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This is a selection of fun fobs and needlecases... designed by two gals in Atlanta who love both beadwork and stitching! Available as complete individual kits, I chose a few designs at Market that were my favorites! We have the stitched models in the shop... so I've tucked them into our color copier, enlarged them, and given you a few more pics than the actual kits do. We're inserting them into all the kits we're selling... things like fringe detail, the insides of the needlecases... stuff that makes a picture worth a thousand pages of instructions! I understand Peyote stitch, so I could follow the instructions. But if you are unfamiliar with it, you might want a friend close-by who knows Peyote.
Salute Fern Ridge has a new Humbug-shaped Needle Minder. This little thing is done with Peyote Stitching bead work. Actually very easy to execute... the instructions, however, drive me nuts! Pat and Peggy provide both numerical steps as well as a colored 'chart' for you to follow. You are beading all of this flat in your hand... and then joining top and bottom together opposite each other... to create that humbug shape. It has a bit of poly-fil inside, as well as a rare-earth magnet to hold your needle. The cool crystal and beaded fringe is added afterward. When we do these in classes at Market... they take 3-4 hours to make. Fern Ridge's complete kit contains the red, white and blue beads and crystals, thread, charts and needle. You add those 4 hours and a little patience!
The Gathering Sewing Case and Fob Set Oh these girls - Pat and Peggy - obsessed with morbid little crows and spiders and gravestones! (At least on their delightfully detailed little sewing smalls!) As always, the sewing case kit comes with the linen and lining fabrics, gorgeous hand-dyed silk threads, luscious beads, and this time a spider charm. Complete assembly instructions are inside, along with some nice finishing photographs to help you. The fob has more awesome beads - all the colors coordinate with the case design, and actually, this fob is a little easier to construct than some, because the fringe isn't out-of-control frizzy and wild. Delightful little crows loitering around the graveyard... if you have black scissors, attach that finished fob!
Bring On The Beads Fob and Sewing Case This is a beautifully colored set full metallic frosted beads, and golden/mossy fabrics. Pat and Peggy made a pocket in the sewing case and actually have included a 6-compartment plastic bead case in the kit! Just funky swirls and jagged beads everywhere, I love the frosted teals, purples and brick reds in here... Fob finishes approx 4-inches from top to bottom of fringe, and case is approx 3 x 4 when closed. Complete kits contain the charts, beads, threads, findings, linings, everything!
The Hour Sewing Case and Beaded Fob Kits Pat and Peggy have delivered another fun Halloween-themed case and fob set... this one features a black witch on mangy hand-dyed linen. She is accented with a 'dirty lime' moon and her fob has that same nasty witch-y green in the background with just awesome beaded fringe! Owl and spider charms in the case kit, the fob has a really cool silver broom in it. Complete kits of everything you need, these are always wild, crazy and super fun to enjoy when you finish them! Even though they look involved, they really aren't too bad to do!
Get Away Ghost Needle/Sewing Case and Matching Beaded Fob Fern Ridge's newest Scary Smalls Set is here, and super cute - if you are into scary-looking little ghosts! Offered as complete kits, you get ALL the fabrics, beads, buttons, charms, threads, findings, linings, EVERYTHING but your time to stitch them in the kits! Get Away Ghost Needle/Sewing Case is worked on Weeks 32ct Spanish Moss linen with weeks flosses. It features tulle to make those 3-dimensional ghosts on the front. Several cute silver charms appear on the inside of the case - a little skeleton, gravestone and flying bat... everything is gray, black and silver! Measures approx 3 x 4 when closed. Get Away Ghost Beaded Fob is simple Peyote beading... again, that little ghost, with beautiful gunmetal beads and crystals. He's just the right size to finish in about 4 hours... fringe and all. Some of the Fern Ridge fobs have tons of 'fussy' fringe, but this one has a little less, so much easier to control. Kit contains all the beads, threads and findings you need.
The Beach House Sewing Case and Scissor Fob Fern Ridge has another whimsical set of stitched needle/sewing case with matching Peyote Stitched beaded scissor fob. Presented in kits with ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHNG you need to make them just like they are shown. I always marvel at all the little pieces and parts, all the fabrics, buttons and charms they collect in here, everything is labeled and sorted out for you. Pat and Peggy include color pictures of the finished pieces in their kits -- so nice to have when you're constructing. Short Term Beach Rentals folds closed to about 3 x 4 in size. The matching fob has breathtakingly beautiful beads, crystals and shells in it... it features a little sandcastle in the bead work.
Hare Pins Well, this is a cute set of PIN-inspired designs! Browns and rusts mostly in the color schemes... the rabbit case measures about 4 x 4 when closed, and the inside sports cute safety pin fabric! It is stitched on Picture This Plus's 28ct Oaken hand-dyed linen. The complete kit contains a million things... fabrics, trims, embellishments, a waxer, a glass rabbit button... everything to make this charming little bunny-envelope! The matching Peyote Fob has lovely copper and brown accent beads. Colors are hard to see in the pics, but the beads are exquiste!
Herman The Hedgehog: His Sewing Case and Fob! This is SO DARN CUTE... you are going to fall in love with Herman! Fern Ridge's Pat and Peggy have created such a fun sewing set... presented in full kits... you get EVERYTHING neat and cool to finish this little guy in style! Herman - The Sewing Case This measures about 3 x 4 when closed. Beaded edge treatment, check out the little hand-made red and white spotted glass mushroom button holding it closed! Stitched on 32ct Flax linen with Sullivans floss, Herman is on the front cover, his little forest on the back. Lots of special stitches in the tree. Open his case to find a stitched pocket for a hedgehog thread winder -- it's garnished with a silver mushroom charm. Next, there is a ruler band -- yes, you get the wooden ruler etched with another baby hedgehog. then linen pages to hold needles, another pocket to hold the hedgehog waxer that is included, and another pocket to help hold one of your small scissors. Great colors, and super cute, the kit includes the chart, linen, lining fabrics and interfacing. Beads, buttons, glass mushroom, ribbon, waxer wooden winder and ruler, silvery mushroom charm... I hope I haven't left anything out! Herman - The Beaded Fob This little guy is so much fun to do! He is Peyote Stitch (which is a beading technique, not Cross Stitch) with lavish fringe at the bottom and sticky-outey 'quills' from his back. Presented in a complete kit, the Peyote part takes about 3 hours to do... quills another hour, and fringe another one or two -- I'm always getting my thread accidentally wrapped around the rest I have already done! Pretty browns and greens, you get everything in the kit. Herman finishes approx 4 inches long from head to fringe!
