14 April 2012

Finished Project for April


There was a little sneak peak a while back of this project.  And now I can say it's finished!   The pattern for this woollen pincushion came from The Quilted Crow in Hobart, Tasmania, titled "Little House on the Prairie", but I gave it a bit of a tweak when I started as I'd just attended a Sue Spargo workshop and was enjoying her style and colours, so it's more like "Villa Amongst the Fruit Trees".  Original pattern below.
This is quite a large pincushion, almost 8" across, so not one to travel around with you, but perhaps best sitting beside you on the couch as you stitch.


There was a moment when Girl 1 thought it would be fun to take it outside for a bit of a kick around the backyard, as she said it looks somewhat like a footy, but that was not going to happen, not on my watch!!



Loved working with these colours, and the wool fabric.  Have you worked with wool?
Enjoy your day.
Trudy

4 comments:

  1. Wow.. what did you fill it with....

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    1. I filled it with a poly toy-fill, but it would have been good to give it a bit of weight and use something like shell grit or crushed walnuts as well as the toy-fill.

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  2. Lovely project Trudy, and as you say a substanial pin cushion which should rescue those which keep ending up on the floor!! I like the way the colours work with the cushion colour! Maggie x

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    1. Thanks Mags!! Yes the colours do work with the cushion, don't they? Walked the house looking for the right spot to photograph the pin cushion!!

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