Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pin Cushion

This project was featured on Flutter By Wednesdays!!!

I was totally inspired by Kylie's Pin cushions (WOW are they gorgeous!!!!), and decided to give it a whirl and try one out for myself. I am participating in a couple of stick pin swaps and I need a place to store all of them once I receive them. I loved her idea, and wanted to try it out. Now, granted her's are GORGEOUS, and mine is ok, but no where near the level of hers. I do not sew, nor do I own a sewing machine, so mine is all hand-stitched. But, I like how it came out anyway.
I used some Pink Chinese silk fabric that I had in my stash from my knitting days, and hand stitched the little pouch. Then I used a piece of canvas and stamped the Magnolia Beautiful Tilda on it with Memento ink. I colored Tilda with copics. There is not much blending that can be done on canvas, so I chose to stick with basic colors and blend as much as I could. Then, I stitched the canvas piece to the front. I also stitched a ruffled piece of lace around the center of the entire cushion for extra embellishment. Then, using my hot glue gun, I attached the fabric lollipop flower and some Tim Holtz trinkets. I looped a ribbon at the top so that it could be hung from my craft room wall.
this project was quick and easy, once I got started. Thank you so much Kylie for the idea and inspiration, you are one talented lady!!!!
I am entering this project in the following challenges:
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes plus stitching
Charisma Cards - No Cards allowed
paper Sundaes - Magical and Mythical
Paperplay - Show us your style
Prairie Fairy - Here come the girls
Shabby Tea Room - Ruffled Up
Flutter By Wednesdays - Anything But a card

13 comments:

  1. Wowww how sweet is that!! Gorgeous!
    Hugs Kristel

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  2. How sweet and I really like how the image on canvas turned out! Glad you could play along with us in the Tea Room this week!

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  3. Wow, Becca, this is such an awesome project! Gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us at Paper Play! :)

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  4. Lovely sewing...great fun and such a fab idea!
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Hope to see you again soon!
    Sarah

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  5. That is SO clever! Love you work as usual! Thanks for sharing with us at The Shabby Tea Room ;-)

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  6. oooohhh, EVERYONE needs a Tilda pincushion! :) gorgeous project and FABBY colouring on the canvas! thanks for playing along at Charisma this week!

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  7. SO cool! Love the idea of pincushion and yours turned out really well! Great coloring! Now I have to try it too! ;)
    Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!

    Hugs,
    Alica ;)

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  8. So gorgeous Becca, everyone needs a place to put their stickpins! You did a great job on this...and you said you weren't a sew-er! (I learned my lesson the last time because someone thought I called them a sewer! Ick!)

    I checked out Kylie's blog...very inspirational!

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  9. Woooow!!
    Fab "fabric" creation, and I love the image and the colours are perfect thanks for joining us at sketchy Colors this week, and good luck!
    Hugs, Ellen

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  10. omg becca ive only just seen this how did i miss it !! its amazing!! yes kylie's were stunning but so is this !!! every bit as beautiful i love it you clever thing !!!
    hugs sara x x x

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  11. wow, awesome creation, all your different elements are fabulous, thanks so much for joining our "For the girls" challenge at Prairie Fairy Fridays
    Debs R
    xxx

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  12. Oh, so much work, Becca! Your pin cushion is simply beautiful and to me very much near those of Kylie, do not humble yourself! And I appreciate the fact that you did the sewing by hand and put a lot of work into it. Love all the elements and your coloring on fabric is awesome. Never did that but I bet it gives one some headaches...lol
    Hugs and have a great week-end,
    Iulia

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  13. This is adorable! What great fabric for your fairy and I love all the accents you added too. :) Thanks for playing along at Flutterby Wednesday this week! :)

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