The pincushion I made for the Pincushion Pass

Hi everyone!

My partner for the Pincushion Pass finally received her package.

My partner is Krista from Spotted Stones.

She loves all things modern.

So I thought this pattern would be perfect for her.

I decided to add a flower made from vintage trimmings.

 The flower itself is made from the bottom edge of a vintage dress.

It was among some vintage trim I got at an estate sale.

 The women I bought it from always kept the decorative edges

 from antique clothing when the clothing was no longer good.

 It was cut with a scissor, and wrapped in tissue paper.

 The beads and the taffeta seam binding are also vintage and came from the same sale.

I had made her another pincushion that was similar

 and had filled it with crushed walnut shells,

but you could see the walnut shell filling were there were pinholes.

I just couldn't send it.

 So I made her a new one

 and used mostly poly fill and just a bit of walnut shells.

I'm glad that she likes it.

 It was a lot of fun to make.

Go on and visit Krista's blog.

She makes wonderful modern quilts.

Hugs

Ariane

Vintage love......

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well. I'm still working on my little Christmas wall hanging. I hope to have more to share tomorrow.

Tonight I wanted to share a few vintage notions that I have collected during my garage sale ventures this summer. This is just a small little grouping. I have A LOT of vintage notions. I will share more at a later date. I don't want to show them all at once. You just don't get to appreciate them as much that way. Here they are....I hope you like them.

I am also participating in the Pincushion Pass. I had made a pincushion a while ago for Krista and gave a sneak peak here. But then I thought it needed a bit more work. So, I ended up making a whole new one. A better one, in my opinion. So here is another sneak peak. It's going out in the mail tomorrow. Sorry Krista, for sending it this late. I will send it Express.

Hugs

Ariane