Pincushions!

I love these pincushions! I first saw a pincushion like this on bhg.com designed by Heather Bailey back in January. I thought they were so cute so I printed out the instructions and filed it away in my "sewing ideas I'll get to someday" file. Then recently I happened upon a tutorial on Bari J.'s blog. They were so cute I had to make one. (There is a link to the tutorial on the right hand side just in case you want to try it!) The pattern ended up making a pretty large pincushion (red one above) - 4.5in x 2.5in. So on my next try (the black and yellow one) I made it a bit smaller - 3.5 x 1.5--just right! Then I made a few more ...

for birthdays...

...and for my daughter's teacher. When she saw what I was making she insisted that her teacher needed one for the "class pet" stuffed animal--Webster the frog--who is always needing stitched up from getting so much lovin'.

and one more ...