A Passion for Pin Cushions!

I   L O V E   Pin cushions!! I have made a few for myself and my sweet friends have made them for me too, so I would like to show you some. I will add more over time.  I made this little tomato pin cushion using cross stitch themed fabric by Black Bird Designs.  And I made a fussy cut covered button with my initial for the bottom.

This is a cross stitch strawberry I made into a pin cushion with strawberry fabrics and rick rack

I love this one, I got the pattern from a fairly recent quilt magazine.  It was really fun to make.    

 

My best bud, Darlene, made this sweet little basket pin cushion with french knots for the flowers, I adore it!  

This is a design by my friend Anita, from Anita's Little Stitches, http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/   I loved making this and the beads just make it pop.

This cutie is from the book, The Civil War Sewing Circle by Kathleen Tracy. It was so fun and easy to make.  I love the ticking pillow part. lol

I believe this came from The Gift of Stitching online cross stitch mag.  I did it was a stitch a long with my sweet friend Janet.

This is a Fig Tree pattern.  I love pumpkins and this is one of my favs that I have made.

Another pumpkin, yay!  I made one of these for my a friend too, it is a freebie from this blog, http://gazette94.blogspot.com/search/label/HALLOWEEN%2F%20AUTOMNE  Lots of good free cross stitch charts on there.

This is from Black Bird Designs book Stitcher's Journey.  This pin cushion is very special to me because I added buttons, lace and pins from my great aunt Gennie who was a professional seamstress.  They are very old and precious to me.

Another Sweet Pin Cushion from Janet

She made this for me and she put one of her grandmothers pins in it!

Sweet litte Valentine Pin Cushion

Janet made this for me.  So Sweet!  Can you tell I LOVE pin cushions yet? lol

Antique Wooden Sewing Box

Janet gave me this and I am sooo proud of this!

Rachel's Basket Quilt by Marti Michell

My friend Darlene got me the kit for this quilt for my bday last year, we saw it made in a quilt shop close to Galveston Texas and I just gasped when I saw it.  I have 10 of the 18 basket blocks finished so far, I LOVE IT!!!! Mine won't look this good when finished but it will be beautiful to me. :)

Friends freebie

Janet made this for me, very cute! The chart is here http://www.cosmichandmade.com/patterns.php?p=CHART-freebies

Sweet Little Easter Chick

Janet made me this ADORABLE tiny little Easter Chick in this sweet little tin.  LOVE IT!

Quilted Tote with Cross Stitched Rose embellishment

 

I took this with my cellphone, so the pic isn't very good.  I really enjoyed making this, I love pinwheels and prairie points,  It is prettier in person.  I dragged it back and forth with me while going to MD Anderson Cancer Center with my friend who was being treated for breast cancer. It sure came in handy, it holds a lot.

Churn Dash Tote

I made this Churn Dash tote for my good friend Darlene, we have been best friends for over 42 years now!  I didn't really care for the Churn Dash block until I made this for her and now I am liking it more and more. Funny how my tastes in quilt styles and fabrics keep changing.

Too many Saturday Sampler quilt blocks.

I have gotten my self in deep here, lol, I am now attending 3 block of the month/saturday samplers.   I will post pics of my blocks as a finish them.