Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My Pincushions


Beth is hosting a parade this week. A Pincushion Parade, no less! Since I do love a parade, I decided to join in the fun.  Here's my parade....
 As you can see, all of my pincushions are hand made. I love and use them all! Starting at the top and going clockwise in the photo below, may I present my parade entries:
1. Grey wool cushion made by a bff, Vicki: it holds my sewing needles and I think it is adorable!
2. Largest and oldest of the six, this flannel lovely holds my flat head pins mostly and is always close-by.I bought it at a bazaar and it used to sit atop a terracotta flower pot.
3. I made his felted wool book-style pin holder. It comes in handy when traveling. (You can see the inside in the next picture.)
4. The baby of the group, I keep this little bottle cap cushion in a tin with my binding clips.( I never wear it on my finger the way I am supposed to though.)
5. My favorite little glass-head straight pins keep company in this pin cushion that I made using a pattern from a magazine a few years ago. 
6. Every parade needs a celebrity and this one is mine. Cindy, who blogs at Live a Colorful Life, gifted this gorgeous cushion to me. It is made from fabric selvages that all have special meaning to me. I especially like the crushed walnut shell filling.
 My pin cushions are always laying around my sewing room, but if I were going to store them somewhere special, it would definitely be in this pink antique sewing basket. It is one of my prized possessions and belonged to my beloved grandmother, Rossie, who made all of her quilts on a treadle machine.
Peek inside the sewing basket and you can quickly see that inflation has hit the thread market, just like everything else! I'm not sure how old these wooden spools are.
Why not join the fun by linking up with  Love, Laugh, Quilt and join the  Pincushion Parade! I'd love to see your entries!

15 comments:

  1. Sweet pincushions...you can never have enough cushions! My mom has the same sewing basket...only in yellow! I think I will hunt it down the next time I am at her house :)

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  2. Everytime I see lots of pincushions I know I have to make some more...I only have one and that's one I won from Cindy at Live a Colourful Life!! I love your sewing basket - something else I don't have...I really need to get my act together!! Hugs

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  3. That is so much fun seeing what you have. What a treasure your grandmother's pink sewing basket is!

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  4. Each one is lovely , you sure have a lot!!
    Good nighy

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  5. They're lovely pincushions, and yes, you do have a lot! I'd be hard-pressed to come up with more than two! Your rose-colored sewing basket is so special. How nice for you to have such a keepsake. It's fun seeing your stuff.

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  6. Wow! I only have two pincushions and I use both as needle holders. One I bought to go around my wrist because I was constantly up a ladder hanging children's work and it was easier to have the pins up there with me, safe and sound. Now it holds my sewing needles and usually lives in the workbox I take to class or on the corner of my computer desk (which is right next to my sewing table). The other I knitted and it holds my wool darning needle and a needle threader for yarn.

    I also have some old wooden spools. They belonged to my great aunt who returned to England in 1970 and left these behind! I don't think I would ever use them!

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  7. totally gorgeous!! All of it! That basket is just beyond beautiful :)

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  8. What lucky pins to be stuck in your awesome pincusions. Thx for sharing. (and the basket is quite awesome, too)

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  9. I don't have cool pincushions like yours but I do have thread as old as some of those.

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  10. Sew much fun! First off, I LOVE your blog and linked it in my blog a long while back. I linked it again just know when I joined the parade! I especially like the lovliness of grandmaother Rossie's basket! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  11. Sew much fun! First off, I LOVE your blog and linked it in my blog a long while back. I linked it again just know when I joined the parade! I especially like the lovliness of grandmaother Rossie's basket! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  12. I love this idea - great post! Now i'm going to have to round up my pin cushions and Share my 'aunts' ancient sewing basket! thanks for sharing this great idea. I love sewing 'tools'~!

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  13. What fun to see others' pincushions; they say something about when they were made and how they are used! Yours are charming, I especially like the flannel, it has a Velveteen Rabbit appeal. Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Carla, I have a pink sewing basket just like that but mine is empty! I guess I should call it into service.

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  15. I cannot believe I missed the parade, and missed your post and the nice things you said about the pincushion I made you. Wow I sure missed the fun!

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