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Friday, April 24, 2009

trying something new

I made a few of these pencil rolls as gifts for Christmas 2007. 
I used instructions found in Joelle Hoverson's Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts. 
I was delighted with the results.  Today, I'm working on a similar roll for my knitting needles. I'm adapting the instructions, and inventing my own pattern. Keep you posted...
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4 comments:

  1. Judy HartmanApril 24, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    Hi Karen,
    What I especially like about this is that is very subtle in the outside,
    but bursts into color when you open it!!
    Your last post made me chuckle - I have a similar problem. 'So much fabric, so little time!' Yes, I too have been trying to use what I have, but new designs and colors are SO TEMPTING!!!

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  2. LynApril 24, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    I bought a pencil roll-I know shame on me! I could of made one so much more interesting and for half the price too. Hey-ho!
    I love yours though, how clever, I bet you had fun matching fabrics to pencils!
    Love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  3. Nan and =^..^=April 25, 2009 at 7:20 AM

    Love the pencil roll, it would be great for brushes...I made some many many years ago that look so blah! I'm wondering where they might be.
    Yours is a work of art! I too have an old Save A Tree bag!

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  4. AnonymousApril 25, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    Those turned out so pretty! I am thinking of making some crochet hook rolls and more knitting needle rolls. Just need to find some extra time somewhere...
    ~Emily

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