The Old Dark Road Sewing Case and Fob Set This is a tribute to any dark, scary movie you have ever seen... or that awful sinking feeling you have when you are driving in the dark somewhere and you are LOST! Everything icky is lurking in here... I'm not sure why you would want to commemorate this awful memory with a bit of stitching, but Pat and Peggy see things from a different angle sometimes... and this is really cute! They go overboard, and that's the fun! Complete kit -- mangy grey hand-dyed linen, mangy taupes, greys and gold silks. Little silver owl charm beads and stars, an owl waxer, a wooden ruler etched with the black cat and wooden winder, and beautiful glass triangle beads to simulate rik rak on the edges... they are the color of dirty melting slush!!! The craggy trees overgrowing the road, the black cat crossing your path, you are driving past a graveyard... what could be higher up on the Icky Scale!? There is so much in this kit it barely fits into it's plastic bag! Then There is the fob. It features your old car slowly riding down that dark road. Fantastic greys, silvers, browns, and taupe beads, the fringe has miniature SKULL charm beads in it, along with acid green crystals and glass beads. There's even a tiny cross charm to protect you while you drive past that graveyard!!! Finishes approx 1 x 4 in total size with fringe.
Scared Crow Beaded Fob and Sewing Case Fern Ridge always does the cutest stuff... those girls are HUGE into little details and fun extras in their designs... and since they fully kit everything -- you GET all the neat beads and trinkets! Scared Crow is one of three of their newest sets. The Peyote Stitched fob is done with matte finish glass beads in denims, and grays, with a creamy background and shiny little pumpkin oranges. His head is actually a wooden bead, and his hat is a glass bead! All that lavish fringe along the bottom matches off the colors in the fob design. The matching sewing case is stitched on Weeks 30ct Parchment linen with Dinky Dyes hand-dyed silks and silk ribbon. You get that little pumpkin waxer in the pic, and all the beads and buttons for the edging, you get the pretty lining fabric, a black raven charm... everything but the small pair of black scissors. The fob measures approx 1 x 2 with an additional 2 inches of fringe, the sewing case is about 2 x 3 when closed -- TOO CUTE!!! GREAT colors! Check out the neat matching biscornu on the inside page!
Rabble of Butterflies Fob and Sewing Case Set Green, Green, GREEN! I love this bright apple green used throughout this set! Actually, the Peyote stitching in the fob is all white and silvery-gray -- then green explodes from everywhere else! Pearls and crystals in all that fringe, the charms scattered about are all silvery butterflies. The fob is about 1 inch wide by 1-1/2 long... before all that cool fringe. The needle case kit contains 28ct White Cashel Linen along with Gloriana silks of Leaf Green and Cobblestone -- the bead pack has the most beautiful GREEN mother-of-pearl thread winder, more silver butterflies, and a whole selection of matte green beads... along with the bright green finishing fabric and the butterfly waxer. The beads around the edge are oval in shape -- so the hole at one end of them makes they stick out like flower petals! This is a pretty little case and fob set.
Welcome Back Scissor Pouch and Sewing Case, and Beaded Fob This design features a deer, and welcoming pineapples -- I'm not sure why it's called 'Welcome Back' though. Worked on 28ct touchstone linen/silk fabric, the stitching is done with Treenway silks. Mostly Straight, Nun's and Smyrna Stitches, the colors in this are silver-y taupe. Can you see the bow at the top? That is holding together the inside pocket where scissors are tucked! The matching fob features the same welcoming deer with coordinating brown, cream and moss green beads and crystals in the fringe. The body of the fob features beads with a frosted finish... this, too, has a silver-y look and sleek feel to it! Quiet colors...
Scared Crow Biscornu Cushion A sweet matching mini-cushion to your Scared Crow Sewing Case and Beaded Fob, this is stitched on the same linen with matching threads... and features a pair of Glasshopper glass pins! You get a blackbird AND pumpkin -- miniature handblown glass -- topping your pins! The complete kit contains the linen, threads, pretty backing fabric that matches the sewing case, all the beads and those awesome glass pins!
Suzie Q This is a bright, happy set of case and fob! A big 'ol yellow flower, the yellow beads on the fob's fringe have stripes on them -- they look so retro! The felt sewing case is fun -- it features a length of measuring tape ribbon on it, a special hand-made Glasshopper yellow flower pin to match the main flower motif, all the finishing fabrics, and even a big yellow flower thread winder piece! A very unique little case, everything in this set is bright, happy yellow, crisp white and stark black.
Miniature Peyote Stitched Beaded Fobs Pat and Peggy from Fern Ridge have the cutest MINIATURE beaded fobs EVER! These three are new... they are supposed to fit into the ear-bud hole in your cell phone. BUTTTT, don't do that! Change out the finding and make them to clip onto your scissors as bitty fobs! They finish LESS THAN one by 2 inches... and like all their larger Fern Ridge counterparts, they feature glisteny beads, cute charms and lavish fringe trim. A very different stitching technique... if you've never done Peyote before, these would be really good beginner pieces -- as they should take you less than 2 hours to complete. We have several other designs in this series of mini-kits... Our Flag features red, white and navy blue beads and an USA charm. Deserted Island has a little scallop shell charm and the prettiest aqua beads... and some metallic seaweed green in here as well! It's supposed to be a miniature beach! Sail Away has more sparkly aqua...and a little porpoise charm!
