Today I kickoff a Christmas in July Event at From My Carolina Home! Get ready for 12 days of ideas, tutorials, giveaways, downloads and fun on my blog PLUS a quilt along over at a blog hop with more blogs to visit full of ideas. On this post, I’ll show you a tutorial for a great little jewelry case or sewing kit, something to make in multiples for holiday gifts. Are you ready? Let’s get inspired! Read all the way to the end for a special surprise!
You’ll need:
1/2 yard of fashion fabric (in the tutorial, the snapdragon fabric) for the outside
1/2 yard of lining fabric (in the tutorial, the pink fabric) for the inside
1 yard cording, cut into two 18-inch pieces
1 3-inch plastic canvas circle
Optional – fusible interfacing 15 inch square
First make your pattern. You’ll need circles of fabric, so I begin with folding a piece of paper into fourths. Make 2. Measure out 7-1/2 inches from the center on the larger, and 4-1/2 inches from the center on the smaller, in several places. Draw a quarter circle line from edge to edge to make two circles, one 15 inches in diameter and one 9 inches in diameter.
Cut out your circles.
Using each pattern circle, cut one fashion fabric and one lining fabric.
Optional, if you like your case to have a bit more body, iron on fusible interfacing to the back of the fashion fabric.
Measure in from one edge on the larger 15-inch fashion fabric circle 1-1/2 inches and make a buttonhole one inch in length.
Make another one on the opposite edge of the same piece of fabric. Cut both buttonholes open.
Place the large circles right sides together and sew all the way around the edge. Yes, all the way, do not leave any opening for turning. Repeat with the smaller circles, right sides together.
Fold the sewn circles into fourths to find the exact center. Mark a one inch line on the edge in the center (1/2 inch on either side of the center point) on the lining.
Cut a slit in the LINING ONLY. Don’t get scared, it will get covered up. Just be careful to only cut the lining. Repeat for the small circle.
Clip the curves on the edges all the way around both circles.
Turn right side out through the slit.
Smooth out the edges, I like to use a chopstick for this.
Iron both to sharply crease the edges.
Fold the larger circle into fourths and finger press to find the exact center. Place the plastic canvas circle in the center on the lining side over the slit, making sure the center of the canvas is on the center of the larger circle.
Fold the smaller circle into fourths, lining side out and place on the plastic canvas to find the center.
Open out the small circle over the plastic canvas, lining sides together, pin around the plastic canvas through all the layers.
Sew through all the layers around the canvas circle. Do not sew through the canvas, just around the edge of it. This will encase the canvas in the bottom providing a firm base and cover both slits in the lining fabric.
Beginning at the sewing line in the middle, sew spokes out to the edge of the smaller circle. Sew four spokes, one each pointing north, south, east and west (or like a clock face 12, 3, 6, and 9). Do not sew through the plastic canvas.
Add four more spokes of sewing to make eight pockets.
I hope you see the stitching here to create the pockets in the smaller circle.
Now, sew a line around the outer edge of the larger circle about 1/2-inch in from the edge to make the top ruffle. Be sure to keep this line of sewing to the outside of the buttonholes.
Sew a second line of stitching about one inch further in, this time going to the inside of the buttonholes. This will create a channel for the drawstrings.
Using a bodkin, or other means, thread the cording through one of the buttonholes, all the way around the channel and back out through the same buttonhole.
Tie the ends together in a knot.
Repeat with the other piece of cording using the opposite buttonhole.
I put a dab of frey check on each knot and clip off the taped ends.
Pull on both cords at the same time to close the bag.
Give it empty for use as a jewelry case. Earrings are kept together in the pockets. Since the bottoms of the pockets end at the plastic canvas liner, they are flat instead of cone shaped. This makes it easy to reach in and get your items. The sturdy base can hold several pieces as well.
Another idea, fill it with sewing goodies for a wonderful sewing kit. For travel to classes, or just to keep on hand, a kit with the basics we use all the time will be appreciated. Needles, pretty scissors and Aurifil threads are always welcome to a quilter or sewist.
Even more fun, make one with sewing motif fabrics!
This one has a gold lining fabric.
