Thread Bins Anne Cavell April Meeting 2019

Quite a few of our members had expressed an interest in making one of Anne's thread bins and so this month Anne led the workshop. A picture of Anne's thread bin is below and you can see that when not in use it can be twisted and folded flat.

 Member started by using the inner circle of a tambour ring and drawing two circles from cardboard and cutting them out for supports. Two larger circles were cut out in material, gathered and fitted over the card. The circles were joined wrong side together to make the base.

Anne's demonstration piece

 The two tubes [sewn at home] were fitted inside each other and attached to the base one tube at a time so that the material was the right side out.

 All members finished their thread bin and were able to take them home ready to use. They will find then jolly useful for collecting their cut threads.

However Anne had another string to her bow and had suggestions as to what members could do with their spare outer circle. She showed us how they could be used as a frame for a small embroidery. [see below]

 A big thank you to Anne for helping us make something which will be very useful.