I made this little pincushion using my leftovers from my "It's Raining Hexies" quilt for the Friendship Quilts Blog Hop which you can link up here.
I did a little embroidery on it, and truthfully, I think it's the best part of the pincushion! I have minimal experience with this so it's pretty organic, but I love it!
So now, who am I gonna give it to? Ahem, after I fix it? It's a toss up. It is between my Mother-In-Law and my neighbor's Mom.
My Mother-In-Law is one of the greatest ladies I know. She has always been there for us. Always been supportive. She treats me like her own daughter. My husband CLAIMS she treats me better than himself. UM, he's a little jealous;) sometimes, HA! I really feel like I lucked out in the Mother-In-Law department. I love her:)
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My neighbors Mom. She just moved here from Louisiana. Neat lady. I haven't got to know her alot yet, but just a thought to welcome to the neighborhood.
Both these lovely ladies are sewers so I know that they will appreciate it. I guess I will have to flip a coin, and then make another one.:D
Very cute pincushion! I love the embroidery - perfect touch.
ReplyDeleteTough decision on who to give it to - but with that cute welcome sign on it - sounds perfect for the neighbours mum! ;)
I think I'm going to fix it first, so I got a little time to think about it;)
DeleteI like it!!! oh my, my ears perked up when you said it was raining hexies! I guess I missed that!
ReplyDeleteHAHA!! Thank you. I fixed that no reply thing. AGAIN! Can you let me know if it worked?? I already fixed it once and it was working, but then not again grrrrrrrrrr.
DeleteI want this house. I think I want to *live* in this house. The hand stitching is fantastic. Tutorial, please?
ReplyDeleteAwe thanks! I roughly used this tutorial/patternhttp://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/cutting-corners/2012/6/15/pin-cushion-cottage/ but I would suggest you break the pattern up into pieces and have the last opening on the bottom! For the "bricks" I strip pieced 1 1/2 in. pieces, then cut that into 1 in pieces. I staggered them to get that brick look. hope that helps! I also lined each piece with batting to give it stability. Not sure i'm the right person to give a tutorial since mine came out a little messed up on the roof(which is where I closed it-mistake) But if I get it perfected, which I'm going to try to fix it, I may do one;)
DeleteAdorable house! If you can't decide, send it my way! -Jeanne
ReplyDeleteHaha! OK! thanks!
DeleteLove the adorable daisies!
ReplyDeletethanks! My first attempt at those;)
Deleteoh. my. gosh. how cute is that?! The embroidered daisies are such a sweet detail!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! If I hadn't added the embroidery I don't think it would have been nearly as interesting. Glad I did it. It was an extra couple of hours of work, but worth it.
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