Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pin It Day 3 September 12

Welcome to the hop. Today it is my turn to share a few pin cushions that I have played with over the last couple of weeks.
 But first I want to thank Mdam Samm and Kristen for doing all that they do to keep us inspired and organized to do these hops. I think it takes a lot of talent to get the hops organized and to find the special cheer leaders to help to carry them all out.
And also to all the great sponsors that share some wonderful products that keep us wanting to create.

 I am with a great bunch of bloggers today with the hop. Sew do stop in and check out what they have done as well . Let them inspire you to create as well.
 Here is today's line up
                                               September 12
                                                       Cherrys Prairie Primitives
            In Stitches& Seams that's me
For this hop I started with a little ruler that I received from Mdm Samm earlier this year as a little extra with my Blinky.

I picked a couple fabrics that I had on hand( actually on the ironing board). I then started cutting as I was not sure how many wedges I would need to make a full circle. I sew up the pairs and then quarter circles then the halves. I used the finished circle to cut a bottom for the pin cushion.  A little more sewing and stuffing and add a couple of buttons and here you have it.

Next I took a left over block from another project and made this little one...... Recognize the fabrics ?? I thought it made a nice little cushion with heart.


Then not stopping yet, I stopped by Moda Bakeshop and found this pattern for my bowlful of strawberries.......
                                                       just a little cream to go with them......

Seeing that I had a few days left I thought I would make one more , one that has a feeling of summer / fall. What else but a huge sunflower.
I did use a little paint to give the petal a sun kissed touch.

and a little Dragonfly to finish it off. It is just a little over sized and has a weighted bottom. I think it will work just fine at the ironing board, sure not to get lost in the ufo's that seam to collect there.

Hope you enjoyed my play time with pin cushions. Leave me a comment I and will include you in a draw at the end of the hop. Please make sure that  I can contact you. I have a copy of Summer's End and a ity bity charm pack and a few other goodies to keep them company on there way to the winner of the give away.

I will close with a pincushion I had found on line at Sew Mama Sew, I made it up a couple of years ago and use it a lot.
It is a handy one with a little garbage bag.
I did add a strip of gripping tape that I found in the purse notion area in the fabric shop, ( it is used to keep you purse strap in place on your shoulder but it also keeps it from sliding off my work area too)
                                                      in stitches
                                                                        Annette   

121 comments:

  1. Annette, they are all cute, but the sunflower is too gorgeous ! LOVE IT!

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  2. What a great collection of pin cushions.....they are all great!

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  3. What pretty pincushions...especially love your sunflower...thanks for sharing!! :)

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  4. LOOOOOVE the flower ... I have one - thinking of dismantling it to remake it (though it was from my grannie - so not sure!)
    Beautiful cushions!!

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  5. Love your pincushions, especially the sunflower!
    Cheers,

    Jeanneke.

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  6. Lovely pin cushions! Thank you for sharing.

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  7. Very cute pincushions...love the strawberries! Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.

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  8. Love all your pin cushions, the sunflower is lovely.

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  9. They are all just lovely but the sunflower is perfect for this time of year.

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  10. All your pincushions are cute. The sunflower is adorable. love it. perfect for fall.
    xo jan@sewandsowfarm

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  11. Love those little strawberries! Thanks for sharing

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  12. all are lovely - the dragonfly is amazing!

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  13. Great job. Thank you for sharing :)

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  14. Great pin cushions! I love the wegded one. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. You have been busy! I like the bowl of strawberries so cut.

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  16. You've got a very nice collection of pin cushions. I just love the sunflower. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. I make pillows that way! What a great idea to make a pincushion out if it! Loved the sunflower too. Well done you!

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  18. Love all your pincushions. The dragonfly is awesome.

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  19. What a lovely collection of pin cushions. The sunflower is just so happy! I can't imagine sewing those tiny strawberries, but eating them? Yum, yum. Thanks for sharing your creativity this morning.

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  20. Annette all your pins are awesome. I am bias towards the sunflower.

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  21. What a nice collection of cushions in sizes, shapes and colors. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. What great pincushions! love the strawberries - too yummy!

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  23. Your pincushions are fantastic... and that sunflower! wow!