To win this set of 12 V&Co Simply Color Aurifil thread, visit the Aurifil website at http://www.aurifil.com/, check out Auriworld, see the designers and collections, or visit the blog, then come back and leave a comment on this post with your favorite Aurifil thread collection or designer, or if you decided to follow them via any of their social networks like Pinterest. International entries are welcome, Aurifil will ship anywhere in the world. You may leave a second comment and entry if you follow my blog and just say how you follow me. I’ll draw the winner on July 24th, so you have plenty of time to enter. Good luck!Update – Drawing has been held and the winner has been sent an email.
MORE FUN!! Hop over to Confessions of A Fabric Addict to see more Christmas In July ideas, begin a quilt along for a Christmas quilt, and see the other bloggers on the hop over the next 12 days. Lots more projects are planned for the hop you won’t want to miss. Fellow blogger on the hop today is Sharon Vrooman who has another Christmas project – click on Vroomans Quilts to see the feather trees.
And come back here for more ideas throughout the house tomorrow. Linking up with some of the great parties on my party page. Also sharing at …
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From My Carolina Home 
i don’t open most of the stuff that comes in on the computer but your bog i always look at. great ideas,and beautiful pictures of your home that remind me of the homne i grew up in! thanks for running all the drawings!
shoshana
Love your project, thanks! The Voluminous thread by Katarina Roccella looks yummy. I follow her and Aurifil on Instagram. @susansquiltstudio
Oh, such a lovely project! Thanks for sharing! At the moment I really love the TINSEL collection by Cheri Good Quilt Designs. But Aurifil is just yummy anyway. I am a follower of the Aurifil blog and pinterest board too.
This project will make a perfect Christmas gift or two. thank you for sharing it. I love the Tula Pink thread collection.
I love everything Tula Pink does so that would be my choice. This bag has given me Christmas ideas. Thanks for the tutorial.
Hi Carole. I hope thatI can make some of these for Christmas gifts this year. I think they are just awesome and look pretty easy to make. Hoping that Brenda will want to make some with me for gifts.
I went to the aurifil site and would love their Winter Essentials by Edyta Sitar.
I love those colors. They do remind me of winter.
Okay I read that we get a second entry if we tell you how we follow you. I follow you on wordpress. And my next choice would be Tidbits by jeni Baker.
don’t know how to make buttonholes yet, but this sure looks like a neat idea for gifts. Thanks for sharing. And I love Pat Bravo. Anything she does is fantastic in my book.
This pouch is superb, and I have some silk that would be perfect for the lining. Kathy Engle, her thread collection Tide Pools with purples, blues and teal fill all the spaces for using with my favourite fabric colours.
I now follow you on my blog list on Blogger, and can truly say I am so happy to have found and met you.
This is so cute. Thank you for such a great tutorial. I’ll be making a few for Christmas gifts this year.
Hi Carole! I love your project! Would make a lovely gift! My fav Aurifil collection is Voluminous by Katarina Roccella! I follow Aurifil on Instagram!
I’m one of your email followers!
Thank you for a lovely tutorial, such a useful gift too. I love Aurifil thread, it was so hard to choose a favourite but `I think it would be Jinny Beyer Machine Collection because it is so usable, and that’s me, practical to a fault.
Smiles
Kate
Lots of gorgeous choices at the Aurifil site! One favorite of mine is SEASCAPE by Sheena Norquay.
I follow your blog via GFC.
Great tutorial! The button hole throws me, tho! I have always hated making buttonholes! My favorite collection, at the moment, is Aurifils Valigia. I just love the assortment of colors at your fingertips!
I’d like to have the Vintage 30’s – Ruby’s Treasures thread set from Aurifil.
That was hard to choose a favourite. Mine is the tropical box. Love the tutorial.
I follow via email.
I love the spring colors of Wildflower Meadow. I follow Aurifil on insta and facebook, along with feedly.
Wildflower Meadow is beautiful…all of my favorite colors. Thanks for today’s tutorial. It is perfect for 3 people on my Christmas. Love, love, love Christmas in July!
Crystal in Cedar City
I love Aurifil threads, and there are so many fabulous collections available. I enjoy making Quilts of Valor, so my choice would be the Portage Lake collection by Minick and Simpson.
What a great tutorial, Carole! Thanks for kicking off the 12 Days of Christmas in July blog hop off in style!! I really appreciate all the hard work you did!
fave aurifil designers would have to be minick and simpson….their fabric AND thread lines are always drool worthy!
Great tutorial – I shared it with my local guild so will be looking for a flood of drawstring bags at our next show n tell. Visited Aurifil, very difficult to pick just one favorite — Winter Essentials by Eyda Sitar seems to have the most usable colors for me. Thanks for sharing your delightful instructions!
