Cherries & Checks: Knitting Needle Madness

I recently 'inherited' a load of needles, patterns and a project bag. I say 'inherited', but the lady that gave me them isn't actually dead. They were her mum's, but shes now gone, and so my friend doesn't use them. There were about 20 pairs in there, plus a load of DPNs and some cable needles. I did have a needle holder, but it was full, to the point of bursting. It was my birthday not long back, and I received some HobbyCraft vouchers, so I thought I would go buy myself another holder. This didn't work. All 3 options came with needles. This is great, don't get me wrong, but I don't NEED needles, just the case. So, I decided to make my own. I procrastinated for a week before finally getting on with it.

For the main part of it, it is two pieces of fabric, one interfaced, with a piece of felt sandwiched inside. The bottom is the same, with some ribbon sewed onto the top to hide the raw edge. I then pinned the bottom onto the bigger piece (lining the pattern up as much as I could), then I sewed a holding/seam line 1cm in from the edge all the way around. I then sewed ribbon to to hide all the edges, as if it was bias binding.

To create the channels, i sewed from the bottom to the top roughly every 2 cm. Some channels are bigger. I eye balled this. I then just sewed the top over into a flap, holding the top corners down by about an inch. Dead simple. I need to sew some ribbon on to hold it closed.