When you are a sewer or quilter, there usually is an abundance of needles and pins involved. Normally, a quilter also owns a pin cushion or two or three to keep the needles and pins SAFE when use.Well, in 2009 I was on a mission, that is a 'needle and pin' mission. I was in a pin cushion swap. My partner was in Australia and i finally posted her pin cushion however I will probablynever know if the pin cushion I mad eher arrived safely or not as she never responded to my email address or posted any confirmaiton in her blog.
After participating in the 'swap', I made several pin cushions. As I was browsing on the internet, I noticed a really neat pin cushion KIT on a favorite blog site I follow. The pin cushion design really motivated me to leave a comment on the blog and I was elated when I received a reply there was one kit remaining. I purchased the kit immediatley. Actually with the kit to make my own I also ordered the pin cushion that was already made (just in case I never did make up the kit). Well, when I received th ekit, I immediately went to work and here is the result.
Once I sewed th epnales tgehter and stuffec my pink cushion, i started finishing the seams and embellished, my favorite job. I worked, or I should say 'played' as I enjoyed making this pin cushion very much. on this pin cushion out in my gazebo...of course during the summer as my gazebo is currently full of snow.
The burgundy flowers are spider roses made by using perl cotton instead of silk ribbon. Leaves are emboidered feather stitch. I used lace with little hearts to trim one seam then sttiched with the herringbone stitch.
Then I made another pin cushion and here is the result of numnber two.
But when I had collected more candle sticks and other miscellaneous items with intentions of making more. I even found some wonderful china tea cups and creamers which will make beautiful pin cushions such as the lovely one Pat displays on her blog.
Pin cushion swaps are becpoming a favorite with bloggers and Flickr members. Our '2010 tea and Coffee Group' are presently doing a Pin Cushion Swap and I am loolking forward to seeing allthe different pin cushion ideas they exchange.
There are DOZENS of wonderful sites displaying different tutorials for making pin cushions HERE:
Enjoy viewing all the pin cushions or TRY your creativity today..ENJOY.
