My Swarm of Bees

 The swarm of bees are here!!!  I can't wait to show them all to you.  I'm still writing most of the tutorials so today I will be sharing the pincushion and the needle keeper.  Both are easy to make and a great lot of fun also.  At least I had a lot of fun making them.  I just had to stop and oogle them every time I competed one.

There is a pouch to hold them all, along with a pincushion, a needle keeper, a scissors keeper, and last but not least a thimble keeper.  For those of you that don't hand sew I'll bet that you will come up with a way to transform the swarm into handy items for machine sewing. Here is a picture of the swarm put into the pouch.

I've also completed the mice but will share them with you on another post.  I'm trying to keep them somewhat a secret from my sister.  She has a birthday next month and loves meeses.  I'm hoping to do a bag with paper pieced mice to go along with the muddle of mice.  The thing is I've never given her a birthday present so this like a one time lifetime present.  

I also want to do a bag with bees for myself to go with the swarm.  I've also designed the gang for ladybugs.  What are a bunch of ladybugs called?  Need to come up with something.  Oh well as long as I keep having fun who cares!!!!  

Let's start the tutorials with the pincushion:

 He is about 3 1/2" long finished.  Click on the top view picture to get to the free PDF file.

Now for the needle keeper:
Right below is the needle keeper closed.  Click on it to get to the free PDF file.  To the right of that is the inside with great wool felt I found at my lqs.  It beats the yucky stuff from the craft stores. Below that is a picture showing the pockets on the inside.

I'll be back in a few to give you more PDF's for the rest of the Swarm.

Swarming is fun!!!

Marjory