the arm of your chair with hatpins at either end. Today they aren't necessarily meant to
be utilitarian, but indeed are a great deal of fun to stitch, and just as much fun to
display in a basket!
Do NOT trim the sides of the fabric-you may wish to remove and trim any raggedy
edges. Do a buttonhole stitch going into the raw edge about 4 threads and doing this
stitch about every other thread or so. This will finish the inner edge of your seam
beautifully so that no raw edges will show, no matter how close someone looks! You
can do this with either a #12 perle cotton, or 2 strands of floss.
Now do the long seam on the down the long side of the needleroll. Place the wrong
sides of your needleroll together with the buttonholed edges lined up together. You can
do this by machine, but I stitch 1/4 inch away from the edge using a backstitch. Then
turn the needleroll and stitch it again right over the backstitches you just made,
however this time in doing those backstitches you will put your needle in and out of the
threads which you skipped the first time. Turn your needleroll to the right side out.
For the stuffing of the needleroll, I use quilt batting. You can buy this buy the yard
at any fabric store. There are lots of different weights of quilt batting, so it is best to
tightly roll it and see about how long a piece you will need to get the amount of
pillowing you want for your needleroll. Cut your batting this length, and as wide as
your needleroll is from the measurement between the first two ribbon rolls. Take your
quilt batting and roll it tightly, then wrap it in a slightly larger piece of plastic wrap
leaving a few inches tail on each end. This makes stuffing your roll alot easier!
Thread the plastic wrapped batting into your needleroll until you get it just where you
want it. Then reach in and hold on to the batting, while pulling the plastic wrap out
the other end.
Lace your ribbon in and out, and tie into your pretties bows! Voila! You're done!
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