With my job search comes the need to de-stress. Lucky for those who have been asking for sewing cases, I’ve been de-stressing with sewing some cases and needle-books. 
For those of you wanting to make your own sewing cases or needle-books, Fanciful Utility: Victorian Sewing Cases & Needle-Books should be available for pre-publication orders in Early August for shipping in Early September.
This case is made with a lovely fall toned striped silk on the exterior and a coppery shot silk on the interior. The spacious pocket is a white and golden yellow plaid silk. The two off white wool needle-pages are vine stitched with dark green on the first and golden yellow on the second. The viney stitch is continued on the ends of the cotton batted roll. The case is held closed with a tiny mother of pearl button and loop. This case is entirely hand-sewn and based on an original formerly in my collection and featured in the up-coming Fanciful Utility.
The bell shaped needle-book is made of coppery silk with a pair of off white needle-pages inside. It is tied at top with a cream silk taffeta ribbon.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
Pretty, pretty!
Those wanting to make your own… we should be taking pre-publication orders in early August, shipping in early September. Very cool projects in the book!
So lovely, Anna! Now that Barbara has received hers, I can’t wait to see it in person. 🙂