Canvas wall organizer with balls of yarn and scissors embroidery om pockets

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Wall or Door Organizer for Knitting Notions with Embroidered Pockets

Using some stiff canvas fabric, we made this easy, but cute organizer for knitting or sewing supplies.

We used the designs from the Balls of Yarn and Craft Scissors sets.

The finished size of the organizer is about 21" x 25", but you can make it bigger or smaller according to your needs.

Canvas wall organizer with balls of yarn and scissors embroidery on its 6 pockets

You will need :

embroidery threads, either polyester or rayon,
a piece of duck cloth canvas of any color (the size depends on the size of the organizer you are making);
a piece of duck cloth canvas of white or any light color for the pockets with embroidery (the size depends on the size and number of pockets you wish),
medium-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer,
quilter's ruler,
rotary cutter,
iron,
#14 universal needle,
wooden or plastic rods:

1/2" in diameter for the top edge and
(optional, but recommended) 1/8" in diameter for the lower edge.

Cutting:

Out of the fabric for the panel, cut a piece of the desired size plus seam allowance. For example, our finished panel is 21" x 25", and we aren't finishing the side edges. We cut a piece measuring 21" x 28". If you need to finish the side edges, add 1" for seam allowances to the width of your piece.

The next step is to decide the size and number of the pockets. We recommend to cut templates out of paper and arrange them on the background fabric.

Add 1" to the height of every pocket and 4" to the width of every pocket. For example, the finished size of our large pockets is 9" H and 6" W, so we cut the fabric to 10" x 10". The finished size of the small pockets is 6" H and 5" W, so we cut pieces measuring 7" x 9".

Embroidery:

Stabilize the fabric for the pockets with medium-weight cut-away stabilizer. Hoop tightly. Upload the embroidery files into your embroidery machine and embroider the designs one by one.