I would choose the basics by Mark Lipinski. So many choices. Great tutorial.
Tula Tula pink! This bag would be perfect for a teenager also a keeper for Legos and toy cars .
That’s a neat project! All the collections were wonderful. I think I like the ultimate collection best! I look forward to more projects.
I follow you by email!
I like the collection from Angela Walters. All the threads from Aurifil are beautiful.
Great tutorial! I’m hoping to make a carry bag for my Featherweight and this little spool carrier would be a great addition to the set. Regarding Aurifil, I have a lot of their 50 wt but am actually considering getting a set of their 12wts for hand quilting and embroidery. Angela Yosten’s “Flats” set is in the palette I usually work with so might be what I’d start with but depending on the project there are any number of sets to choose from!
P.S. I follow you through Bloglovin.
I enjoyed your detailed tutorial this morning and this bag has so many possibilities! I went to the Aurifil website and felt like kid in a candy shop! I think Jenny Beyer’s collection would be my favorite. I’m glad to have found your blog and can’t wait to see what else you have to post!
I follow you on bloglovin.
I like the Angela Walters collection.
What a great tutorial, Carole! Thanks for the chance to win, too. I love the Up & Away collection by Emily Herrick.
I have not tried Aurofil threads yet. Pretty well sticking with SoFine 50wt. as that works great in my machine. I would be willing to try it! I love any of the assortments.
Cute project! I like Sarah Vedeler’s “Transformation Warm” and “Transformation Cool” collections.
Thanks for the chance to win thread!
I love the idea of putting aurifil thread in a jewelry pouch! I LOVE Aurifil thread, but I mostly purchase neutrals….would be overjoyed to win this pretty collection! I follow Aurifil on Instagram and FB….
My MIL gave me a pouch like this in 1978 that I still use! It is not very pretty-gaudy oranges and reds…..so I feel secure in knowing no one would bother to take it if left unattended in a hotel room! Perhaps I need to update it width your great tutorial!
I follow your blog via email!
I have 10 granddaughters and can see them liking this! Love the way the second circle makes pockets inside. I’ve been quilting for many years but always on a tight budget. Have longed to try Aurifil . Think I’d like the Seascape by Sheen Norquay. Thanks.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I love this bag and it would be great for traveling to hold all kinds of items. I really like all the sets of thread by Jill Finley. I have always wanted to try this thread. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I follow you on Bloglovin.
Just found your blog and am impressed with all the creativity! I have made many of these as jewelry bags: all my friends now travel with them, and my travel, in house as well abroad, sewing kit has a little fabric stuffed pin cushion bump, in the centre of the bag…. So handy! Thanks for the great refresher!
I follow you via e-mail. Thank you so much for that tutorial. I may make one of these for my non-sewing daughter for Christmas just so she has some type of sewing repair kit with supplies. Thanks for the giveaway too.
I love the tidepool collection. Such beautiful colors.
All of the collections are pretty, but the Pastel collection is my favorite.
What a great tutorial! It took me a while and it was a tough choice but Pat Sloan’s Perfect box of colors would be fun to play with. Would love the chance to try a new to me thread =). I think I’ll have to try and make one of these when I get home from vacation.
Such a cute sewing bag, never thought of giving one for Christmas. Thanks for the tutorial. I do follow Aurifil and my favorite collection right now is the Valori Wells Collection. A nice variety of vibrant colors.
I follow you Google friends.
It has to be McKenna Ryan’s collection, though the choice was extremely difficult. Thank you for your blog . . . I always enjoy your table scapes! (lynnstck[at]yahoo.com)
I’ve purchased the Basics Collection several times. It meets my piecing needs.
It’s so hard to choose a favorite. I love them all! But I do love Camille Roskelley and all of her fun bright colors. I am an Aurifil junkie.
Loved the tutorial for the bag. I usually don’t have much success with what I call 3D sewing (anything non quilt) but your tutorial is so well written, I think I could do it 🙂 I follow you through Bloglovin.
I love Aurifil it’s the only thread I use for piecing. but I haven’t used much Variegated thread so I would get the Tula Pink Premium Collection
I follow you on bloglovin
I would get the Up Up and Away thread collection
Cute organizer bag. Best selection for piecing is my choice. I like the colors in the giveway collection.
