by mops 07 Dec 2011

Pincushion


Before stitching my design on a quilt I tested it. I altered the outer line in a satin stitch, and made a pincushion.I had changed the sewing order so the inner line was stitched after the outer, giving a sort of ruffle along the sides. It measures 150x150 mm.
To be able to fill it I had stitched to pieces of blue together on the sewing machine - stitch, baste, stitch - used that as the back and removed the basting stitches to fill it.

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by pldc 16 Feb 2013

wow this came from dec 2011 & it is lovely I think the satin edge it terrific Martine. Hugs Loralye

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by buffy1 16 Feb 2013

very cute!

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by mysew1325 16 Feb 2013

this is beautiful... great job.

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by jenne 16 Feb 2013

ah! this just my cup of tea. sew pretty

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by barbara68 09 Dec 2011

beautiful work!

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by sandralochran 09 Dec 2011

Love it

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by tippi 08 Dec 2011

Turned out to be really pretty

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by dilceia 08 Dec 2011

This is a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing with us.

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by mana 08 Dec 2011

Very nice

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by marjialexa Moderator 07 Dec 2011

Beautiful, Martine, your changes make the sewing machine much easier to see, and I love the blue/white contrast, very elegant. Reminds me of some Delft tiles my friend brought me years ago. Beautiful pincushion, someone would be proud to get this as a gift, too! Hugs, Marji

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thanks Marji. I once did a bell pull in cross stitch, blue on white linen with designs from old tiles, children at play, as a present to my mother. Got that back after my father's death. They were in cross stitch but would look great as bluework too. I agree this has a bit of the same feeling. Sent you a PM.

mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Cut off and don't remember what I typed in. Sent you a PM.

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by cj2sew 07 Dec 2011

Wow. This looks really good. Smart you to change the outer line. Very clever. I really love the Navy fabric too.

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by oaro 07 Dec 2011

looks very nice

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by shirlener88 07 Dec 2011

I lov ethe look of this one.

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by vickiannette 07 Dec 2011

Looks great, you are clever to change the edge.

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by snowbird42 07 Dec 2011

this is so beautiful colors and pattern are just a perfect combination....soozie

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by lidiad 07 Dec 2011

Love this pincushion! Love the simplified design, the colors and the satin stitch as a border. I would love to make it for one of my friends! Hugs, Lidia

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by devon 07 Dec 2011

Great job really love this and the color.

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thanks!

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by dragonflyer 07 Dec 2011

Very clever...however, I'm having a senior moment regarding how you filled it after all the embroidery was finished..is there a seam in the middle of the back with the basting stitches..not sure what you mean by "stitch, baste, stitch...sorry to be so dense...but appreciate your clarification...would love to do this...Thanks!

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

I meant I stitched the back seam for about an inch, lengthened the stitch to a basting stitch, used that to within an inch of the end, then used a normal stitch length. I pressed the seam open, embroidered the lot, then opened the "basted" part of the seam and filled the pincushion.

dragonflyer by dragonflyer 08 Dec 2011

Ahhh, now I got it! Thanks for the clarification...you are too clever! So glad to be a Cutie with Cuties like you and so many others....

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by smithandsmith 07 Dec 2011

Looks great Martine

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by sigrun 07 Dec 2011

Very nice pincushion

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mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by teun 07 Dec 2011

Ziet er heel mooi uit

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Dank je.

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by granniebea 07 Dec 2011

Beautiful

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by mariya159 07 Dec 2011

Perfectly! It inspires me to repeat your success!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by spendlove Moderator 07 Dec 2011

Very nice - love the edge!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thanks Sue.

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by bejoscha 07 Dec 2011

Good idea and very nice pin cushion!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by joked 07 Dec 2011

Great job, you are great!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by capoodle 07 Dec 2011

This is striking. Did you say you are using this design to make a quilt? Will the quilt be of this bright navy fabric?

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

I wanted it for a quilted bookcover for a friend. And having done the pincushion I think I'll leave the beige coloured linen for what it is and use a bright blue instead.

capoodle by capoodle 07 Dec 2011

Yes your pincushion is lovely in the blue and the book-cover will stand out also in a blue.

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by bumblebee 07 Dec 2011

I love it with the satin stitches as you have done it- looks refined.

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by dlonnahawkins 07 Dec 2011

Great job Martine - like this effect

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you. I was quite pleased with the result myself.

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by quail 07 Dec 2011

This is wonderful. Navy blue and white. High contrast colors make this pincushion really stand out.
I love it. Great work.

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by rwalden 07 Dec 2011

What a lovely pin cushion. I do love the way you designed the outer edge. Great job.

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you. I love to make something out of my tests and this one yelled pincushion - they come in handy as presents too.

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by noah 07 Dec 2011

now this is cute BUT i think it would look way better in purple don't you????lol hugs carolyn

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

He he! Thanks Carolyn, I happen to be a blue fan although I must say purple is such a nice colour with a very luxury feel.

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by mysew1325 07 Dec 2011

very nice job.

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by laffma1 07 Dec 2011

Really nice project!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you!

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by almag 07 Dec 2011

I like this stitched on the black - it is black, isn't it? It's a really nice-looking pin cushion.
AlmaG.

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you. Actually it's navy blue and I like the stark contrast too.

designcrazy by designcrazy 07 Dec 2011

What tpye fabric did you use? It is nice and proabaly didn't take very long to make, is that right?

mops by mops 08 Dec 2011

A cotton. The satin stitch has a fairly high stitch count, so the total amounted to 7258 st while it had 4174 st with the double run outline I originally had.

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by loosie 07 Dec 2011

Great idea!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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by dalebugbowl 07 Dec 2011

Looks great!

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thanks.

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by edithfarminer 07 Dec 2011

Very pretty Mops. How clever you are

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mops by mops 07 Dec 2011

Thank you.

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