Before the holidays, I needed a few small but special gifts for some online friends of mine and decided to make pin and needle holders.  The original pin and needle holder came to me from my best friend in Iowa, who made it in her quilt guild.  A number of years ago, my MIL and I made some for her annual church bazaar but neither of us kept the pattern we’d created to make them.  When I tried to re-create the pattern, it didn’t work out so well.  SO, I had to punt.  I went into my kitchen and got a medium sized plate and used that as the outer edge guideline, adding the place where the snap goes to it to my template. 

This is SUPER SIMPLE to sew!  You cut a piece of felt the same size as your template with pinking shears.  Then, you cut the outer fabric about 1/4″ smaller than the template.  Once both are cut, pin them together and press the places where the folds will be.  Using a zig-zag stitch, sew on all of the pressed lines, then sew along the circumference of the project as well as the tab where the snap will be placed.

It took me about an hour to whip up five pin and needle holders, once the cutting was completed.  And, I did it with my youngest daughter so we had one-on-one time together – bonus!