Tuner bag
In case you are wondering, I didn't wake up one morning & realise that my life was empty because I didn't have a case for my guitar tuner.
A few years ago, a received a cross stitch kit as my Secret Santa present at work. Someone had a brilliant idea there. And it was a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design. I could get quite obsessed with those without proper supervision.
Just one small point though, folks. The kit was for a lavender bag. A lovely idea, but how often do you actually look at a lavender bag? So why put the effort into something you like & then never look at it?
So I started to think about how I could make it into something more visible. Which isn't easy when the size is dictated by a small piece of material.
Then I hit on this idea, & I use it most days, so it is a much better plan:
The next stage was to make the bag. A guitar tuner is an awkward shape for precise measurement, so what I did was:
A few years ago, a received a cross stitch kit as my Secret Santa present at work. Someone had a brilliant idea there. And it was a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design. I could get quite obsessed with those without proper supervision.
Just one small point though, folks. The kit was for a lavender bag. A lovely idea, but how often do you actually look at a lavender bag? So why put the effort into something you like & then never look at it?
So I started to think about how I could make it into something more visible. Which isn't easy when the size is dictated by a small piece of material.
Then I hit on this idea, & I use it most days, so it is a much better plan:
- The kit was for one piece of embroidery on a piece of fabric about twice the length needed for the chart. I worked the chart as far towards one end as I decently could.
- I then repeated the chart at the other end of the fabric. Kits often provide a lot more thread than is needed, so I was able to do most of the design twice from the thread provided. I didn't risk using the kit thread for the second border, as the colour change would have been obvious if I'd run out. I used a similar colour from "stock".
The next stage was to make the bag. A guitar tuner is an awkward shape for precise measurement, so what I did was:
- Wrap a piece of suitable fabric round to check it was a reasonable size for the job.
- Machine stitch the side seam & a wide hem at one end to take the cord.
- Put the tuner in the bag, & fold up the "bottom" edge as if wrapping up a parcel. Pin it, then hem it down
- Hem the embroidery onto the bag.