I am ready for Europe. I am leaving on Saturday, June 30th for England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. I am traveling with People to People Ambassador Groups and my group is a middle school group.When I return, I am sure I will have thousands of pictures and many tales...some of them may even be true! My sewing will wait! I have some rearranging to do in my sewing room also.
In the hoop pincushion
Our Just Needles Quilt and Fiber Arts Guild will be meeting this Tuesday. I suggested a pincushion exchange to start our year off and apparently everyone is going crazy making pincushions. The rules: Make it or buy it. That's it. I have seen pictures on FB of some of the pincushions and they are cuteeeeeee! I decided to challenge myself and picked up the Nancy Zieman IN-THE-HOOP sewing book. I was going to make the suggested pincushion but the crazy patch was the first one so I decided to try it. I made it with some scraps and cut some from regular fabric. I used 8 fabrics. At first, I thought I only needed 6. Then when I went to put them in order, I realized I needed 2 more. I think I might use different seasonal fabrics to make more. I am still considering a gift for my trip overseas this summer and this might be a nice idea. The first 6 fabrics...oops..need more! 5x7 hoop Finished block View one: Finished pincushion View 2: Finished pincushion (if th...
Have a fabulous trip. Can't wait to hear your stories!!
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