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Old 02-11-2011, 04:36 PM
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This pin cushion was made by MIL about 70 years ago when she was 14 going to home make in school. I Have never seen one like this before and would like to have the pattern. Maybe you members on this board can help me fined the pattern.

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Old 02-11-2011, 04:38 PM
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Very interesting, I have never seen one like it.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:58 PM
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very neat!
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:09 PM
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looks like a interesting project -good luck - glad to see its in such great shape!!
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Wow! As a pincushion collector, I think this is pretty awesome! I have never seen anything close to this before. It will be interesting to see if anyone else has information on this design.
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:19 PM
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That is a very cool pincushion!
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It looks like each "appendage" is made from 3 diamond shapes sewn together. Have no idea how she managed to sew all of them together in the center without a huge mess, though.

Strange, interesting little thing!

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Old 02-11-2011, 06:26 PM
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That is really neat. No ideas on the pattern, though.

Could you try cutting out diamonds from paper and taping them together to see if it forms the right shape?
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I've seen it I've seen it let me see if I can find it. You sew it together in 5 different parts and then put the part together in the center if it the one I think
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I'm not sure but , I wonder if you do the 3 diamonds & then put together half the things & then put together the 2 halves. Could you tell us the approximate size of those diamonds & how many there are in the pin cushion?
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