All the aurofil collections are lovely.
I like the Pat Sloan neutrals collection. I don’t do social media, so, none of that other stuff. Thanks for the chance.
Enjoyed the tutorial. I see some gifts being made. I love anything Tula Pink
hi Carole. I just got around to reading this and oh my what an adorable little make!!
I think I will make one of these for my son-in-law’s brother’s wife (:-D) Her name is Christina Aliyetti just like my daughter, so we call her Cupcake, and my daughter Crafty. Anyway, Cupcake was just Dx with Crohn’s at the tender age of 26. Terrible. she even had surgery to remove part of her bowel.
Anyway, I have been sew so busy, but i wanted to make her something out of Tiffany Blue Fabric bc she love that kind of thing. now I have a great idea. Thanks for your plan.
This is just so adorable. Thank you bunches for sharing…. ( I just read there is a contest involved. haha, I did not read thoroughly just looked that the project. Truly, that is how I am. Good luck to everyone then. )
i love the v and co. simply colorful thread collection; all my favorite colors in one box.
Good Morning Carole! I am excited about your Christmas in July event! You started off with a great project and tutorial; I will be creating one today! Thank you for sharing and have a fantastic creative day!
I follow your blog by email!
I followed the link and really looked around at the Aurifil site, I followed them by Pinterest and chose Wendy Sheppard as my favorite designer. I follow her blog and really enjoy her posts and quilts!
Such cute little bag. Perhaps I could adjust it to hold art supplies 🙂
I like the transformation cool collection. Nice tutorial, I made these bags for gifts before. Might be time to do it again.
Those make wonderful gifts. Thank you for the tutorial. My favorite Aurifil designer is Wendy Shepperd. I have been a follower of hers for years.
I love all the Aurifil threads..i started following them on Pinterest. I especially like the wildflower meadow collection by Katarina Roccella.
i love the TULA PINK PREMIUM COLLECTION by Tula Pink……hehehe love her fabric line too… happyness04431@yahoo.com
Thanks for the tutorial!! I made one of your pouches YEARS ago, as a gift. It was a fun project and was well received.
I’m SEW glad that you participated in the blog hop. I needed the reminder and I’m happy to be included in your drawing!
I follow you on e-mail.
Good morning, nice to make your acquaintance! Thank you for the darling tutorial! I’d have to say COLOR ME HAPPY by Vanessa Christenson would be my pick. Thank you to you and Aurifil for the great giveaway.
Very cute! I’m thinking my little would love it for her My Life doll clothes and shoes. 🙂 As far as Aurifil, I’m a sucker for the Tula Pink Premium Collection because it is loaded with variegated threads. I’ve been following them on Pinterest, YouTube, IG and via email for a while now.
And I’m now following you thru wordpress 🙂 Looking forward to seeing your posts.
I have never tried this thread, so would be fun to win. I love the wildflower meadow collection with the rainbow colors.
That is such a clever sewing caddy Carole – Thank you for the tutorial!
As for the Aurifil Designers Collections – they are all great! Since I have to pick one, I would say “Voluminous” by Katarina Roccella – love all the colors!
I follow Alex Veronelli on all types of social media.
Carole – I just started following you with Bloglovin’! 🙂
Wildflower Meadow is one of my favorites.
I don’t have a favorite collection, I like them all. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
Hello, FrommyCarolinahome,
What a Beautiful Blog you have. I found you from a post on my Facebook. I have visited Aurifil Threads website and am folowing them on Pinterest. I LOVE ALL THEIR THREADS BUT, I would love love to win the Fancy Threads Collections by Jennifer Paganelli. I have Many of her fabrics and it will be FABULOUS TO HAVE HER THREADS TO MATCH! Thank you for your 12 days of Christmas in July Posts, I am excited to see all you have planned for us to See an Sew!
Picking a favorite thread collection is almost as difficult as naming a baby! lol It was so hard to narrow it down, I didn’t even WANT to…but I’ll go with It’s a Girl and It’s a Boy collection.
Great tutorial! I will be making a couple of these for gifts. My favorite Aurifil collection is Mimi Dietrich’s. I’m just getting started on a small Baltimore Album quilt.
Oh my goodness. Love the tutorial. I’m a North Carolina gal who follows you through WordPress!
How in the world do you choose a favorite Aurifil collection. I love them all! I’ve lost myself in their website! Thanks for the give away!