    I was wondering who received the rulers that I sent to Madame Samm from my shop. Love the pincushion you made with it. :)

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  24. Your sunflower is my favourite pincushion as I love them always looking so cheerful. Thanks for a lovely giveaway.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  25. Your pincushions are all gorgeous! I really adore the sunflower.

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  26. These pin cushions are wonderful. Love the strawberries.

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  27. Love your pincushions, especially the first one made with the wedge ruler, and that gorgeous sunflower! Sunflowers and black-eyed Susans are my favorite flowers. Thanks for sharing!

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  28. I love your sunflower, wonderful!

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  29. Beautiful , all of them. I loove this sunflower, so sweet!

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  30. Lovely pincushions! I like them all. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. A great collection of ideas - using a leftover block would never have occurred to me and now I have lots of potential pincushions! :) blessings, marlene

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  32. They are very special.

    Warm regards from Holland,
    Marga♥

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  33. Oh my goodness, one adorable pin cushion after another! Love them all! :)

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  34. Annette, I LOVE your sunflower (I am partial to them) and your other pincushions are just adorable! Wonderful job!

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  35. They are all so beautiful! The sunflower was very creative!

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  36. Lovely assortment of pin cushions.

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  37. I love all your pin cushions, very creative. babscorbitt@ gmail dot com

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  38. Great pin cushions and my favorite is the sunflower. Thanks for sharing your creations!

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  39. stellar display love the sunflower best..totally awesome

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  40. Oh that bowl of strawberries is just darling. And I love the sunflower too.

    onehotstove AT gmail DOT com

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  41. They are all so cute! hard to pick one favorite.

    mabear29@ymail.com

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  42. they are all wonderful Annette!! But I love that flower

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  43. Gorgeous pincushions Annette. Thanks so much for sharing

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  44. Love all the pincushions Annette! Just a heads up to you, did you realize that you are a NO-REPLY? You left a comment on my blog yesterday during the blog hop and I couldn't reply to you because you are a no-reply and thought you might want to know so you can fix it.

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  45. Wonderful pin cushions and they all look like a hint of autumn when they are all together.

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  46. Annette your pincushions are wonderful. Love the sunflower. Thank you for sharing.

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  47. Your pincushions are lovely. I especially like the Dresden Plate mini. Sooo pretty.

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  48. I like big pincushions too! I think yours are great!

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  49. Your pin cushions are so cute! I really like the sunflower and dragonfly!
    hulseybg at gmail dot com

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  50. You have been busy! I love all of your pin cushions, especially that gorgeous sunflower.

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  51. My first love is your sunflower pincushion. That being said the wedge is lovely too. Good idea with gripper tape for the pin cushion/thread catcher. What I did with mine is put a ceramic tile wrapped in batting into the pin cushion base. The tile keeps the pin cushion and thread catcher in place on my cabinet and on my ironing board.

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  52. Beautiful work! I especially love the sunflower! Thanks for the awesome giveaway too!

    Ilene

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  53. What a great bunch of pin cushions! My favorite has to be the sun flower! How pretty!!!

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  54. Happy to see your pincushions. A sunflower with a little libelle, so cute!

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  55. Wonderful projects I especially like the heart pincushion.

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  56. Your pincushions are great! So creative!

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  57. Fabulous pincushions - I love the strawberries!

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  58. All are adorable. I love the sunflower and dragon fly. Thanks for the giveaway chance.

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  59. Like all the pincushions. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  60. I love all of your pin cushions, but especially the sunflower ones. They are so cheerful!

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  61. Those stberries are awsomeninhave tontake a looknat mda bakéshop

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  62. Those strawberries are awsome, i want to make some too.

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  63. Your sunflower pincushion is so beautiful! I love the details on it, esp the dragonfly!

    Susie
    legato1958@aol.com

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  64. Nice collection of pin cushions. Love the sunflower and the dragon fly. Thank you for sharing.

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  65. Wow! I love how you just began and created such fabulous pincushions. Each one ready for comforting those needles and pins. Creative Bliss. Great hop...

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  66. Your pinnies are great! I love the sunflower with the adorable little dragonfly.

