Saturday, April 3, 2010

Pincushions




I finished my first prototype pincushion tonight for retreat.
I like how it turned out so I'm going to go ahead and make the other 2 for the swap.

I like to make fun food pincushions the best but I'm starting to run out of ideas....I've made cake slices, cupcakes, donuts and carrots. These chocolate dipped strawberries actually were quite easy and look much cuter and have better color in real life.

I also got my Cinderberries girls quilt back from Sandi, my longarmer friend. I was really nervous about sending an all embroidery top for quilting but she did a fantastic job on it so I am super happy.
Below is a picture of the quilting upclose and also a picture of the entire top before I trimmed the extra fabric off. Now all I have to do is get the binding on and tacked down and I can cross another project off my UFO list.






9 comments:

Cindy said...

The quilt turned out fantastic. Now it makes me want to do some cross stitching and make a quilt from it. The pin cushion is really cute too, I'll have to see if I can figure out how to make it. Thanks for sharing

Cardygirl said...

Your quilt looks great...love the almost edible strawberry too!

Angela said...

Yummy cushie. AND quilt. What did we do before meandering and all over panograms? I so love that look!

Laura-IH said...

Oooh, I LOVE the strawberry cushie! Super cute! Your embroidery quilt is great! I got my quilts back from Sandi, too. I can't wait to get them bound. She does a nice job.

Pat said...

Your quilt looks wonderful. And I love the strawberry pincushion...what FUN!

Robin said...

great job on the pincushions Peg and the quilt came out tremendous!!

Diane H said...

Your pincushion is too cute! I really love the quilting on your quilt it looks fantastic.

Anonymous said...

I have admired these blocks all along, and it turned out beautiful!

Unknown said...

Love your strawberry pincushion! I love making pincushions. Where could I see the other pincushions that you have made?