Having found this great, quick pincushion tutorial on Nel Whatmore’s blog (thanks to Rachel at House of Pinheiro posting it on Facebook). I decided to have a go and ended up making four!
I made these in some lovely fat quarts I had saved up for some small projects. The buttons were all purchased in Birmingham rag market.
The first two below were made with fabric I bought in Guthrie & Ghani. The first is in Shelburne Falls Willow Vine and Leaf designed by Denyse Schmidt for Free Spirit Fabrics. The second is a Sevenberry fabric, which I also used to make a blouse. The buttons used are a flower design, and a deco-style button which rises to a point in the centre.
The fabric for the next two pincushions was purchased during a trip to Paris earlier this year. I’m unsure of the designer of the first, as it wasn’t printed on the selvedge of the piece I bought. The blue/green fabric used on the second is Echo by Lotta Jansdotter. The buttons used here are a simple blue button & a lovely flapper-style face button.
I really enjoyed making these and it took no time at all. Very satisfying:)
July 29, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Cute!
August 1, 2013 at 8:05 am
Just found your blog, through the Colette link, and thought I’d drop you a line to let you know that I really enjoyed reading it for the first time. You are clearly a very talented lady, craft-wise, but also make your blog interesting with great photos and interesting subjects. It also caught my attention that you print fabric, which is something I’ve been considering for a while. You’re now in my feedly!
August 2, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Thank you very much:) I don’t do as much printing as I’d like. I’m hoping to print/make my own silk scarves soon, but haven’t got around to it yet! I have a raspberry design planned first. Hopefully I will be able to blog about it in the near future.
August 2, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Hi, I have enjoyed your blog. I have just nominated you for a Super Sweet blog award. I love the colour and life in your posts and am jealous of your artistic skills. Thanks
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August 2, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Thank you very much:) Likewise I’m a fan of your blog – the pottery you posted recently was gorgeous. Your brother-in-law definitely needs to get back to pottery!