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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Pincushion Parade!

I came upon this CUTE idea today at Love Laugh Quilt--Beth is hosting a Pincushion Parade, and anyone who wants to show off their pincushions can participate!  I want to play!  Take a look at my pincushions:


The only one I made is the square watermelon-looking one on the left.  It is actually a Japanese ote-dama (juggling) ball, but it makes an awesome pincushion when filled will plastic pellets! 

The other four pincushions came from talented crafters in swaps I participated in on Craftster.  This cute purple cat is from wendiek in The Netherlands.  She made this for me because I love cats!

This lovely pincushion was made by alwaysinmyroom in Pennsylvania, using Japanese kimono fabrics.  There is a lot of  detailed beading and embroidery around the sides.

Unsuperb made this pincushion.  She hand-painted the design on the cup it sits in!

This little cupcake is from Amifriends in Mexico.  I love how realistic it looks!

I use pincushions every day (I have several others that are too scruffy to show)--I have three in my sewing room and these are all in the family room, near my sewing chair.  I plan to keep adding to my collection!
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10 comments:

  1. waggonswestJanuary 18, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    Cute stuff. Another reason to love craftster.

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  2. LimeRiotJanuary 18, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    These are all so cute! What a lovely collection you have. It's fun to see so many familiar craftster names too :).

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  3. AliciaJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    All of them are beatiful, love the one you make, like tha water melón idea and the little cat is one of my favourites in this parade
    Have a nice day

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  4. bethJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    Wow! I love that one using Japanese fabric. Beautiful!

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  5. UnknownJanuary 19, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    i love these all! It's so cool seeing these all together, oh you talented craftswomen, all!

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  6. ElizabethJanuary 20, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    I love the kitty cat - it is so sweet, especially the whiskers! I

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  7. lindarooJanuary 20, 2012 at 5:56 PM

    Your cupcake pincushion is one of the cutest I've seen! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. UnknownJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    LOve your part of this fun parade! LOVE the cat and the Japanese cushion - I have some scraps from Japan and that would be perfect! I also looked at your 365 hearts and want to start making hearts! Keep the focus on love!!!!! a most fabulous idea - THANK YOU! I am following!!!

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  9. KaHollyJanuary 26, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    One can never have enough pin cushions! They are spread all throughout my house!

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  10. Gayle BongJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:56 PM

    Loving the pincushion parade. Your kitty is cute. I showed my pincusions on the first post of my blog.

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