My Floss Organiser - The Finishing Details

My latest project, My Floss Organiser (pattern by Lynette Anderson Designs) has been made with with really pretty fabrics from "My Hearts At Home" collection, also by Lynette. The main feature of the inner is 24 clear plastic pockets - when I added the binding to cover all the raw edges, I found it much easier to machine the binding onto the inner, covering the plastic parts, then turn the folded edge over to the front of the organiser ready for hand stitching the binding in place - it's much easier to stitch the binding to the fabric part of the front of the organiser, rather than trying to hand sew it the plastic part on the inner. Obviously if you're going to machine stitch the binding completely, this doesn't really matter. I'd initially cut my binding strips 1.25" wide, and machined them into place with a walking foot and Aurifil thread, making mitred corners as I stitched the binding in place. The binding was then folded over to the front of the organiser, and hand stitched in place just as if I was binding a quilt.....

...when the front of the organiser was pieced together, one of the ties was inserted into a seam, and I then stitched through the front of the organiser and the wadding to secure those 2 layers together, before layering the inner part of the organiser and adding the binding. The second tie was secured in place when the binding was machined around the edge. These are then tied in a smart bow to keep the floss organiser closed. These gorgeous personalised wooden spools were part of the The Thread Club that I took part in last year. These gorgeous hand dyed Valdani threads are wound around the wooden spools.
If you're interested in getting the pattern to make "My Floss Organiser" they are available from Lynette's shop Little Quilt Store, and if you're in the UK they are available from Julia at Cross Patch in Wales.