One Saving Grace

I made a couple strawberry pincushions (this one has some needle and thread in it. The felt I used had a texture and added dimension so I opted not to sew any beeds for seeds on it. I filled them with rice to give them weight. I figured I could use them also to hold pattern pieces when I am using the rotary cutter.

I think I went a little crazy on pincushions the last few days. My daughter A. came over and saw the grey mouse I made and she wanted an oriental themed one to go with the cover I made her for the sewing machine I gave her. While I was at it I went ahead and finished 3 blind mice and a lady bug.

The lady bug is made with a coke 2 liter cap inside and the mice have a flat rock, rice and stuffing. The mice are only about 4 inches high. Right now they are resting on my computer mouse pad.

Then I remembered some pieces I bought several years ago with the idea of making pincushions out of them. One was a small 2.5x2.5" picture frame that had a little shoe to match and then recently I picked up the little box with the herringbone pattern because it matched the sewing room.

I removed the glass from the purse frame and used some silk (left over from the tablecloth I made for A.'s table). I cut a small square, ran a basting stitch around the perimeter and stuffed it. Pretty quick project.

I made another square pincushion from the textured red felt to put in the box and lined the top. Quick and easy.

Last but not least the shoe was filled with black felt and stuffing and I made a pillow pincushion with the left over herringbone felt. These projects were all tiny and quick, done while relaxing or talking on the phone. It should make work easier since I can have a pincushion or two at each workstation.