For as long as I've been sewing I've had these little tomato pincushions. There's this love hate relationship that I have with them. Pincushions are very helpful while sewing, but all the ones I've ever had or seen have been so light weight that I end up chasing them around the sewing room.
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| Tiny & pathetic tomato pin-cushion |
With the lightest bump away they go. Then I was inspired....first by the cutest little chicken pincushion I stumbled across in a local quilt shop. Not only was it adorable, it had the weight I've been yearning for, it was filled with crushed walnut shells. I snatched up a pattern to make an adorable chicken for my own sewing room. It still sits in my to-do pile.
But a few weeks ago,
this blog post from A Girl In Paradise came across my desk. With just a couple of hours maybe less, I whipped together this chunk of a pin-cushion filled with walnut shells.
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| The Chunk |
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| Almost 2" thick |
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Big Chunk vs. tiny tomato
It's obvious who's winning this battle |
I can already tell that there will be no hate for this pincushion, there's only lots and lots of love. So quick, so easy and so very, very useful!!! Love it!!
Marcia,
a.k.a. Little Pink Rose