On Pins and Needles I can't wait till we have our shop model finished to show you how stunning this set is! A study in silvers, grey, taupe and antiqued silvery Mercury Glass colors, the case is stitched on Picture This Plus's 28ct Pewter hand-dyed linen using Gentle Art's Portobello and Aged Pewter flosses. The inside features a stuffed pin cushion, while the outside features those antiqued pearls and lovely pieces of antiqued gold filigrees. You get the linen, linings, ultra-suede, calico lining material, the bodkin, EVERYTHING to make this 4 x 4 tri-folded needle case. Lovely! The matcing beaded fob is just gorgeous. It looks like tarnished glass -- already old and very treasured! That complete kit comes with the findings, threads, and all the luscious beads to complete the fob and all that awesome fringe!
Just Peachy Sewing Case and Beaded Fob I think Pat and Peggy must find the most wonderful beads that go together, and then decide what to do with them... because i am not sure I would have set out to FIND a peach fob and case, but here they are, and they are gorgeous! Who Knew? The case is stitched on 32ct Peach Whisper linen in hand-dyed cottons and silk ribbons. It is embelished with green Swarovski cyrstals and tiny mother-of-pearl square buttons, and you get a peach-shaped thread waxer to store inside! The Peyote Stitched Fob has yummy peach and green beads and the most stunning enameled peach charm! I think you can see it in the fringe. Just such pretty colors, find a neat pair of gold scissors for this, and it will be extremely happy! Both Just Peachy kits are offered as complete kits of all the materials, threads, beads and what-nots you need to complete them as in the pictures!
Glitzy Stitches Fob and Sewing Case Black & Metallic Gold -- this set is STUNNING and ELEGANT!!! (Like you should be stitching in a strapless black sequin evening gown, with a martini, -- but having taken off your stilettos!) The 1-1/2 x 2 inch beaded fob area features gold stork scissors -- then add all the drippy gold and black beaded elegance down there for the fringe! Don't attach silver scissors to this -- only gold will do! The matching sewing case is worked on black 28ct linen with gold silk floss. You can see the rows of special stitches on here... you'll make a 2 x 3 case. Fern Ridge kits contain everything, everything you need to make their featured component. I don't know how they keep track of all the little treasures in each of their kits - they are so much fun to construct!
Clifford the Crab Clifford the Crab WOW... THIS IS A STUNNING PIECE OF HAND-MADE BEADING ARTWORK. Little Mr Clifford is Peyote stitched with deep ocean-blue Delica beads. He is accented with bronze. His legs are his other good feature -- besides his great body! They are added on and stitched on wire -- so they can bend and be positioned! You can see the gorgeous glass and crystal beads that make up his legs... he is awesome at about 1-1/2 x 2 inches in size! He's a little on the advanced end of Peyote stitching... but I think he's do-able!!! Presented in a complete kit of beads, wires, thread, everything!
The Buzzzzz - Fob and Case Set If you love Bees -- you'll need this! The 1 x 2 beaded fob is worked in honey-golden yellows with tons of black accent. The fringe is spiky, and the bee wings are big, loose loops of beads. Cute by itself... or with it's matching HIVE case! That tri-fold case finishes approx 3 x 4 when closed -- the front, middle and back are all stitched on 28ct Golden Sand Linen with hand-dyed flosses -- but the front features that solid area of special stitches and Satins. The complete fob kit contains all the beads, threads and findings. The Case kit includes the charts, linen, lining fabric, threads, neat winder and al the beads and findings... even the little pair of golden scissors to store inside the case!!!
Alice in her Blue Gown and Her Matching Purse This is so sweet! It's a beaded girl -- in a blue dress -- complete with tiny peyote-stitched white beaded legs and blue crystal shoes! Elegant by herself, she is holding a brass purse charm, and 'stands' just 3 inches from her head to her elegant toes! Her purse kit is actually a small sewing case -- the kit is FULL of YUMMY ingredients! There is 28ct Brash hand-dyed Picture This Plus linen here, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, honey-colored silk shantung lining, more silk ribbons, a fan shaped waxer, interfacings, metal findings, beads and a cameo cabachon, along with a wooden ruler and wooden fan thread winder! Pat and Peggy have interior pictures of the purse in the instructions -- so you can see where the pockets are, what gets stored in them where the silk flowers go, all the necessary details! Such pretty honey-golds and denim blues!
The Parlor - A Fortune Teller's Domain! What a fun set this one is! When you finish this, you'll feel like you've just finished having your palms read and fortune told! The beaded fob is worked with matte greeny-silvery beads and features a sliver of the moon. The baggie of charms has a hand in there... a face... a key, and lots of silver star sequins! The matching needle book/sewing case is quite involved -- it has lots of fabric pages -- and I tried to take pics of most of them! Pat and Peggy have so much stuff in this kit that it barely fits in the bag! There is 28ct Tarnish hand-dyed linen by Picture This Plus in here, gorgeous cotton batik lining print, hand-dyed silk velvet that is dreamy, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, interfacings and findings, needles and instructions, and a TON of embellishments and beads! More hand-dyed silk ribbon, a tiny metal frame, beads and brads, hot fuse crystals, an owl bead, a gypsy woman charm, a key charm, crystal moon, and even a bitty wooden ruler and thread winder! 3 x 4 Inch stitched pages and more stitched pockets to hold your precious things... you definitely know you are peering into something secret and forbidden when you finish your little book! Like I said -- it all barely fits in the bag!
A Very Very Fine House Oh, this is a colorful and cheerful little set of fob and matching felt needle book. The beaded fob features a tiny blue house with a red front door... with a pretty daylight sky behind. Its fringe is lavish with aqua, gold and orange iridescent flower beads -- they all seem to change color a little whenever I move them around. The coordinating wool house case is too cute! You get 6 different colors of Weeks hand-dyed wool in here, a mother-of-pearl doorknob button, a little kitty for the yard, and colorful mini-brads to make the wool flowers in the garden. The front door 'opens' to reveal your needles... the back door is a tiny sheath to hold scissors!!! Both are offered as complete kits with everything you to need to make them!
Sally's Seahorse Here's a pretty fob of with a little green sea horse in the center of his aqua-blue water. The fringe on this is what steals the show... it showcases huge aqua fresh water pearls, red coral, and a pair of star fish charms and a really cool sea horse charm that is about an inch in size! Gorgeous colors... if you love the water, shells and sand and all that... you'll love this! The beading finishes approx 1 x 1-1/2, fringe is another 1-1/2 inches.
