I love International Quilting Day. I love how quilters around the world celebrate it. In many places, quilters hang their beautiful creations off balconies and porches for people to see. Sadly, it’s a rainy day here, so it’s not possible – I don’t have any protected area to put a quilt, and my windows facing the front are too small and needed for the light that I can’t hang them there. Oh well, there’s always next year, right?
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to spend International Quilting Day – called IQD by many – with fellow quilters, but this year, it’s a quiet one. I was up very early, as I am most days and I decided I needed a new pincushion. That was my IQD project and gift to myself. It was a lovely pattern and very easy to put together.
This was the pattern I bought from Etsy: Smitten Pin Cushion. It was fast because I used a solid piece of fabric for the top, rather than paper piecing it, but I still am very happy with it.
I decided to use bright colours to cheer me up on a grey day. They did!
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The instructions were great and easy to follow. I’m not going to detail any of the piece sizes because that wouldn’t be fair to the designer, but I can show photos of how the pincushion went together:
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It’s got tabs on either side of the top for clips, felt on the end for needles, and two tiny slots along the long side for a seam ripper or anything else you’d like to put there.
I finished it by stuffing it with some leftover poly stuffing and some rice. I didn’t have any of the other recommended stuffings, but this worked.
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Do you make pincushions? Do you have a favourite pattern?