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  67. I like them all. thanks for the giveaway and for sharing. vickise at gmail dot com

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  68. I absolutely am in love with your sunflower! I love sunflowers anyway and you captured one of them perfectly!!!

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  69. Awesome work. The sunflower is just gorgeous!

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  70. Wonderful pincushions! Well done,.
    cheers
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  71. Such a great collection - I love all kinds of pincushions, too!

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  72. Hi,what neat PIN cushions!
    Thanks for sharing!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  73. Beautiful sunflower. It looks so real. Great job and thanks for having such a nice give away.

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  74. My daughter would love your sunflower. I made her a sunflower pincushion a few years ago when she was learning to sew. Such lovely pincushion.

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  75. OMG! So funny I was planning on making a sunflower pin cushion, just yesterday. Big plans, unfortunatly I was sidetracked and it didn't happen yet. Your sunflower is so much more grand than I had planned. You pin cushion collection is lovely, very creative. ;-> Toni Anne

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  76. Annette , your pincushions are just fantastic , I especially love the sunflower ! Great job my friend .

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  77. I am really in love with that sunflower and dragonfly. Thank you for sharing

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  78. Oh my gosh, those are really cute! The bowl full of strawberries looks good enough to eat. :)

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  79. Cute pin cushions. Wonderful way to use an orphan block.

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  80. I love the oversized one for the ironing board. That is what I need. I usually pin my rows on my ironing board as this is the longest surface I have that does not have a sewing machine, cutting board, etc. on it.

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  81. I adore that sunflower and dragonfly! How ever did you make the dragonfly?

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  82. all of your creations are wonderful. I really love the bowl of berries.

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  83. All the pin cushions are sweet but really love the sunflower with dragonfly on it.
    Pincushions are so much fun to make

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  84. I think you had fun at play time!!

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  85. The sunflower is my favorite. Nice work on all of your pin cushions!

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  86. Pincushions are just such fun!! Did I count 16 or 17 sections to your first cushion? All are so cute but I loved your sunflower - fab!

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  87. Oh, so cute...love that sunflower! Great use of the dresden ruler for the beautiful pincushion.

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  88. Yours look so nice, I really like the sunflower.
    smjohns63 at yahoo dot com

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  89. Cute bunch of pincushions. Loving the sunflower.

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  90. I love them all. Thanks for all of the creative ideas.

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  91. Lots of fun pinnies. Love the bowl of strawberries.

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  92. Great pin cushions. I love the bowl of strawberries and your picture of them with cream. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  93. Great pincushions! Love the bowl of strawberries. Yummy!

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  94. Great pincushions! Love the sunflower.

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  95. These are all wonderful! I love the strawberries and sunflower. Lots of fun!

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  96. Wow are these gorgeous. What a stunning collection. I need to find my little template and give it a try. Thanks for that reminder!

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  97. Love your cushions, they are all beauties!

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  98. Wow. Nice pincushions. Love the sunflower and the dragonfly. So cute. The pumpkin is a cutie, too.

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  99. Mom I love the sunflower. I think recognize that littke dragonfly too.

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  100. It has been great to see all the nice comments on my pin cushions. I hope now I can get the non -reply comment thing fixed too.

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  101. I love your sunflower. It is sew awesome. Thanks for sharing

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  102. They are all lovely - what a good idea to keep one at the ironing board, I always seem to amass pins there whilst ironing but have never thought to use a pincushion - strange but true. Thanks for sharing and sorry I am late visiting.

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  103. Your sunflower is amazing! Thank you for showing your projects, you had me fooled there for a moment with the strawberries!
    ~Brandy
    brandizzle7133 at yahoo dot com

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  104. I love all your projects, Annette but I got to say I pick that sunflower as my favorite. The bowl of berries is adorable!

    THX for the giveaway opportunity!

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  105. Lovely pincushions and I really like your fabric and color you use on them. Lovely blog with lots of wonderful work.

    Take care!
    Marica

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  106. Sew many beauties! Love the sunflower, and the strawberries.

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  107. You made adorable pin cushions, especially the sunflower. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  108. I love your pincushions, so cute :)

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  109. Wonderful pincushions, thank you for sharing!

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  110. Hi!!! Very pretty pinnies!!! Love them all!!!!

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