Mini-Fobs - or Phone Plugs Here is a trio of BITTY Peyote-stitched fobs -- 1/4 the size of all the rest of the beaded fobs. Perfect to learn on... you get to do all the Peyote Stitching, but with shorter thread... and you get to string the cool fringes -- but without all the extra little spikes Pat and Peggy sometimes throw in there... and you get to use all the cute charms and pretty beads! The black thing on the end is supposed to go into the ear-phone hole of your cell phone. We've been substituting a clam shell finding for that and making these tiny scissor fobs instead. SUPER CUTE and easy on the stitching time -- we have several of these to choose from!! All offered as small kits for only $17 each!
The Sewing Society Needle Book and Beaded Scissor Fob Sewing Society is just one of the new SIX -- and it's a little decorated TIN with fob! A four-inch square by 1/2 inch high hinged tin, you are decorating the top with a vintage print of a needle advertisement. Inside, you are lining it with blue calico, and adding a stitched pocket -- 28ct hand-dyed linen -- to hold needles, a tiny spool waxer, bits of old lace, a wooden ruler and a wooden thread winder -- ALL OF WHICH are included in your kit. (I couldn't even get it all back in the bag easily!) A sweet little needle tin -- there is a magnet in here as well to help hold scissors. THE FOB: Mauve, gray and demin blue -- all the colors that match the tin -- the design on the fob is a spool of thread and you can see the little spool charm dangling from there. Always the lavish fringe to trim it off -- the hardest part of that is not getting your thread tangled around the fringes you have already strung! Super fun -- they do a colored diagram of threading order so you can't mess it up.
No Bodies Home Pat and Peggy LOVE Halloween -- so here is the Family Grave Marker-- to store the Family Scissors and Needles! 28ct Picture This Plus's Kermit (an acid green AWESOME color!) stitch the marker on both the front and back -- this is a trifold case. There is fun beaded trim edging on here (striped green beads), and pockets inside to help store little black scissors -- included in the kit -- as well as skull charms to adorn some fobs and more pockets. It finishes approx 3 x 6 when closed. The matching Fob is all black and gray -- I think it's the front door to the Haunted House. All the lavish trim is gorgeous -- matching acid green pearls and beads, lots of little black stringers, and the cute skulls and crossbones charms down at the bottom! Offered as compkete kits of EVERYTHING you need to complete them as pictured.
Memories Forgotten Oh, this is so pretty! It's supposed to be a little lost antique sewing tin that has been found! WHO lived in the house??? WHO are the two sisters in the picture??? Was this their sewing tin??? This one includes a six-sided tin 4-inch by 1-inch tin that you decorate with three different vintage paper prints. Inside, you'll stitch a tiny biscornu on Picture This Plus 28ct Regency Linen, along with a little sewing case that stores needles, the spider waxer, and small black scissors that are also included in the kit. Some hand-dyed silk ribbon, a metal key, a few pretty buttons and even some cool beads to trim the ends of the twisted cord closure. THE FOB: More pretty golds, greens and creams -- this has a matching button to the tin -- it's up at the top, and a darling miniature spider charm. Moths and flowers decorate the beaded part of the fob.
October I love this one! A linen sewing case all decorated with birds and bats, spiders and pumpkins, this is worked on Picture This Plus 28ct Regency linen with Rainbow Gallery silks. Inside, you'll get to store a tiny thread catching hook that you've embellished with a beaded dangle, a thread winder and ruler, and your beaded trim edge will be stunning. It is made with the most gorgeous frosted teardrop beads in every shade of copper and lavender-brown. You even get the printed lining material in here. The matching fob has an intoxicating bag of amber, orange and copper crystals and frosted beads. You'll make the little kitty, the moon with the bat flying across it, and those threads sticking up are spiders!!!!! Great colors in this set., both are offered individually as complete kits.
The Mask This set screams EXOTIC! Stunning Autumnal colors of silks and the lining fabric and wool, this is worked on Week's 30ct Cappucino linen. The Silk'n Colors in here are Warm Brick Path, Turkey Feathers, Gingersnap, Chocolate Caramel and Bark & Branches. Need I say more on color??? The case is decorated inside and out with assorted metal, glass and natural shell beads and buttons. The scissors are included in the kit, but the wooden pieces are separate. Really a different subject matter for Pat and Peggy -- but this is REALLY COOL! And how can you not be in love with all the cool stuff hanging from the fob??? The Mask part is beaded with matte finish beads -- I love his hair! The fringe is so neat with all the natural bones, shells and beads. Both are offered as separate, complete kits.
Prissy Peacocks OHHH.... love the brilliant aqua blues in here... into the periwinkle and then the bright lime green! This is a 8-1/4 x 3-1/2 SEWING ROLL with matching 2 x 2 Pin Keep. Stitched on 28ct Lambswool, it features the yummiest colors of assorted silks, elegant lining fabric along with Warm 'n Natural. Two of the inside pockets store a peacock thread winder and a bitty ruler. Just picture Caribbean blue waters -- and you're here! This matching fob is alive with the same goreous blues and that festive peacock. A little smaller than some of the other fobs... it'll be easy to stitch. Can you see how the fringe is offset -- it's his tail! Both are offered as complete kit of EVERYTHING you need to work them.
Miniature Phone Plugs Designed to be fobs for your phone... each of these miniature Peyote Stitched fobs comes with a plug that fits into one of the holes in your phone. If you hesitate to stick somethikng into your phone! -- just get a chamshell clasp and make these into small scissor fobs instead. They are the perfect size for Preemie scissors!!! Offered as complete kits of all the beads and thread you need, these are PERFECT beginner kits for Peyote Stitching. Finishing about 1/2 the size of Fern Ridge's regular beaded fobs, you get all the cool beads and neat fringe treatment in a bitty package!!! These would be good for a stitch group to tackle together!!!
