Proper Way To Store a Necklace

 Mom has lots of beautiful and even some valuable necklaces, collected from all over the world.  Naturally she knows how to best store these pieces that she loves.  Ah, not so fast.  Some might be in the odd pouch but most are wrapped in a fragment of tissue paper, jumbled in a bathroom drawer.  Yet she was deeply distressed when a handful of her favorites disappeared.  Who knew how long they were missing?  And there was an inkling that perhaps Mom had "hidden them" in a secret place.  Ugh.  How many important things I've lost when I put them in hiding: Hiding them from myself it turns out.  This was the catalyst toward a solution to "what to make for Mom for Christmas". 

 I so enjoy making these drawstring pouches.  I follow a tutorial from a private blog and have made quite a few of these over past several months.  For the focal point I used sections from the vintage sweater I bought at the Rose Bowl Flea with ivory satin as the pouch itself.   Looking at these pictures takes me back to mid-December when I made them.  They were a goodly amount of effort.  And such a pleasure to complete. 

While I sewed the pouches, I used Fabritac to attach the sweater piece and most of the decorations.  Too late I realized that I really needed to stitch around the sweater and trims for both appearance and longevity.  It would have been easier to do before stitching up the sides of the pouches...but I did figure it out after the 2nd one.  I am really pleased with this trio.  They are different enough that Mom will have no trouble recognizing which pouch holds the particular jewelry she is looking for.  Right?