Level: All

Time: Wednesday 7pm to 10pm

Price: $24/$32

Contact Teacher: stephanie_chini@hotmail.com

Kit Fee: $20.00

Pattern Fee: $8 (included in kit fee) Machine: Not Required

Class Description:  The Honey Bee Pincushion and Needle Keeper—a match made for sewers. Hand stitch this adorable Honey Bee Needle Keeper and stop losing those needles! Its sidekick, the Honey Bee Pincushion, has four layers of beautiful gold and brown wools to hold all those pins. Keep this pair for yourself or give to someone special as a gift. We will concentrate on making the needle keeper first, and as time allows, we will work on the pin cushion. I will, however, demonstrate all stages on how to put the pin cushion together. Learn a couple of basic embroidery stitches to embellish both projects.

Class Supply List:  A kit is not required for this class, but it has all the materials to finish both the Pin Cushion and the Needle Keeper. The kit also includes the pattern, snap, button, bead, and stuffing that are used in these projects. If not purchasing the kit, here are the materials required: Pin Cushion: Four gold/browns: Top 3” x 6”; second 4” x 8”; third 5” x 10”; bottom 5” x 10” ; heavy black thread for embroidery and securing; one medium button for bottom, one larger bead for top, stuffing. Needle Keeper: 4 ½” x 8 “ background and plaid wool; 3” x 4” wool color your choice; four golds/browns for beehive 1” x 3”; 2” x 2”--black; 1” x 2”--blue; 1” x 1”- white and green; snap; heavy thread for edging. Bring an iron and table-side ironing board if you have it. There are no special requirements. A sewing machine is not necessary. It would be easier to sew the pincushion circles together, but hand stitching can be used. Teacher will bring a machine for student usage. Although your kit comes with lots of goodies to make both the pincushion and needle keeper, you will still need to bring sharp scissors, threads to match (black, gold/yellow, blue, white), heavy black thread (I like Prescenia or Perle Cotton thread #8 for this), and a large doll needle to stitch your pincushion circles together and for finishing edges, an embroidery needle, appliqué pins are suggested (but regular pins are okay), threads to match project, double sided fusible such as Soft Fuse is optional to those students who wish to use it for securing their pieces before stitching into place. I will have small quantities of freezer paper and double-sided fusing for students to try them out. Heavier thread will be needed for some of the embroidery, but two pieces of floss work okay for this as well.
Included in Kit: Kit comes precut and ready to sew. It includes all materials except the thread and stuffing for one small pincushion and one needle keeper. It includes the pattern.