Just a Few Shells Case & Fob The gals at Fern Ridge have presented us with the most CHARMING Deep Blue Sea Silk Sewing Bag and Beaded Fob Set!!! I don't even know where to begin describing this beautiful set of artwork... it truly IS beaded and textile ART! The silk bag is made of Aquamarine Silk Dupioni fabric. It is garnished with your stitching on 28ct Tempest hand-dyed linen by Picture This Plus. The COMPLETE kit (which is absolutely intoxicating!) includes Treenway Silks in Mermaid Tears, Sea Spray and St Thomas hand-dyed colors. There are starfish, seahorse, scallop and fish charms in here... beautiful tiny shells and glass beads... teeny buttons... Delica beads, Hannah silk ribbon -- Sea Goddess color! -- abalone buttons, a wooden ruler and wooden shell needle keeper (by Doodlin Around Design), a starfish waxer, and a real starfish that you'll use as a threadwinder! The verse by Anne Lindbergh reads: *Patience, Faith, Openess -- is what the sea has to teach. A Gift From the Sea.* You can see my hands in our pictures... this finishes approx 4 x 5. Absolutely GORGEOUS! Just a Few Shells Peyote Stitch Fob A small matching beaded fob to go with your awesome Shell Purse, the beaded part of this is really very easy to stitch... just hard to teach someone else to do! The fringe looks like the hard part... but it is the easiest! You are stringing together a multitude of exquisite little shells and charms and findings. Luscious aqua blue and deep sea green colors in here! Offered as the complete kit!
Lamsey Divey Set This is a charming sheep and pasture sewing set!!! The stitched case is offered separately from the fobl The Lamsey Divey Case: Stitched on 28ct Aerial Cashel linen by Picture This Plus, the complete kit contains Blue Heron Weeks Wool, a cut of blue print calico lining material, finishing supplies, and all the necessary silks and flosses for stitching. There is a mother-of-pearl sheep button in here, some crystals, hand-dyed silk ribbon and even a little sheep waxer made in an antique candy mold! The case finishes approx 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 when opened, and Pat and Peggy have some nice pictures inside here of the outside and inside of the finished piece. Lamsey Divey Beaded Fob Kit Oh... love, love this one! The Peyote beaded part is not too large, the tiny sheep scene is cute with a small splash of color. The fringe is an explosion of brilliant grass green dotted with sky-blue crystals and pretty silver beads as accents. The complete kit contains everything you need to make this little guy -- which is finishable in about 8 hours! (I think it takes that long because I always get my fringe tangled in my working thread!)
Basket of Acorns Beaded Fob Two-Needle Peyote Stitch -- it's not hard, and after several repeat Market classes -- I can DO this on my own! The flat part is woven first from the bottom to the top -- you add the string and clam-shell finding. Then... all that lavish trim at the bottom... it's just stringing Fern Ridge's fabulous beads in a certain order. The hardest part of the fringe is to keep your thread from tangling in the other fringes you have already finished! My scissors are now very happy! Fern Ridge's Peyote Stitch fobs all come as complete kits with instructions printed in both numbers, and colored pictures -- depending on how you like to follow them. ALL the awesome beads and charms are included -- they have exquisite taste in all their beads and things!!!
Spooky Night Sewing Case and Beaded Fob This is a study in black and grays. The sewing case is stitched on 28ct Thunderstorm linen with Treenway Silks, there are spider, and little 3-D skull charms in here -- just charming! Complete kit contains the fabric, linings, silks, beads, ribbons... everything to make this faux-elegant case! Can you see the crystal chandelier on the cover??? It has tiny black beads dangling from it!!! The Spooky Night Fob is all gray and purple! The Peyote beaded part is a grave stone but the fringe is the exciting part! It has that open casket dangling... and more of those 3-D skull beads! Just the funniest thing... this fob is a MUST HAVE even if you get nothing else to match it this time around!
Bats All Folks Sewing Case Gosh... this is CUTE! A graveyard scene stitched across the outside of this darling case, the fabric is 28ct hand-dyed Midnight Fantasy Opalescent and your stitching is done with Gloriana silk. The lining is orange silk, and the embellishments everywhere include Swarovski crystals and black stars, red aventurine and black lip stars, blue agate beads and tiny buttons. The case measures approx 4 x 6. The wooden ruler and thread winder set and black scissors shown in the pic are offered separately.
Bats All Folks Another fun little fob design -- this too, finishes approx 1-1/4 x 2, then you add all that lavish fringe treatment! The fire-polished greys and blacks in here are so pretty! There is a bat set against the bright moon and lots of clouds in the sky. The bat charm is added on top after all the Peyote Stitching and that fun fringe -- which is just loops of strung beads! (Looks so hard, but it's the easiest part!!) Offered as a complete kit of beads, findings, threads... just everything!
Night Prowlers Sewing Case and Beaded Fob A little more toned-down than Spooky Night... this case is worked on 32ct Grey Belfast linen with hand-dyeds. It features a graveyard with spiders, dead bugs, crows and a cat... all sort of small, silly things. The complete kit has the fabrics and threads, beads and charms... the sewing case measures approx 3 x 6. For the fob... there is a crow on a grey pumpkin, with a creamy moon in the sky. More cute stuff in the fringes of this one... it is a bit smaller than Spooky Night... so a bit easier to construct. Very cut set!
Elephants Walk ***The Fern Ridge Gals have been busy again... we have 10 new things...!!! Elephants Walk is just one pair and makes me want to go to Africa!!! A matching 10-ish x 2-ish sewing case and scissor fob the colors in these are stunning -- cinnabar, cucumber green, golds and black. The COMPLETE kit for the little case is amazing! You get the 28ct Cashel Linen, the cinnabar printed lining fabric, chart for the little parade of elephants tramping across the outside your case, and small panels inside. Lovely beads for the edge trim are here, beads and a magnet for the closure loop, and a tiny crystal butterfly for one of the palm trees. Three different brands of floss are in here, along with Gloriana silk. Because the little case has interior pockets, you even get the tiny wooden elephant thread winder -- it is 1-1/8 inches, and a 2-inch ruler... along WITH the black 3-inch scissors AND a 1-1/2 inch elephant thread waxer!!! (They tell us that shape is made using an antique candy mold!) THEN... you'll need the matching Elephants Walk Peyote Stitch scissor fob -- remember, you have the scissors in the sewing roll kit! It is a small piece that features lavish beaded fringe and a neat elephant charm. Same awesome colors, and another crystal butterfly! The fob is offered as a complete kit as well. Make sure you scroll down to see the other 5 charming sets of fobs, boxes and matching cases!