I really like the little packages with 7 small spools, a mini charm pack, and a pattern for a mini quilt. Such a cute, fun little project! I’ve done a couple of them already.
Love McKenna Ryan colllection. Thanks for the cute project tutorial!
Up and Away thread collection by Emily Herrick is my favorite Aurifil thread box. Those colors are so pretty and would match just about everything I make!
Fell in love with the setting for the DOM in 2014 – creating spools and setting them on point inspires me to make a sampler quilt (although I usually don’t like them.
I’m an Aurifil Best Selection kinda o’ girl! Neutrals for piecing
New follower on Bloglovin
Sarah Vedeler is my favorite nd her transformation Warm and cool is very good
I’m going to say my favorite designer right now is Lori Holt, although, I love a lot of them and I need to investigate some that I am unfamiliar with. I made a Farm Girl Vintage quilt that I am tickled pink with. I never thought I would be able to piece such a thing, but Lori’s book was easy to understand and fun.
I follow your blog by having it emailed to my inbox.
Cute project. I like the Aurifil Tide Pools collection.
I follow you on Feedly.
I love the sea squirt. Such lovely colors.
I like the Ice Cube Collection.
I love Aurifil thread…I don’t have many colors…but I find it wonderful for both piecing and quilting. I follow you via email as well as follow the Aurifil Buzz blog too….I’m also their follower on Pinterest.
My favorite Aurifil designer is Wendy Sheppard….and her Subtle Strings collection.
Great tutorial; can’t wait to give it a try. 😉
Thank you for being a part of the hop. I love discovering new to me bloggers and this is the first time I have read yours. I am now following via email. Love the tutorial, looks like I need to make a couple of Christmas gifts for my quilty friends. There are several designers and thread collections I like but my favorite is the Kindred Spirits Collect by Jill Shauls because it has good basic colors that I use a lot. Thanks for the chance. Rina
Great idea for gift-giving Carole, thank you for sharing! I follow Aurifil every which way, and most designers too, lol. Love Lori Holt’s Christmas set!
Following you by email 🙂
My favorite designer is Wendy Sheppard. Love all her beautiful quilting. I follow Aurifil’s blog and via FB. Thanks for a great tutorial for the jewelry/sewing case. Yours turned out great.
Love Lori Holt’s (Bee in My Bonnet) Happy Colors collection. I have just started following her, and already follow Lori Kennedy’s Inbox Jaunt – love her doodling lessons. Today I signed up to follow FromMyCarolinaHome via e-mail. Looking forward to reading more and playing along with Christmas in July.
Great tutorial. Thank you. When I got my embroidery machine in late 2003, a friend online posted a jewelry carrier she had and was complaining that it was falling apart as she’d used it for so long. I know hers was made for a silky type fabric and I had some left from making some wedding purses for another friend, so I searched to locate a pattern similar to hers. I had no idea what I was doing at all. I sure could have used your tutorial back then for sure. The one I made turned out really well; or maybe I should say the 2nd one did. The first one was a mess I’d made very wrong somehow. oops. LOL The pattern I had found did not use the plastic you have shown so now I want to make more to see how that works. We’ll see when I get around to making them, just how many oops ones I’ll accumulate before getting a nice one. LOL
I peeked at the thread and there are so many beautiful colors I’d love to buy. The one at the top of my list would have to be
PRISM by Michelle Scott of The Pieceful Quilter Code: PQ12MS12. I like that because of the variegated threads which work so well to blend.
I am a follower of your blog via email.
Thanks for the Auriful giveaway. Love their thread. They have amazing designers. I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite! Love the 50 wt for piecing as this is mainly what I do. Love Pat Sloan and Lori Holt and Camille Miskelly. All great! Thank you for the chance to win!
I follow you by email! Helen
The Happy color collection is the best!
I love this collection : TULA PINK PREMIUM COLLECTION by Tula Pink
Love the uppercase bundles
Tide pools collection
I follow by email.
I love the Tula Pink!!!!
I follow your great blog via email.
LOOOOOVE “PRISM” by Michelle Scott!!! 🙂
Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way too! 😀
I follow thru Email & Bloglovin 🙂
Love your Sewing Bag! Gorgeous!!
beautiful tutorial. love the ultimate-collection a variety of colors to choose from.
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
My favourite is the Tula Pink range -love all those variegated threads!
