Home-Grown Pincushions

More pincushions from right here on the homestead! Yee-haw! It’s a pincushion round-up! (Wait. That didn’t really make much sense, did it? You’ll have to excuse me. I may tend to go a bit wild on this blog, from time to time, since I don’t think many people are actually reading it. As opposed to […]

Parade of Pincushion Links

I’m still obsessed with pincushions! –Jen Segrest’s Flickr tutorial for making a “basic bottlecap pincushion” (which can be adapted and/or decorated however you like). She also has a blog, with lots of pincushiony goodness. –Bella Dia’s “Little Houses” on Flickr. They’re a charming set of pincushions made in the shapes of houses and mushroom homes […]

Eek!

Don’t worry; it’s not real! ;o) Some time ago, I came across a pattern for a very cute mouse pincushion— one that I only recently got around to trying. I changed a couple of things, as you’ll probably notice if you clicked over to the tutorial. The most obvious difference is that I made my […]

I went ahead and did it.

Yep, my plastic grocery bags now have a home. ;o) I basically followed the tutorial that I linked to in my last entry, though I did tweak it a bit. I didn’t start with quite as wide a rectangle as in the tutorial, because my fabric wasn’t wide enough (more on that later). I think […]

Storing Grocery Bags in Style

Ok, I’ll admit it: The perceived usefulness of these links will vary greatly from person to person. I’ve gotten by for years just using one plastic grocery bag to hold all of the rest. Or, actually, several plastic grocery bags crammed to the bursting point with the rest. I take them back to the store […]