of a needle pillow on top of a lid, and then you can store other sewing supplies in the glass. I thought this was a cool idea, that way I could hold all my needles/safety-pins in place. I had a tiny jar, that had once held honey from Germany, but now it was empty and screaming to be put in use.

First you take a circle of fabric, the diameter of the circle measuring about four times the diameter of lid. My lid is 4 cm across, therefore my circle is 16 cm across the diameter.

Then you stitch long stiches along the edge of the fabric, double stranded!

Then pull the threads carefully. While the opening is still a bit big, stuff it with filling. I used some filling from a cheap pillow I once bought for this purpose.

Pull the threads shut. Tie a knot. Should look something like this:

Glue the ball stuck to the lid with hot glue/glue gun.

Then glue (hot glue) a ribbon on the bottom, covering up the rim of the lid, as well as a bit on the fabric ball, making it look smoother.

And you are done, and can enjoy your handy little work :]

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I like purple, so my felted laptop case is mainly in purple with semi white apples. It is knitted on very big needles… Pictures below :)

It is lined with ordinary cotton fabrick, and a long zipper (no need for fancy zipper with exact measurements, as it was very hard finding a 92 cm long zipper, I bough a meter from a big roll of zipper band). It was a bit hard to sew on the fabrick and the zipper at the top of my case, because the felted bit was very thick there…

But overall I am pretty happy with this one. Of course it look homemade with some mistakes here and there, but it suits my needs and look ok :)

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1. Striped skirt

It is black with some red silk bands. It was very easy to make. All I had was a bit piece of black fabrick. All I did was to first cut two pieces who when sewed together went around my hips. And on top of this piece I added some strechy band. So that it would stay at my hips and didnt fell down. Then I cut two pieces who were a bit wider and taller. I stiched long stiches on top of this and the dragged the tread a bit, so that the fabrick got as wide as the piece above, then I sewed that pice together and then sewed in onto the previous piece. And this I did with the rest of pieces, until my skirt was wide and tall enough for me. It is kind of hard to explain :P
On the bottom of the skirt I have sewed on some tulle to make the edge a bit puffy. Then when I was done with that I sewed onto some red silk bands to cover up the seam between the pieces I sewed together.
Done !

Below are pictures of me with the skirt, and the skirt alone.

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