Sewing at the Beach 2018 Raffle Basket

It's all done. I'm so glad to be ahead of schedule, to complete my contribution to Sewing at the Beach 2018. The combination of fabrics, buttons, beads and satin cord came together beautifully.

The Notions Nécessaire has big beads (silver and aqua) on the ends of the ties. All of the fabrics were used inside on the pockets, needle book, scissor case, spool keeper, pincushion and emery. The project bag is made from all four fabrics with the quilted fabric inside for extra padding. The Sewing Machine Necessary (it sits under your sewing machine with the convenient pockets hanging down in front) has bias binding in the aqua fabric, the pockets are bound in the pink and the hanging tab at the top is the gray. It's under everything in the photo.

The pincushion is a cutie, and sits inside the Necessaire surrounded by the Spool Keeper. I "fussy cut" the pincushion fabric top to center the pink circle.

The strawberry sitting on top of it is filled with Berryhill Heirlooms Authentic Emery. And look how the ribbon rose just glows with the ombre ribbon. I just know someone will be delighted to win this raffle prize at Sewing at the Beach 2018!

Last Project Touches

I really look forward to the last little touches of a project, especially if I've been slogging through one that seems to take forever because of interruptions. I've been working on one of my own creations, The Notions Necessaire. It's part of a raffle basket for the SAGA National Convention. The raffle baskets are a major fund raiser for SAGA. It's good for me to make up one of my patterns every now-and-then to refresh my memory, try some new techniques. And of course I love to play with colorful fabrics...who doesn't? The Notions Necessaire is made from quilting fabrics...four of them. I purchased these wonderful fabrics from Chadwick Heirlooms. Not only does Chadwick's have a wonderful collection of heirloom fabrics, but their quilt fabrics are to die for! Here's the pincushion and emery (above) that sits inside the Spool Keeper. It's so cute in these fabrics!

Adding the spools of thread to the Spool Keeper adds more color to the project and goodies to the raffle basket.

I like to add beads to the Necessaire's satin ties. These were at a chain fabric store...large enough holes for the cord to slip through.





I so love it when a project comes together! Who knows what else I will add to this raffle basket?