diy needle minder
In my travels around the crafty Internet, I see a lot of tools, some of which seem useful, others not so much.
One cross stitch tool that I thought looked cool but I’d never bothered to buy was a needle minder. These little tools involve a pair of magnets with something fun on top of one of them. You place your cross stitch fabric (I’m sure you could use it for other hand sewing projects as well) between the two magnets, with the fancy one on top.
Then when you aren’t working on your project, you stick your needle to the top of the needle minder and the magnet holds it there. No more losing your needle in the middle of a project, or having to stick the needle through your project to keep it where you want it.
Because I’m lazy in weird ways, instead of buying a needle minder to try out, I made my own. Two, in fact.
My needle minders are made with flat disc magnets and air dry clay, which is fun because you can make it any shape you want and then decorate it with paint or markers once its dry.
I kept mine pretty simple, with a circle and a kind of diamond shape (I was going for an eye but I didn’t quite make it LOL). You could use little cutters to make shapes if you have some for polymer clay or other purposes.
These were really fun and easy to make, and you can even make your own air dry clay for this purpose, though purchased air dry clay is fine, too. Again, lazy in specific ways that make making things “easier” than leaving the house to buy them.
To each their own.
Anyway, if you’d like to make your own needle minders for yourself or to give as gifts to your stitching friends, you can find the tutorial over at Our Daily Craft.
Do you use a needle minder? I’d love to hear what you think about it!