Maren (The Box) and Maren's World (The Fob) This is a mermaid-inspired set of designs that all fits inside a mermaid box!! First the box -- featuring a lift-off lid with Maren decorating the top -- it measures approx 6 x 2-1/2 x 2 inches high. Maren's box contains a mattress for the bottom and a pocket that will hold her multi-colored Seahorse scissors that COME WITH the kit. There are patterns for a pin cushion and needlebook, and even a small shell-shaped thread waxer. Another amazing kit... inside you'll get Weeks 30ct Dove linen, several Weeks flosses, the most dreamy Batik lining fabric,and beads, beads BEADS! You can see those embellishing the cushions... I'm not sure if the crab charm is showing up in our pics or not, but there's also a shell fish button and pearls in here too! The stitching is precious -- bitty jelly fish, crabs and scallops -- everything is tiny and mirrors in the beautiful aqua and green colors. Next is the Peyote Beaded Fob kit. Same luscious beads -- only more of them. This one features matching charms to the crab -- you get a mermaid and seahorse to garnish the fob. The beaded part of the fob measures approx 3/4 x 1-1/2 inches in size. Then, add the exhuberant fringe!!! I took the fob class at market -- so my beading is finished -- I'm just working on the fringe now. If you're GOOD at making these, you can get them done in a day. I did the flat beading in the 3-hour class, the fringe will take me another 2-3 hours. Such gorgeous colors in these!! Complete kit contains all the needles, threads, beads, and instructions presented two different ways -- both numerically and pictures!
Not Necessarily a Nut - The Nut Case and the Fob! Oh my gosh, Peggy and Pat do the craziest things! They torment Wayne -- the wood guy from Doodlin' Around Designs -- they give him all these impossible things to come up with -- and he DOES IT! So... Not Necessarily a Nut is one of Wayne's wooden boxes that he has created for Peggy and Pat. Smooth wood with a flat hinge, your wooden Pecan Nut will open flat to display a small compartment for a thimble and tiny stitching roll. Then it closes up tight with a magnet closure. Inside, the teeny weeny roll is stitched with Silk 'n Colors on 32ct Chestnut linen. A couple of beads embellishment the opening, and I forgot to mention the brown untrasuede that is included to line the compartment. Your nut is hand-made, and one-of-a-kind, measuring only 3 x 1-1/2 inches! Now, you need the matching Fob! This one is simple and understated as far as Fern Ridge goes! Simple Peyote stitching, with easy loops and fringe, too! The complete kit contains all the threads, findings, beads, needles and instructions!
Small Secrets and Butterfly Moments - The Box and the Fob --sorry, for now sold out. This is a pretty fabric box -- with stiffened sides -- that is worked in Gloriana Florimell hand-dyed silk on 32ct Twilight Blue Silk 'n Linen. Garnished with crystals and some buttons, the box holds a butterfly waxer -- in it's own stitched pocket -- and needlebook. Again, another incredible full kit, you get all the fabrics, Skirtex stiffy finishing material, silks buttons and crystals... and even their phone number in here! (might be for finishing questions??!) Your fabric box will finish approx 3 x 3 x 3.
Daciana They tell me she's a vampire...! Daciana's fob is Peyote Stitch, with her hair added as loops after you are finished. Her skirt is simply 12 fringes of the most exotic sequins and beads -- can you see her skinny little legs in there? The fob part finishes approx 2 inches long, and with her dress and topping, she's almost 6 inches tall! Offered as a complete Peyote Stitch Bead Fob kit.
Pumpkins and Pinecones - The Scissor Fob The Peyote Stitch fob in this set is really cute -- very simple to execute -- it features a green glass leaf embellishment -- along with all those lavish fringes. The gold pine cones are very heavy metal cone beads -- reallly elegant! The complete kit contains everything you need to make this fob -- except YOUR talents!
Raven and the Rose Scissor Fob A dark orange, gunmetal grey and black piece, the raven it set against that midnight-gunmetal sky. Offered as a complete kit of beads, findings, nymo thread and all those larger beads for the fun fringe, this finishes approx 1-1/4 x 2, then you add that fringe!
Black and White Christmas -- Another Fob and Sewing Case Set with the same name!!! This is a pretty set of a stocking on the beaded fob -- and that stocking made into a felted stocking scissor case! All black and creamy white, the fob finishes about 3/4 2 1-1/2 inches -- and would be a REALLY GOOD beginner Peyote Stitch design to work. The Felt Stocking Sewing Case is made from Week's Dye Works' wools, and is lined with GORGEOUS black and cream toile fabric. All the ribbons and wool threads are included -- no beads in this though! They're all on the matching and festive fob!
Doodle-Doo Sewing Case & Beaded Fob Set Fern Ridge has so many new releases -- we brought home 10 different things from Market -- all eclectic and really cute! The Doodle-Doo Set is SO colorful and wild... I love the FR Kits because you get EVERYTHING in them... and this one is no exception! Doodle is stitched on 28ct Touchstone Silk/Linen in hand-dyed silks and garnished with the coolest rainbow hand-dyed silk ribbon on his tail feathers. The case edges are trimmed with yellow and black square beads, and inside the case, you'll find a burlap banding that is rolled up to be a little hay bale! There's even a bitty 1-inch wooden barn trinket in here... along with a 2-inch matching wooden ruler! All the laces, threads, beads, wood, fabrics, trims and linings are included. Then... Peyote stitch Doodle on a matching beaded scissor fob!!! The tail feathers on that one are just loops of beads attached after the fob is finished! LOOK at the luscious colors on that little thing! Just spectacular! Both the case and fob are offered as complete kits.
