Needle Case

I haven't been up to much stitch wise this week, went to a couple of parties, that's my years allotment,almost :)
I also had a day out at our Guild, everyone takes their stitching along and we enjoy lots of chat and coffee,
Wednesday I decided my bulging needle case has had its day, it is stuffed with needles most of which I can not even thread any more. it also takes a lot of space up in my bag when out and about
I chose one of my favourite samples of white cotton velvet, layered with painted bondaweb and machine stitch, I was just going to straighten the edges and line it with felt, and put a selection of needles,

but got carried away and put a couple of pockets, attached my scissors and a strip for just a few needles, I spotted a sketch book that looked the right size, but it wouldn't fit with its big spiral wire and hard cover, I removed the covers and stitched the pages with some De Massey yarn, also used the yarn with some turquoise wool top zig zagged on top to tie it up,

Stitched Brown Paper Vessell

Well, I couldn't resist it, I decided to paint up some more brown paper, on both sides, purple one side and a dark blue on the other, I glued the sample to the new paper on the dark blue side, and then tore around the edge so it matched the sample size as near as possible, any that does show the same colour to the main paper so blends in.
I then painted inside the rim of a Rolo tube, (candy) the same purple as the back of the paper,so the paper showing on the inside is the purple.
Then I glued the paper around the tube, it worked out a perfect fit just overlapping by about a quarter inch, It's about 8" high and just big enough to hold bits and pieces on my desk