I have Dorie to blame thank for my getting involved in another swap I had no business signing up for. But I truly do love making pincushions and it has been a while...so, this time I made one for the Scrappy Pincushion Swap on Flickr (check out all the beautiful creations that have been posted there).
I went with a design I used to make a while back (three years ago already?!!), using felt flower shapes I punch from wool with a sizzix paddle punch.
My idea was to make an English garden by covering a bed of leaves with flowers...as you can see, this is one big pincushion.
It looks pretty boring with just the leaves showing.
But once you add the flower pins, the garden really comes to life.
Here's a side view so you can see all the flowers are pins.
If it's not used as a pincushion, it would be a nice thing for idle hands to play around with. There are so many different possibilities of how to design the garden.
I received my pincushion in the mail last week from Solidia. She is a master sewer, and I couldn't be more thrilled with this beautiful pincushion she made for me. I just love the fabrics she chose, the colors and of course adding that sparkly brooch to the center gives this piece a bit of glamour too.