Long May She Wave Sewing Case & Beaded Fob Set This set features quite a lavish beaded fob, with a slightly plainer sewing case. The Peyote-Stitch fob is worked in petite Delica Beads and garnished with dozens of red, clear and blue crystal beads of assorted shapes. The flag part measures approx 1 x 2, the fringe adds another 2 inches of festivities! The sewing case features a cross stitched flag to match the fob, and includes a star button for the inside, as well as a few red-headed pins. There is a 2-inch felt 'mattress' piece included that you make a fabric pocket for -- and the entire case then folds closed kind of like an envelope. When both are finished... just do NOT hide that fancy fob inside all the time!
Let it Be -- A Bee! Sewing Case & Beaded Fob Set Peggy and Pat definitely use imagination and color in their designs! I don't even know where to begin describing this set! Hot pink, searing oranges, slime lime, lemon yellow and bright fuscia! The beaded fob features an abstract design with a cool bee embellishment near the bottom by the lavish band of decorative trim. Your matching sewing case kit contains Tropical Lime and Tangerine linen, 6 different cuts of Week's hand-dyed wools for the bee/flower petals on the front, tons more matching beads like those in the fob kit, and even fuscia and black leopard print organza! LOVE, LOVE all the color and energy in this set... you might need to buy a house on the beach to go with your finished needlework!!! Both are offered as complete kits stuffed full of all the necessary ingredients -- except, of course, the wooden tools displayed inside the case.
Posey Patch One of Fern Ridge's gigantic beaded fobs... these are designed to fit your 8-inch shears... as they should not go naked! A companion to Loosey-Goosey, this one features a rainbow of petite beads to create the charming quilt pattern in the Peyote Stitch top... and a TON of awesome glass beads for the bottom fringe treatment. Crisp aquas, apple greens, opaque white bell flowers trimmed with orange and yellow crystals... the Peyote Stitch is a challenge for me to keep straight in my head... but that bead-stringing on the fringe is my reward for a job well done! Offered as a complete kit.
Amber A smaller Peyote Stitch scissor fob, this is a little simpler -- more of a beginner design and size. A small dragonfly amidst a cream background, the fringe features lots of bronze, brown and cream detail. A pretty little thing... offered as a complete kit.
A Pair of Humbugs! Nature's Windmill & Tomorrow's Trees Peggy and Pat definitely use imagination and color in their designs! I don't even know where to begin describing this set! Hot pink, searing oranges, slime lime, lemon yellow and bright fuscia! The beaded fob features an abstract design with a cool bee embellishment near the bottom by the lavish band of decorative trim. Your matching sewing case kit contains Tropical Lime and Tangerine linen, 6 different cuts of Week's hand-dyed wools for the bee/flower petals on the front, tons more matching beads like those in the fob kit, and even fuscia and black leopard print organza! LOVE, LOVE all the color and energy in this set... you might need to buy a house on the beach to go with your finished needlework!!! Both are offered as complete kits stuffed full of all the necessary ingredients -- except, of course, the wooden tools displayed inside the case.
Loosey Goosey Beaded Scissor Fob Fern Ridge has lots of new releases... this is just one of the five of my most favorites! Loosey Goosey is a big Peyote Stitch scissor fob -- offering a larger-than-normal scissor clamp finding that will fit your larger dressmaker shears. Their smaller fobs fit smaller embroidery scissors -- this one is larger for larger scissors. As always, Fern Ridge puts EVERYTHING into their complete kits -- ALL the cool beads and charms, all the findings, lots of thread... everything except a spare pair of hands to do the stitching!!! Loosey Goosey features a traditional quilt motif... and you'll notice the missing flying goose is attached as a charm! Approx 2 x 4, you'll love stringing all those beads into the lavish fringe... These are so much fun to work, and they feel so fluid in your hands -- the Delica beads catch the light so beautifully -- everyone loves them!
Bump In The Night This is a simple Peyote Stitch Humbug shape -- magentized inside -- to hold your needles! I MADE IT! Mine is in the pic!!!!!!!! The cutest little thing... It was our class project at Market, and I finished it in the hotel room that evening. Simple, one needle Peyote... you stitch it flat, join the two ends... and add the cute little fringe! Complete instructions are included -- lots of numbers -- but I just follow the color chart! (too many numbers -- but color is easy!) The complete kit to make your 1-1/2 inch Humbug contains all the beads, thread, magnet, key charm, needle... and the confusing number chart, and the easy color chart!!!!!
Stitch-N-Tack Fob and Bead Bug Here's a cute set that has a western/horse flavor! All browns and blacks with bronze Cowboy Boot and Feather charm embellishments, you can see all the fun things hanging from the fob fringe. The matching humbug is just like the ghost one above and Bee Skeptical... described farther down this page. The bead colors in these kits are lovely -- metallic bronze in color -- with lots of black accent. Complete kits contain the thread, beads, findings and cute charms!
Pretty Peas - The Sewing Case and Beaded Scissor Fob Oh... I took a class at Market and MADE this little beaded fob!!!!!!!!!! Those Fern Ridge Gals are way too happy and have so much fun with their designs and kits... we had such a fun afternoon! Pretty Peas -- The Fob -- is a Peyote Stitch piece -- actually very basic and small in size. You see that pea vine on there -- that's tacked on after the basic beading is finished. Then, that lavish trim... just cool beads all strung together zip-zap! Their complete kit contains ALL the cool beads and charms, the threads, the findings, everything! The matching stitched Pretty Peas Sewing Case is DARLING! Stitched on Week's 30ct Parchment linen, the complete kit is a treasure-package of hand-dyed silk ribbons and threads, and the embellishments include a little bit of wood, pea beads, Delica beads, CHARMING mother-of-pearl flower buttons, bone thread winders, and even a pea pod charm that matches the one on the fob. I love the bright colors, and I'm so proud of my little fob!
