Have you ever tried to make a biscornu pincushion? Biscornu means: a small, octagonal, stuffed ornamental pincushion. It is usually made out of Aida cloth or linen, sewn from two square sheets of cloth in such a way that each corner of one square is hemmed to the middle of a side of the opposite …
Did you know I sell and make these owl pincushion / ornaments?? They are really pincushions but I think they are too cute to poke pins in, instead they could really make cute ornaments! I have some hanging at the Emporium on a Christmas tree! If you want to order one, get it here They …
Did you know I sell and make these owl pincushion/ ornaments Read More »
I thought I’d do a post about some things that would make great Christmas gifts (and should arrive before Christmas day!) The first one is the FQ CLUB! Each quarter (you or a recipient) receives 6 matching FQs and a beaquilter pattern of YOUR choice! (There’s over 100 patterns!) and FREE SHIPPING all for $23.99 …
I made these 3 cute purse pincushions last week and dropped them off at the Emporium in town (though if you want to buy one of them, just email and I can go get one of them back!) I have them in my shop here too! The purses are done 90% ITH on the embroidery …
My online friend Turid at Den Syende Himmel has been making selvedge pincushions for years and it got me into saving my selvedge edges too from fabrics! So finally my bin got too full that I had to do something, so I decided the other day to just sew them onto batting and maybe make …
I was SO excited to join this blog hop for a designer “On Williams Street” “On Williams Street” are two sisters who design modern patterns and released this new ” I Spy Book” There’s 10% off coupon for the I Spy book, good from Nov 30-Dec 16. ISPYBLOGHOP What really drew me to the book …
It’s time to think about Christmas gifts!? Thanks to Carol for hosting this blog hop I wasn’t sure what I was going to show or make for this blog hop, but I did make one thing you’ll see at the end. As a quilter/sewer I love making and giving gifts to others but sometimes I …
I recently finished this on-point Storm at sea quilt all cut out with the storm at sea die by accuquilt It was one I designed in EQ8 first and then started cutting, the teal/turquoise fabric is actually two fabrics and then I added the light green. I added the borders afterwards and I think I …
It’s official! I’m a homeschool mom now!! After being so disappointed with the school system and school board, I just HAD to do it. I took a while to research curriculums and different friends recommended Sonlight! it’s heavy on books, Sonja likes to read and we were both tired on Zoom meetings, so less on …
We’re still at phase 2.5 and kids are still at home. But this week Solveig and I started an 8 week pottery class! Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted to try the pottery wheel, but back in school in DK the wheel and seat was all in one and you had to kick …
2020 Project list week 38 and day 190 of shutdown Read More »