Welcome to Miss Trenner's Needlework Academy

I thought you might enjoy seeing photos of my other Nashville Tradeshow release, Miss Trenner’s Needlework Academy. This needlework academy, named after a friend, is a fictitious school in Ohio.

This product will be available in two versions. Both include charts and detailed instructions for three stitched panels, a needleroll, a scissors weight, and very detailed instructions for finishing oval boxes. A special edition also includes two painted papier-mâché boxes, lining fabric for the boxes and the needleroll, a wooden 4-inch ruler/threadholder, and a sheep waxer.

Here are some photos.

The first one shows the painted boxes with embroidered panels in the bottom of each and on the inside of the small box lid. The folded needleroll and the scissors weight are in the large box lid.

Here’s a better view of the stitched panels. A stitched sign reading Needlework Academy appears on all three panels and on the needleroll and the front of the scissors weight.

Next is the needleroll, opened.  First is the outside view

and next is a view of the inside.   Note the sections marked for sorting your needles by size.

And here are the extra “goodies” in the special edition:

• a 4-inch wooden ruler/threadholder

• a sheep waxer

• lining fabric for your boxes and needleroll

• two painted papier-mâché boxes

These boxes measure 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches
 and 7 x 4-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches.

Here’s what the project looks like with papier-mâché boxes that have just been painted black.

Your project would also be gorgeous using Shaker-style wooden oval boxes.

Whether you use the painted boxes I did or choose your own, I think you’ll find them a perfect place for storing your precious needlework tools.