Eye Glass Case

by Bonnie

It seems like Bonnie is always coming up with new, exciting ways to not only make our lives easier – but also to make use of our smaller pieces of leftover fabric to create wonderful projects and gifts. Today’s no exception with the new Eye Glass Case!

Instructions
Supplies
Tear-away or wash-away stabilizer
Masking Tape
4 pieces of fabric cut into 5×8” pieces
2 pieces of cotton batting cut into 3 ½ x 8”(Optional)

—————STITCH TOP DESIGN FIRST—————

TOP
STEP 1
Hoop stabilizer and place hoop on machine and stitch CC1 this is your guideline for placing fabric.

STEP 2
Lay batting down as shown in picture. Center it between the two guidelines. There will be a little space between the guideline and the batting. Then lay your top fabric over top of batting right side up and stitch CC2. This will tack batting and fabric in place.

STEP 3
Stitch CC3. This is the decorative quilt stitching.

STEP 4
Follow color change sheet to stitch design.
STEP 5
Next slide the back fabric under hoop face down or you can remove hoop and use masking tape to hold it in place.
Place hoop back on machine if you removed it and continue.

Don’t worry if you stitch through the masking tape as it will tear away nice and clean.
STEP 6
Stitch next CC, this will join the back to the front.  Next, remove hoop and trim excess fabric away cutting as close to the stitching as possible being careful not to cut threads.

STEP 7
Return hoop to machine and stitch last CC, this is the satin stitch across the top.

STEP 8
Remove hoop and trim around as close to the outside stitching as possible.

EYE GLASS CASE – BACK

STEP 1
Hoop stabilizer and place hoop on machine and stitch CC1 this is your guide line for placing fabric.

STEP 2
Lay batting down as shown in picture.  Center it between the two guidelines.  There will be a little space between the guideline and the batting.  Then lay your top fabric over top of batting right side up and stitch CC2.  This will tack batting and fabric in place.

STEP 3
Stitch CC3 this is the decorative quilt stitching.

STEP 4
Next remove hoop and place fabric over back and tape in place with masking tape as pictured below.
Place hoop back on machine and stitch CC4 (this will secure the back fabric).

STEP 5
Now take the top and lay over the bottom half in the hoop and line up the bottom edges and then use masking tape to tape top in place as pictured below.

Now stitch CC5.  This will connect the top piece to the bottom.
Don’t worry about stitching over the masking tape as it will tear-away very easy.  Remove tape once you have stitched top to bottom.

STEP 6
Now stitch the last stitch. This is your satin stitch border.  You can stitch this again if thread does not cover everything.  My samples 1-4 were all stitched once and covered just fine, but just in case yours doesn’t you can stitch it again and it should cover the second time.
The one below I stepped through to the end CC and then stepped through the stitches until I came to the starting point of the satin stitch and then I started the machine to do the satin stitch again.

Enjoy!
Bonnie