Pin Cushions Received

I have received two wonderful pin cushions for the last two months but just didn’t get around to posting them.  Thank you to the makers.

Here they are -

Now I need to get mine made for April and get it in the mail.

Melinda

Gifts for Students

I decided to make a little gift for my students.  I ended up making 13 of these pin cushions but gave out a few without taking a photo.  Here are five of them.

I love selvages so I made these cute little pin cushions for each of the students.  They seemed to appreciate them.

Melinda

Hexie Pin Cushions

When I left California a couple of weeks ago, I brought with me the fabric and magnets to make to add to our little hexie pouches.  Robin’s pouch is black polka dots and ret polka dots.  Here is her finished pin cushion.

and the back with the magnet attached.

I will get it in the mail to her this week.

Here is my pouch with the pin cushions.

and mine with the magnet showing.

Cute!

Melinda

Atlanta Modern Quilters Guild Meeting

Another fun meeting of the Atlanta Modern Quilters Guild this morning at Tiny Stitches.  Instead of our usual program, we made stilettos.  It was fun and here is a photo of mine.

Just a turkey lacer and beads with a little super glue – fun and easy.

After the meeting Karen came by and had her hexie BOM partway done.  All the hexies were made but not yet sewn together.  Love it.

She also made a couple of pin cushions from a pattern we found last month.  These are also very cute!

Melinda

Christmas Gifts from My Sister

Forgot to show the neat gifts from my sister Robin.

She also made me a pin cushion – look at the little airplanes on it. 

Our father was a pilot, actually he was a PILOT.  He was in the Army Air Corps during WWII and lived all his life around airplanes.  He was an executive pilot for an oil company and then ran a Beechcraft dealership and flight school on the Long Beach Airport.  Later he ran a Cessna dealership and flight school.  All our life we were surrounded by planes and pilots.  Most of our vacations were by plane – he would borrow one and off we would go.  He was a member of the Quiet Birdmen – I found a Wikipedia article about them – interesting.

On the back of the pin cushion she put a little label.  I need to get some of these.

Melinda

Christmas Party at Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild

Unfortunately it is today and I will be working all day at Tiny Stitches.  The gift exchange this year is a pin cushion.  I made this one and Pam is taking it and exchanging it for me.

It is wool on cotton.  I bought it as a kit and had a great time making it.  I filled it with fiberfill and walnut shells.  The walnut shells give it some weight.  Here is the back

You can’t see it in the photo but I did sign and date the back.  It is about six inches square.

Here it is wrapped up.

I used a Christmas fat quarter and Moda twill tape.

More parties next week and more gifts to share!

Melinda

Finger Pin Cushion

I stopped at a little antique mall in Roswell today and picked up this finger pin cushion.  While my sister Robin was here earlier this month, she got one of these and I decided I wanted one also.

Melinda

P.S.  Don’t look at the old hand with the ring on – I think someone switched the pictures when I wasn’t looking because that couldn’t be my hand.