I follow by email. Hoping to start the sailboat sampler soon
My favorite thread collection is The Ultimate Thread Collection by Tula Pink. I saw this collection at an Aurifil presentation by Alex Veronelli and the Thread Collection is out of this world.
I follow your blog via email.
Love your little sewing/jewellery bag! My most favorite Aurifil designer is Camille Roskelley:-)
I really like the rich colors of the Valerie Wells collection
Thanks for the tutorial. I bought one of these bags at a craft show once. Now I can make some for gifts. I like the Uppercase collection by Janine Vangool. I already follow Aurifil on social media.
I follow you with bloglovin
Love your giveaway thanks Lois
Love Ruby’s Treasures, Thanks
So gorgeous.I follow you by emai.
Love the tutorial and all things Tula Pink.
I follow your blog via email
Greattutorial.There are many favorites and hard to choose only one favorite..I chose the yumiest Tula pink preimiun collection.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW YOU ON BLOG LOVIN’!
HI,my favorite Aurifil designer is Wendy Sheppard, Subtle Strings collection. Thanks to you+Aurifil for a neat agiveaway!
Thanks for the tutorial and for the giveaway!
I love Valori Well’s colors – they always make me happy!
And I follow you through feedly – ever since I found you when you were starting Scrap Dance!
I like Jeni Baker’s collections. And I absolutely love this pouch! Definitely going to make one of these, or two, one for each of my daughters. I know they will use them for jewelry.
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
kakingsbury at verizon dot net
I like Pat Sloan, follow her all over. I’m working on the Splendid Sampler and loving it. Learning tons from everyone. She has a Aurfil line for her Hometown Girl. Thanks for the giveaway.
A very nice gift indeed! I have never seen the plastic canvas disc used for the base but it’s a fantastic idea.
Thanks for the chance to win! I picked 2 favorites – Sewn Desert (gorgeous!!) and Small Kennel Quilt Thread Kit (it benefits Petfinder).
I love all of the designers on the Aurafil website. My very favorite is Valori Wells.
Lots of gorgeous color. My favorite is uppercase.
I follow you through email. I like using the plastic disc in your design. Great idea.
Love the Tula Pink collection. Thanks for the chance to win.
This is fabulous! I look forward to making one. (Seeing your scissors made me smile – I have the same ones.)
I love the VandCo ‘s bright colors but I also like Wendy Sheppard’s soft colors. Actually I love them all
I just love the blues in TINSEL by Cheri Good Quilt Designs.
Perfect box of Colors, by Pat Sloan. You are cruel…for making me choose just one!!!! A dozen of them are on my list!!!!
I love all of the Aurafil thread. Even though I’ve bought spools of Aurafil here and there, I’m totally committed to their thinner, stronger thread. I follow both the Aurafil and your through Feedly. Love the Minick and Simpson collection.
I follow on email, happy to do so. Those Aurifil spools look so happy in their bag, this would work for my traveling hexies!
Kansas troubles quilter is my favorite..I love the warm colors. Thanks for blogging, I enjoy seeing what you are up to each day.
This is way too hard for me Carole, but these are so cute and practical! You are such a professional seamstress and quilter-
Jenna
Oh how fun! I love a “giveaway” drawing! Challenge to pick between some of my favorite designers, but I will go with Pat Sloan. I took 2 classes with her last fall, and she is coming to speak this month at a local guild, and I will be attending. I met her in person when I went to IQF Houston in 2012. The local quilt shop (Serendipity Quilt Shop, Dagsboro DE) uses her patterns and books for classes. When I took my first “official class” in 2012, I was excited it was a book by Pat that we would use!
2nd chance— of course I follow your blog!! (And Aurifil’s blog on wordpress too!) I’ve enjoyed watching the progress of Wendy Sheppard’s quilt along with Aurifil. She is an amazing quilter. 🙂
My choice is clear. It’s aptly named “Aurifil Best Collection” in 50wt. It’s a good start to an excellent collection of threads.
Wow – what a choice to choose from – I kept finding my favourite and then another and another – so difficult to choose just one, so my final choice ‘chipper’ by Tula Pink 🙂
I follow you by e-mail – so nice sometimes to read everything in the mail window and sometimes on your blog – every day without fail 🙂
I’ve just started following you via email. I love the opportunity to get some stitching done early for Christmas (or any other time).
