So Shabby Pink Pretty Pink Rose Pin Cushion

I shared with you in an earlier post that I really do love to sew. I have some sewing notions that were actually my mother's, so they are rather old and not necessarily pretty.

My mother was an excellent seamstress and her talents were not wasted as she put them to use for me and my sister. I believe she would have been a fantastic fashion designer as well. Even as a young girl of 10 or 11 years, I would sit for hours and watch her sew.

She made a lot of little notions for me. The most unusual was half of a large walnut shell stuffed with cotton and pink fabric made into a pin cushion! It had a tiny pipe cleaner handle and a bow tied to the handle.

Well, this is much larger than a walnut shell and prettier than the little pipe cleaner handle. I have this one for sale on our website So Shabby Pink. I'll be making more during this spring and summer.


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Pink paper rose with wired ribbon .

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Large rhinestone adorns the center of the rose.

Glad you came by,

Peggy

So Shabby Pink - Big Pin Cushion for Me

Aren't we funny sometimes......we, or at least I, blog on some of the craziest things. One of my crazier blog entries was about being chicken to use the self cleaning function on my self cleaning oven.

Today my crazy post is about my new pin cushion. I really like a BIG pin cushion. I like them kind of heavy too. I have lots and lots of fabric around and a whole pillow full of buckwheat hulls that are really great to stuff pin cushions with, so I decided to make one for myself - for a change. I am always making things for others so this was a real treat!

I have not measured it but it's probably almost 5-6" wide. This is a keeper.





Hope you all are having a good week so far. If not, I hope it gets better.

Goodnight!
Peggy