Cross stitch ITH pincushion

love it

Very pretty Mops. use your pin cushion with the small flowers nearly every day that is here free on cute, embroidered on black is just fantastic, thank you

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by mops 16 Apr 2013

Thank you, I'm so glad you like the other one.

Martine, this is so sweet & lovely......it really looks hand stitched!!

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by mops 16 Apr 2013

Thank you and yes it does.

That's very pretty, love the colors too.
Hugs, Lidia

That came out very nice, such pretty colors there, it is very trendy.
I have not tried a pincushion, though I have seen a ton of these small things on the many French sites, seems the biscornu is the popular style which I have yet to try. I found a very nice video on Youtube that showed how to do sew it together by machine, I really need to try it. It works the same, a small square, looks simple from this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI...

Just wondering what do you fill your pincushion with to make them effective? I know the ones I have purchased had a hard substance, to keep the shape from all the pushing of pins.

Thanks for your inspiration,

Linda V

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by mops 16 Apr 2013

I did quite a few biscrnu last year and like the shape. Made some 'normal' embroidery designs for it.
http://www.cuteembroidery.com/694...
and also a sampler style
http://youembroidery.com/23614_bi...

I just use fiberfill to stuff them and they keep the shape. You have to put far more in than you think you'll need to get them nice and sturdy.

by lindav 17 Apr 2013

Thanks for your help and info,

Linda

It is beautiful! You have such great talent.

Beautiful....You lined it up perfectly. I'd never have guessed it was machined. ;)

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by mops 16 Apr 2013

This was a rather sturdy fabric, so hooping was easy. When using linen I starch it and make sure it's hooped straight. And yes, it look like the real handmade thing. People who don't like my ME (you have one of those machines that do it all by themselves) like the far easier and faster cross stitch. So I don't tell :)

I do hand cross stitching and you would never know this was done on the machine.

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by mops 16 Apr 2013

I do both and hooping it as perfectly as I can, I can hardly see the difference.

Beautiful! I love the colors.

very nice

Een heel mooi design en mooie kleur van stof

Awesome :):) love that cross stitch hugs

Very nice, I love the fabric with the thread. I am trying to learn. I never did cross stitch younger years as it was for old ladies then ...... well I am old lady now and I think it is neat. If my eyes keeps up with rest of me I plan on doing more because I intend on getting whole lot older

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by noah 15 Apr 2013

lol good one Mom and i am right behind you :):)

by mops 16 Apr 2013

I guess I qualify as an old lady too and still love doing it by hand, but for fast and easy nothing beats machine embroidery.

nicely done Martine, Hugs Loralye

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by mops 15 Apr 2013

Thanks Loralye

the color looks great on that background - looks good!

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by mops 15 Apr 2013

Thank you..

Very nice - looks good on that fabric as well!

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by mops 15 Apr 2013

Thanks. The thickness of warp and weft are different, but I could get it straight. I don't like a cross stitch design slightly rotated - it gives the game away.

Nice cross stitch design. I also really like functionality! I think I have made one of yours when I first started here.

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by mops edited 15 Apr 2013

Pincushions make nice gifts and I hate to have a load of tests just lying around. Not that I don't have a nice bunch waiting to be used in a quilt :)

by spendlove 15 Apr 2013

We need to preserve our secrets, don't we?

very nice!!!****

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by mops 15 Apr 2013

Thank you.

very nice, love the colors.

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by mops 15 Apr 2013

Thank you. Colours are a bit bleached by the flash and look brighter in reality.