I love Aurifil thread and use it for both piecing & quilting. I follow their blog and on Facebook. Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
I love Jane Davidson’s Center Spool Block and the quilt it graced. What a fun give-away! Thanks for offering it.
Oh I like so many threads but Tula Pink ultimate looks fun to sew with.
I get emails from Aurifil.
I follow you by email, thanks for giveaway and the wonderful bag
Oooh, I’m drooling over the 50 wt. Tinsel Collection, such beautiful blues and greys. Thanks for the giveaway chance!
For a second chance, I follow you by email. Lucky me! Thanks again.
From the number of comments, I can see you have a very popular blog. =) That was a GREAT tutorial. I think I could follow everything to come up with a beautiful finish the very first time. Thanks! I love the idea of winning Aurifil Thread in all those colors. Transformation Cool is my current favorite set of threads. Thanks to Aurifil for the prize and chance to win.
I love the McKenna Ryan thread set! I am going to put your thread sewing kit on my list of Christmas gifts-thanks!
I am a follower, of course!
I love everything Lori Holt, especially the colors she uses! Looking forward to everything you post over the next 12 days! I’m a Christmas junkie, and have actually started making Christmas gifts early this year! jadahlgr@yahoo.com
I love the Tula Pink collection best 😍
I follow you with bloglovin 😊
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What a wonderful gift idea! Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
Kansas troubles quilter is my favorite if I had to pick one.
What a lovely gift idea. Perfect for this hop. Simple enough to do a couple now with plenty of time for the holidays.
I always use Aurafil for real sewing. It’s easy to thread in the needle, a lot goes on the bobbin, and I don’t have to clean the machine as often either! I liked the TINSEL by Cheri Good Quilt Designs box as it has different shades of grey and blue. Thanks for the chance.
I receive your updates directly in my email box. Always inspirational. Thanks for the chance!
I love the country colors in the Kansas troubles quilters collection- that’s my favorite !!!
I follow Aurifil on Pinterest (Lisa McIsaac or Lisa in Port Hope) ljridge4511 (at) gmail (dot) com
I follow you in wordpress so I get a daily digest by email! 🙂
I love Moda’s Me and My Sisters Designs. Their Aurifil collection is yummy!!
I love the country colors of Kansas Troubles Quilters collection- That’s my favorite !!!
Love Aurifil – use it for piecing all the time. Love the Aurifil Best Collection as they work with so many colors. Thanks for the chance!
The ultimate collection is my fav, thanks for an awesome giveaway!
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I love your drawstring jewelry bad. Great gift idea! My favorite designer is Fig Tree Quilts.
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What a great tutorial! Thanks so much for it. As for Aurifil, it’s my go-to thread. A lot of the collections look great, and Tula Pink’s looks like a lot of fun. All those variegated threads to play with!
I love Aurifill threads. The Basic collection from Mark Lipinski is my fav. The others all have beautiful colors that make you want to touch, but I love sewing with neutral colors.
The Tropical Collection appeals to me because it reminds me of summer and the colors are just gorgeous. Once I tried the Aurifil, I have used it solely!
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What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks so much for the tutorial. I’ve seen these at craft shows but they are rather expensive, and it’s difficult to buy what I know I can make. I’ve just been waiting for your post! Oh, following Aurifil on Pinterest!
That is a great tutorial and will make nice Christmas gifts. I have never used Aurifil thread and would love to win to give it a try. Thanks also for the surprise recipe.
I love Aurifil thread. I don’t know if I can pick a favorite designer collection, but the SAQA collection uses colors I find in my stash so I’d quilt with that very, very frequently…thanks so much for the lovely giveaway.
I think I like Happy Colors by Bee in My Bonnet (Lori Holt). Such vivid colors.
What a great tutorial! Thank you! I love the the Alison Glass collection.
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I love the Minick & Simpson Aurifil collection…could just be because I love all things Americana!!!!!
My favorite collection is the McKenna Ryan Tropical Collection – such wonderful colors!
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I like Jill Finley’s collection called “Sunday Best.” I almost always use neutrals, but lately have wished I had a good navy blue. Her collection looks great to me.
Just found your blog thru the 12 days of Christmas blog with Sarah. Will definitely be following you in the future. Love Aurifil thread, there is nothing to compare it to for me. Thanks you for the great tutorial of the gorgeous sewing kit bag. Will certainly be making this.
