Pincushions and a Needle book

I made a few more Anna Maria Horner Wildflower pincushions as gifts recently. You can find the pattern here. I love mine and have to say I could not sew without it! I really do not know how I had sewn for so long without one. You can’t really tell how big they are in the picture but they are about six inches wide. I used some Joel Dewberry Heirloom and a little Simply Color for those purple petals. I fill the pincushions with crushed walnut shells with a little bit of polyfill in the bottom where you need to hand sew.

I decided to make a little ruffled needle book to go with the pincushion that I was giving my Mom. It was so tiny that I decided to add a page to it to allow some more needles to fit! I found the tutorial for this one here at luvinthemommyhood. It was super quick and easy.

Linking to Thank Goodness it’s Friday Finish at Sewing by Moonlight and Finish it up Friday at crazy mom quilts

Wild flower Pincushion

I have a little catch up to do. I haven’t blogged for a while but I have still been busy making projects. I want to share my pincushion first! I haven’t ever had a pincushion and found I would drop pins on the table and then onto the floor. I just had enough and planned a lets sew pincushions while our kids play date with a friend. I had a pattern already one I had actually printed out three and a half years prior, (that is kinda sad).

So here it is:

I threw in some things in this picture so you can get a grasp on how huge this pin cushion is! It is massive and awesome! I love it and don’t know what I did without it! Just a side note I filled it with crushed walnut shells and a little bit of polyfil at the bottom where that hand stitching is.

You can find the pattern here and while you are at it you can check out the other awesome things Anna Maria Horner has to make on her website here.