Vickie Howell | Blog: Gift Wrap--Free Project!

Monday, December 18, 2006

Gift Wrap--Free Project!

Need a quick holiday gift for the knitter in your life? Well this Christmas carrier is just what the secret Santa ordered!

Materials

1/4 yard of vintage holiday fabric (I used an old pillow case)
1/2 yard of coordinating fabric
1 yard of ribbon
Coordinating thread
Sewing machine
1 Set of Candy Cane Knitting Needles

Directions

Cut 1 piece of holiday fabric and 2 pieces of coordinating fabric, measuring
9" x 17" each.

Fold one piece of coordinating fabric in half, width-wise. Top stitch 1/8" from the folded edge.

Pin folded piece to bottom half of the other piece of coordinating fabric. To accommodate the six sets of needles, sew pockets as follows: 1- 1 3/4", 2- 1 1/2", 3- 1 1/4".

With right sides together, pin the coordinating and holiday fabric together along with the ribbon piece folded in half and placed facing inward about 6" up from the bottom.

Using a 1/4" seam allowance sew together, leaving an opening for turning.

Turn piece right side out, and press. Fold turning opening inward and top stitch around entire piece, about 1/8" in from the edge.

Stick your needles in the pockets, roll up the carrier and tie it closed

posted by Vickie Howell @ 10:17 PM

12 Comments:

At 11:25 PM, Anonymous said...: Very nice idea! I will try... may be next year, haha :)
At 11:37 PM, Anonymous said...: So cute! What a fun project - thanks for your show and tell vickie!
At 11:38 PM, Anonymous said...: Show and tell, yeah!! so cute!
At 7:20 AM, ~drew emborsky~ said...: I love it! What a fantastic project!!
At 3:08 PM, Nichole said...: LOVE it - great idea! And guess what else? TAG... you're it... see my blog for info, as you've been tagged. :-) www.lapdogcreations.blogspot.com
At 6:08 PM, jane said...: Great idea. I have seen those knitting needles and what a great gift that would make. Love that fabric ... Very retro...
At 7:32 PM, Anonymous said...: I love those needles! Any clues as to where to buy them online? (I'm in Australia, so store locater's no good for me!)
At 7:33 PM, Anonymous said...: I love those needles! Any clues as to where to buy them online? (I'm in Australia, so store locater's no good for me!)
At 2:33 PM, FaeryCrafty said...: Those are so cute!!
At 8:07 PM, Jennifer said...: I plan on making one for myself so I'll stop loosing my needles. I lost one of the first set of needles I ever got so this is a wonderful idea.
At 11:28 AM, Vickie Howell said...: Jennifer-glad you like it! Please submit a picture of it when you're done so it can go into my knitter's gallery! xoxo, Vickie
At 2:10 AM, Karan said...: What a lovely, easy gift idea : ) I'm putting together a "learn to knit" kit for someone and this is certainly going into it. THANK YOU!