Jo Jo's Santa Fern Ridge has a stunning new Santa Peyote Stitch piece that can be used as a pin, ornament or necklace pendant. Charming Mr Santa Claus is entirely beaded -- no loom, no base fabric. You stitch him in your hands using a beading technique named the Peyote Stitch -- where the beads fit together like miniature bricks! He is basically charted -- complete beading instructions are included with the color coded diagrams. He finishes a mere 2-1/2 x 2-1/2, his face is flat... but that beard is a wonderful mass of looped beads, all glistening with silver star mixed in. Offered as the complete kit, you get all the threads, beads, embellishments, findings... everything... along with great instructions!
Jack and Jack's Book The gals at Fern Ridge were busy this summer... this is a COOL set of bunny/garden/summer designs! Jack is the bunny's name - the little guy featured on the Peyote-Stitch beaded fob. Offered as the complete kit -- you get ALL the beads, charms and findings you see in our pic. They taught this as a class at Market, and several FINISHED the bunny part... the fringe is simple bead stringing. Jack's Book is another of their awesome kits -- you get EVERYTHING -- ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in these kits -- except the personal needle artist to do the hand work for you! Every page of this stitched book features stitched garden scenes and cute motifs embellished with all sorts of cool stuff -- all included in the kit. (I don't even know how they cram this much stuff into the kit baggie!) 12 Pages of instructions, 3 color pages of actual interior page pics -- all stitched. 28ct Cashel Linen, Hoffman brand fabric for pages, the two wooden book cover pieces with the bunny and carrot already cut into them! Leather lace to attach all together, interfacings and linings... tons of stuff! Threads and charms, wools and beads, and all the hand-dyed threads you need ... like I said, I'm not sure I can get it all back into the package the way it came out! The little book measures 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 and is at least an inch thick with all the fabric pages inside. WAY DIFFERENT... VERY FUN to pick up, hold, page through and fiddle with!
Coffin Bones Here's the matching Peyote-Stitch beaded scissor fob to go the A Coffin to Die For. Fern Ridge always kits with the EXACT same beads and findings on their models -- everything is exquisite! Coffin Bones has the same bone charms, silver skulls, glass flowers, and petite Delica beads, so your fob will look just like the one in the pic! Just the most fun... instructions for Peyote Beading is included!
"Owl"oween Stitches and "Owl"oween Beaded Fob What an eccentric owl this little guy is! He adorns the front of his linen stitching case... and appears again in Peyote Stitch for his matching beaded fob! Offered as complete kits, the Linen case finishes approx 4 x 8 on 28ct Stormy Gray Linen. Worked with Thread Gatherer's Silk 'n Colors overdyed silk threads of yellows, greens oranges and that awesome Monster Mash combination color, the case is lined with grey fabric, embellished all over with beads and crystal paillettes -- the owl's beak is a big 'ol teardrop crystal! Then, you'll find a pair of cute, primitive owl thread winders! Fern Ridge's coffin-man made some silly little owls, and you get them too! A few special stitches -- Blankets around the eyes, Bargello on his tummy, even little gold bugle beads for his feet! The Owloween Fob is equally as fun. Orange, green and purple beads of all sorts of sizes, there is an owl charm on here, and a big beak crystal again! Complete fob kit comes with all those beads, a spool of the special beading thread, and all the necessary instructions!
Salty Halloween One of Fern Ridge's new needlecase designs, Salty Halloween is a seaside piece... because, you know, they DO HAVE Halloween at the beach, too! A totally complete kit of all the cool beads, threads, silks and linings... the back of the case features a witch's broom stitched with silk ribbons, and the pumpkin has been carved into a Jack-o-lantern. A matching fob kit is also available. Nothing too difficult to execute, this is truly a different idea for a theme, and really cute! The kit includes EVERYTHING you need... Fern Ridge KNOWS HOW TO DO a kit!!
Join Us? A vulture hovering over that boiling cauldron... lots of cool 'ingredients' go into this case and fob pair! Silks, beads, crystals and wild fabrics... case and fob are both offered as complete kits... and each individually. VERY funky and fun -- quite on the unusual and unique side of life!!!
Spellbound! Fern Ridge has, once again, delivered us a charming sewing case with matching beaded scissor fob! The Witch's Case features a really cool metal spider web charm on it's front, Weeks Dye Works 30ct Carrot Linen, fuchsia silk linings and the most delightful colors of silks -- both solids and hand-dyeds! The witch is tempting stray Halloween spiders to join her brew! Inside, against the fuchsia silk, you have 4 pockets to store necessary needlework implements. Not tons of stitching, but there are a lot of beads on the edges. The spider on the back is glass!!! Offered as a complete kit of all the fabrics, silks, beads, linings and findings, there is even a color pic of the inside of the case, which is a real help. The Spellbound fob is peyote-stitch bead work. It's complete kit contains a huge wired spider that you bend a bit to attach to the fob (WAY TOO authentic for me!) and lots of black crystals and beads to adorn the fringe -- which you string apart like a web! Just the most imaginative thing!
Moonlight and 11:58 PM This stitched and beaded needlecase and scissor fob set is over-the-top with Halloween personality!!! You'll see from our pics, that each has so many fun little details in the beads and stitching, I don't know where to begin my description! Designed by Fern Ridge, these are offered as complete kits that contain all the necessary beads, threads, findings, charms, fabrics, needles, lining fabrics and linen, beading threads... just everything... except you! The needlecase features a beaded edge, a sterling spider and skeleton charm, is stitched on 28ct Silvery Moon Cashel Linen in silks, silks and more silks, and overdyeds flosses -- all of which are included in the kit. With special stitches and finishing instructions, the verse -- in a crooked alphabet font -- reads, "Moonlight and it's 11:58pm. Don't just stand there! Come on in. Our Stitch-in is about to begin. The linen we use is a spider's web. Our threads are the hanging moss. The needles we use will delight and amuse. So, come on in. There's no time to lose. It's 11:59 pm and the stitch-in is about to begin!" Lots of black, greys, bronze and brown... this is CHARMING! Finishes approx 4 x 4 when closed, and because of all the cool beading around the edges, this feels heavy in your hand. The RIP fob is stitched in Peyote Stitch. It's trim features a sterling skull charm, hematite stars and amber beaded accents...all the beads have a frosted matte finish... and make this look old and weathered! So creative and unusual, this is such fun!