Pincushions!!

I love pincushions!! :-)

Remember the cube pincushions I showed a while back that I made for a swap?

You can find the post HERE. ;-)

I just received my swap pincushions back~ and they are all adorable!

These ladies put so much talent and work into these cuties~

I love all of them!

Did you notice the hamburger? LOL

Here is the inside~

 

 

It includes the burger and bun, and a slice of tomato, lettuce and cheese! :-)

Isn't that clever? I think the maker said she found the pattern in an older issue of Quilts and More~

but I could be wrong about that. :-/

I am going to get some new pins for these baby's! :-)

Have a happy weekend!

The Faster I Go~

..the slower I get. ;-) Or so it seems!  My blog seems to be the thing taking the hit for me being busy. I'm so sorry about that. But I do have a few things finished, so how about staying for a little chat?

I made more pincushions for the CTTY project for February, but I dare not show them! So I am showing you the ones I made for my swap, so you get the idea. :-)

I also got my March BOM block finished for the Country Threads BOM. Here are all three months together~

If you printed off the instructions early in the day on March first, you may want to stop back and re-print them. The corrections were made and a new copy put up later in the afternoon. ;-)

I also finished my placemats and had a few scraps left, so I made a little table topper for our entry.

And my HGTV BOM block for March was finished in time....

It is called 'Prizes' and you can find it on QuiltersCache.


And I spent two wonderful days last week at the Sewing and Stitching Expo in Puyallup, WA. Wow!
The vendors! :-o The fabrics! :-o The wool!! :-o  It was fantastic!  They do have a website and blog; and the dates set for next year. ;-)  I'll be there! ;-)  Now I have a list as long as my arm of things I want to do this month! Can I get it all done? I hope so!!

Until Next time,
Happy Stitching!

Pincushions!~

Remember a while back I showed you a photo of the pincushions I sent off to swap? Well I got 'the package' today! :-) Look at all these wonderful pincushions! :-)

When I first saw the little red purse, I was hoping it would land in my box~ and it did! :-)) Isn't it cute? Under the purse flap is a little felt for needles. Very clever!

And just look at the bee hive! The pin heads have bees on them! And the ladybug has a velvet covered button for a head!~ cute cute!

Oh, they are all just wonderful! The pear has a little charm attached, I don't know if you can see it in the photo. And the yellow bird has beading, and sits on a large button~ very stable! And check out the chocolate ice cream cone! LOL Some of these I will use, some I think will decorate my little sewing area, but all of them will put a smile on my face! :-)

Hope you are having a happy day~

Until next time,

Happy Stitchin'!!

~Pincushions~

I joined a pincushion swap on the HGTV forum a few months ago, and now it is time to finish them up and get them in the mail! :-) These are the cushions I'll be sending... The chickens are stuffed with a combination of fiberfill and emery filings to give them a little weight to stand up. I got the idea for them from a friend who was making stuffed animals for children. The flowerpots were an experiment and I wish they would've had saucers with them for the bottom~ they could be a little more stable. And for the felted wool things, I used a pattern by Shirley Stevenson called 'Penny Rug Pin Cushions'~ those took the most time because there is a lot of hand stitching in them! :-o And I'm still not so speedy at hand work. ;-) Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll be able to show you what I get back! :-)

I spent yesterday outside puttering with flowers but today I think I'll sew a few more colorblocks.

I hope y'all are having a great weekend!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!! :-)

A finish and some fun~

I finally finished the February BunnyHill BOM (see A Tasket A Tasket in sidebar). I'm teaching myself hand-applique with these blocks and, boy am I slow! :-)) I am hoping to see some improvement by the time December rolls around! LOL :-) If I re-did this one, I'd make the bluebird a different value, but I'm not re-doing anything! ;-) Next I'm off to prep March's block~

And the fun~ a friend on the HGTV message boards is having a pincushion swap and she wanted to see my pincushion collection. This isn't all of them, it's the ones I usually have next to my chair, in the TV room, on top of my sewing machine etc. I also have the one with the tile in the bottom and a bag attached, but it is looking a bit full right now! LOL :-/ I never owned one of the big red tomatoes until a few years ago when I said the only pin holder I had was the magnetic cup~ then I got a few as gifts! :-)) I love them all and they all get used! :-))

I'd like to see your pincushions too! ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'! :-)