Needle Case Ladybird Design

Name: Needle Case Ladybird Design
Brand: Fine Cell Work
SKU: NS092
Price: 15.0 GBP
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This handmade needlepoint case is the perfect way to store your sewing needles and pins. The case features a hand-stitched bright red ladybird on grey wool on canvas and inside contains four felt pages for your needles.

There's also a special story behind this project, which was a first time stitchers project for their OCN qualifications in needlework. One of our volunteers saw the delightful design and asked if we would consider adding it to the product range. We asked the stitchers permission and they were delighted and now we're delighted to share the story of this colourful needle case with you.

Also available as grey bee or blue bee needle case designs.

Needlepoint on wool with four felt pages.
Size when closed approx (cm): 10 x 10 x 2
Size when Closed approx (inches): 4 x 4 x 0.5

Stitched by prisoners and prison leavers.

Handcrafted from the finest natural fibres

9 months or more of dedicated craftsmanship

UK delivery starts at £3 and is completely free for orders over £200.

We also offer international delivery.

We hope you'll be delighted by your new Fine Cell Work items, but just in case you're not, there are several circumstances in which we will refund your purchase, subject to the item being returned within 30 days of receipt.

Recipient delighted

Ladybird needle case made a popular Christmas stocking gift for my daughter.

Brilliant design

This ladybird needle case is such a good idea and so well thought out and executed. It will be a Christmas present for my daughter, herself an accomplished sewer.

Useful Ladybird Case

This was a present for a friend who is visiting Japan for three weeks. I filled it up with useful safety pins , needles and threads and buttons. She is delighted with it! Useful and beautiful.

Crafting wonders

Our production process

Each of our products goes on a long and impactful journey before it is ready to be sold. And every one of our items touches the life of at least one prisoner or prison leaver in some way.

Our needlework kits are put together in our prison workshops before being distributed from our London hub to our wonderful volunteers. These inspirational supporters teach people in prison the necessary skills to craft each piece. The completed stitchwork is then returned to us, to ensure it meets our exacting standards, before finally being sent back into a prison to be 'made up', turning it into the final product (e.g. stuffing and adding zips to cushions).

In total, this process can take up to 200 hours and over 70,000 stitches (per piece!)

We know that every single one of our products boosts self-esteem, builds confidence, has a positive impact on a stitcher’s mental health, and gives them the opportunity to transform their lives.

By purchasing a product, you become a part of that journey.

Over 28 years of transformation

Rehabilitating over 8,500 people in prison

Renowned designers

Supported by esteemed designers to create one-of-a-kind, limited edition products

Breaking the cycle

We help break the devastating cycle of reoffending and repeated imprisonment

DONATIONS

Support our work

By purchasing from Fine Cell Work, you are making social change. However, 75% of our rehabilitation programmes are funded through donations and grants. We know that transformation is possible - for our stitchers, for our communities, and for our society as a whole. Your support - through donations or by purchasing products - will help to break the devastating cycle of reoffending and repeated imprisonment.

£10 donation
Provides a prisoner with the materials for one tapestry cushion (100 hours of creative activity).
£20 donation
Will enable us to continue providing paid, creative and productive work to even more prisoners around the UK, helping them to build a brighter future.
£50 donation
Sponsors a prisoner to train as a volunteer 'class coordinator', teaching and mentoring other prisoners.
£250 donation
Covers the volunteer costs of a stitching class in prison.
£500 donation
Pays for the training, materials and support for one prisoner for an entire year, helping them to rebuild a meaningful, independent,crime-free life.

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By giving prisoners hope that transformation is truly possible, they can envision a meaningful life after release. But nobody tells the story of how Fine Cell Work has helped them better than the prisoners themselves:

“Stitching allows me to use a totally different part of my brain and personality. I can move away from the more difficult reflections and anxieties and feel creative and purposeful. This means I no longer feel that my life has come to a halt and that I am of no use to anyone else.”

- Tom, FCW Stitcher -