My lame pincushion. . .
I finished my pincushion in the nick of time! Acutally it was done on Sunday night and I just procrastinated taking the photo. I ran into a snag -- thank you again Martha Stewart. I used her online pattern and she says that you can get emery powder to go inside the pincushion at a hardware store. Well, let me tell you -- I searched for the stuff! I even had a run in with a sexist "helpful hardware man" at the local Ace who wanted to know if I was looking for it for my husbands "power tool" -- sheesh! So my strawberry is filled with some sort of polyester fiberfill and that's just fine with me.
I've been working hard for a good portion of the day getting the gallery up -- Wow! There were more participants than I thought there would be! How cool is that? I'll put up the gallery and reveal June's theme tomorrow over at the Pincushion Challenge website, so I hope you'll all stop by and have a look!
*** Update ***
I'm really not looking for compliments on my pincushion -- honest! You can't tell from the photo, but the green felt on the top is terribly off center. I just photographed it from it's "good" side. It's my first attempt and I'm happy enough with how it turned out though. And hey, tomorrow another challenge starts so I have another chance, right?
It's not lame, it's totally cute. Whatever with you!
Posted by: Christie | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 04:35 PM
Not lame at all!!! I believe that if you look up "lame" in the dictionary you will see something like, "sexist guy in hardware store who messes with woman who owns sharp needles of varying sizes." Nice job on your pincushion.
Posted by: Sheepish Annie | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 04:57 PM
I do like the fabric you picked for the strawberry part. Is the felt from the stuff you bought in Maryland?
Posted by: Theresa | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 05:32 PM
I also really like the strawberry fabric. And as far as the top being off center, I'm sure it makes it more charming. Real strawberries don't always have perfectly centered caps anyway.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 06:33 PM
How funny...I was looking on Martha's site, and trying to find the emery sand also (online) witih no luck. They need to publish sources! At any rate, you chose the perfect fabric for your berry...yum!
Posted by: Leslie | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 06:59 PM
I like your strawberry! There's no way Martha shops at a hardware store, that's probably the catch-all phrase if the editors aren't sure where the supply is found "purchase at hardware store". ;-)
Thanks again for all your hard work on the pincushion challenge, I can't wait for tomorrow!!
Posted by: Carrie | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 09:39 PM
It was a lot of fun looking through the gallery on Flickr! It almost made me want to figure out how to sew. If only I needed pincushions!
Posted by: Christine | Thursday, June 01, 2006 at 01:03 AM
I don't think you're fishing for compliments either, but I think your pincushion is dang cute! Sorry about the guy at the hardware store! I wanted to participate, but I've been too darn busy! Maybe next time ;)
Posted by: Maryann | Thursday, June 01, 2006 at 05:42 AM
I think it looks cool. Brooke however just looked at it and asked why the ice cream was green and the cone was red! NOt sure she quite got it but she is only 5...
Posted by: kerrie | Thursday, June 01, 2006 at 07:38 AM
you, crafty one, are not LAME-it is I who am lame for not making my pin cushion!! oh the aprons got the better of me-will HAVE to do next month. . .
Posted by: amy k. | Thursday, June 01, 2006 at 10:04 AM