Bruce the Chef

Keep your sewing tools handy with this ciever see-through kit.

what you’ll need
Plastic ice bucket approximately 7 inches across the top and
Vh inches high; 2 yards of %-inch-wide satin ribbon Large tomato pincushion and strawberry emery Measuring tape; 7×14-inch bias strip of calico Scissors; needle; thread; green embroidery floss 5-inch square of green calico Fusible transweb paper; iron 3-inch square scrap of calico to contrast with green 3-inch square of coordinating calico; fabric glue 8×14-inch piece of felt; sewing machine; pinking shears; button

1  To cover ice bucket handle, tie the center of the 2-yard ribbon to one end of the handle. Bring the ribbon ends to the top side and twist, bringing ribbon ends to the back side in a cross. Repeat to cover the handle, securing the ribbon ends at the opposite end of the handle.
2 To cover the pincushion, measure from the center top to the center bottom and add Vi inch for seam at bottom. Measure around pincushion at widest part. Add Vi-inch seam at ends and cut bias strip of fabric this measurement.
3  Seam short ends, right sides facing. Stitch gathering threads at bottom edge. Gather bottom. Secure threads and turn to right side. Cover pincushion. Hand-gather top edge and secure threads. Wrap the pincushion with embroidery floss to make tomato seams; knot on bottom.
4  Trace top patterns, opposite, on transweb paper and cut out. Cut one each from green calico. Cut off strawberry emery from the pincushion stem, leaving string attached to pincushion. Pierce a hole in the center of the green calico for the top and thread string through the hole; fuse green calico to pincushion top. Cut a quarter circle from contrasting calico and seam the straight edges to cover emery. Turn to right side. Cover emery by gathering around top edge. Pierce hole in green calico for strawberry top. Pull string through hole and reattach to emery. Fuse or glue green calico in place.
5 For scissors case, measure scissors length and width. Cut a rectangle of felt that measurement for case front. Cut case back that measurement plus 3 inches longer for flap. Round the corners at the bottom and for the flap.
6  To make the flower design for the flap, trace the pattern, opposite, on transweb paper and cut out. Trace on scrap of calico. Fuse flower to flap. Trim the edge with machine stitches. Cut and stitch a buttonhole in the center of the flower.
7 With wrong sides facing, stitch the case front to the back along the sides and bottom edge using a ‘A-inch seam. Trim the edge just beyond the stitching using pinking shears.
8  Sew on a button for closure.