Thank you for the tutorial! What a cute project! I love Aurifil, the Sew Modern Essentials is what caught my eye!!
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I love the collection by Me & My Sister!
Your little bag is so cute and makes for a great gift! Thanks for sharing 🙂
My favourite Aurifil collection is UPPERCASE by Janine Vangool. Of course, I love all Aurifil threads!
Surf Squirt looks a great collection. fab bag
Oh my the Uppercase collection is gorgeous! Thanks for the opportunity of winning.
my favourite one is the new Sarah Fielke big stitches set. I love hand stitching and the 12wt is wonderful to stitch with
I love your Sewing Kit! I can see myself making a lot of these to give as Christmas gifts. My favourite Aurifil thread collection is actually the V & Co Simply Color – so many beautiful colors! Thank!
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The ”Tropical Box’ by McKenna Ryan is my favorite! Such bright vibrant colors! Thank you for the jewelry/sewing kit instructions-so many uses-so many fabric choices-wonderful!
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I .like the Uppercase thread collection.
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So cute, and so useful! Thanks for a great tutorial.
Tula Pink has a wonderful collection! And I follow you on Bloglovin
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The “Simply Color” by V & Co is beautiful–!
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The Tula Pink collection would be a wonderful addition to my stash of Aurifil. It is the best thread I’ve sewn with. Thanks
I love the sunshine collection by Vanessa Goertzen!
I love these bags, they have so many uses to hold jewellery and other things besides. Great post, Carole 😀 #12daysofchristmasinjuly
I am a follower of Pat Sloan. I made a baby quilt from one of her books and my DIL loved it.
I loved Minnick and Simpson’s perfect box of neutrals. It would be perfect 🙂 for me!
Thanks for the great tutorial.
Thanks for the chance to win some of this beautiful thread! I follow Aurifil on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 🙂
I’m a Carolina gal, too, currently living in Iowa but hoping to return home someday. 🙂 I’m following you via email and WordPress.
Tammy Silvers’s Seashore is so pretty. I am following Aurifil on Pinterest and Facebook!
I think I like Pat Sloan’s Perfect Neutral best , being that I would probably use them the most. I just don’t know how to pick a favourite so my goal is to collect them all. It’s always good to have a goal 🙂
Such a choice of collections of threads, after careful consideration, I think my favourite (to go with what I am sewing at present) is “SURF SQUIRT” By Claudia Pfeil.
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Thank you for a lovely bag pattern, which will be made for a coupe of gifts this Christmas, and thank you for the chance to win such yummy thread.
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Such a cute gift idea. Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win.
I like the Wildflower Meadow collection! 🙂
Great tutorial! I really like the little pockets within the bag, so useful! My favorite collection of Aurifil is Pat Sloan’s perfect Box of Neutrals
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With so many fabulous colors/collections, picking one favorite is not an easy task… but my choice is Grafic by Latifah Saafir. =)
Your tutorial is great and I can see this being a wonderful gift to open up Christmas morning. Thanks for your hard work in preparing this tutorial to share with everyone. Marsha@quilterinmotion
Sewn Desert by April Rhodes. Thank you so much for the make up/jewelery/ roll up tutorial. I’ve promised two friends that I’ll make them some accessories for an upcoming travel and this is perfect.
The Perfect Box of Neutrals by Pat Sloan is my favorite.
I really like Aurifil Subtle Strings by Wendy Sheppard. Thanks for the tutorial.
I like The Basics Collection by Mark Lipinski because I know I use all of those colors in any of my quilts. Thank you for the sewing kit tutorial; That would make a neat gift bag.
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial! I’m going on vacation soon, and I think I’ll make one of these bags for my sewing supplies. I love Aurifil’s Tula Pink collection, and I follow Aurifil on Pinterest.
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Can you believe I’ve never used Aurifil yet! GAGS! Soooo with that said, I think their new 2015 Bright collection would be the perfect collection to try them out with…esp. since my stash has sooo many polka dotted brights to match!! Cute little bags too!!!
Pat Sloane is a favorite of mine…lovely colorway!
I love the new Ragged collection with all of the different weights
I love the Tinsel collection. Perfect colors for not only winter quilts but seashore/ocean quilts as well.
Love Transformation Cool!
I visited Aurifil and I like the Aurifil Best collection. I visit your blog about once a week and get caught up but do not follow through a traditional method because I like to chose when I visit. I have participated in both of your mystery quilts.