The weather’s been so dreadful, and I was so excited to actually put this pencil tin into use that I’ve got ‘action photos’! This is (a small portion of) my desk at work. I used to use a chipped coffee cup to hold my pencils, but while it was adequate it wasn’t really stylish. I think this is a definite improvement.
The embroidery pattern is from Badbird (aka Andrea Zuill). I’ve had it in the back of my mind to stitch ever since she originally posted it, but was waiting for the right project to come along.
The can cover is made almost exactly the same way as last time, but I gave up the hand stitching along the back seam and just machine sewed it, making a long tube to pull over the can. The lining just folds down inside. I think next time I’ll only sew the back seam as far as the rim of the can, leaving the lining free to overlap inside; it’s a little ‘ruffly’ on this one because it didn’t fit perfectly. Still, it’s on the inside so it’ll almost never be seen.
Ruffly or not, it is a seriously cute cover. I rather think the gnome looks at home on it.
Very cute, im going to put this on my sons new bag. Just wondering where you got your coloured pencils from, I’ve been on the look out for some like that for years!?
Thanks
Vicky
Hi Vicky,
The pencils were a present from my boss, who brought them back from one of his overseas jaunts. I love ‘em too. Sorry that’s not much help!
Found you via How About Orange. I’m an American living in Perth.
I, too, found that same tutorial for the tin cover. I’ve been playing around with different ideas on re-purposing tins. I stitched one up quickly. all on the machine but I didn’t do the inside. I like what you did. I never posted about mine as I’ve been slag with posting and have to finish what I started.
Glad to have found your site. I love the vintage bookmarks. If Jess at HAO sees those I’m sure she will post about it. She always shares cool finds.
Looking forward to visiting here more.