Last night, I finished embroidering the labels for my sewing needle case. I looked through my needles and the resources from this post and narrowed it down to sharps, betweens (quilting), embroidery (crewel), tapestry, and cross-stitch needles. (The cross-stitch needles are technically tapestry, but my head was starting to spin by this point so I decided to keep them separate.)
The embroidery was very simple to do. I wrote out the words first on white grosgrain ribbon with a very fine Pigma Micron 005 pen. I stretched the ribbon through my embroidery hoop and then back-stitched the letters with double strands of teal floss. I was going for a subtle gradient effect, so I used three different shades of thread.
I found these metal card catalog labels in my stash and am thinking about blanket-stitching them into place. However, it may make the whole thing feel sort of heavy. I don’t know. What do you think?
Next week: the full reveal. I know this isn’t the most glamorous of projects, but I think it’s going to be so useful. We’ll see…
Hope you have a great weekend!
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I think the stitching on the ribbon is so cute! What a great idea :)
It’s very unique, love it!