Sunday, December 5, 2010

Needle Keeper Book

My Great Aunt Cecle was an avid quilter.  My family spent a lot of time out on her little farm in Northern Idaho when I was a little girl.  She always had a quilt in the frame and several more tops ready to go into the frame.  She made little Needle Keepers out of flannel and had several needles threaded in the keepers so that it would speed up her quilting time with less breaks for re-threading.  This keeper is almost 60 years old that she made.  I have added needles to it.  The size is 4 inches wide and 8 inches long.  It has 4 long pieces of flannel inside with the paper strips for needles.  Around her quilting frame, there would be a keeper for each side with threaded needles.

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