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Maureen from Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a yummy bundle from Moona Fabrics. The fabric bundle includes 6 half-yard cuts of the Hugs & Kisses print from Anna Maria Horner’s Loulouthi line. Go to her post to get entered. (Deadline is 10:00 pm EST on Monday, September 25, 2011.)
You must comment on HER POST to get entered, not here!
[photo retrieved from Maureen Cracknell Handmade]
It doesn’t matter whether you sew by hand or by machine, you need a pincushion. You need a spot to parks pins and needles and keep them within easy reach for when you need them again. There are a lot of styles of pincushion to choose from. Some magnetic, some fabric. Some cute, some purely functional. This “little bit extra” pincushion has a spot to store all the different types of pins and needles you might need while sewing. Polka Dot Chair has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one for yourself.
This handy little pincushion has a circular shape and is divided into sections to store different types of pins. The bottom section is for your regular straight pins. Just poke them in and they’re ready for when you need them. The top has one section with a felt flap perfect for holding your sewing needles. I don’t know about you but I don’t like mixing my hand sewing needles in with my pins on a pincushion. It makes it hard to find the needle when I want it. So having a separate section for the needles is a great idea.
This “little bit extra” pincushion also has a spot to hold a few fabric clips. Fabric clips have become popular alternatives to a traditional straight pin. They hold fabric pieces together without piercing the fabric, which is important when sewing leather, vinyl, or other materials that will show permanent holes from pins.
You can sew the “little bit extra” pincushion from large fabric scraps or small fabric cuts (fat eighth). You probably already have all the supplies you need to sew one in your sewing supplies already.
Get the free pattern for this “little bit extra” pincushion over at Polka Dot Chair.
[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]
Love the prints! They would be great additions for our comfort care quilts. Our group makes them for the Oncology dept at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wa.
I am going to be a Great Grandma in a month or sooner.
What lovely fabrics…I would definitely use them in a quilt.
Beautiful fabric. Hope I win it!
These are beautiful fabrics. I can think of many things I would like to do with them.
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great present!!!!its so beautiful for the new bag i want make.
Pretty patterns I would use them to compliment family faces in a photo quilt.
I would love to make some aprons with my winnings.
Thanks Anne!
I’ve just started quilting, but one of the first things I’d make is a Pincushion/thread catcher. I sure could use the fabric to start my collection.