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I made this pin cushion for my DD for her birthday. I was lucky to find a scrap fabric in my stash that coordinated with the design. When I gave it to my DD she recognized the fabric. She had made a sundress for my grand daughter out of it. The pin cushion now has two memories attached to it.
FYI, the yellow fabric as the back drop was purchased from my local thrift store; 15 yards for $7.00. Gravy boat pincusion [ATTACH=CONFIG]239276[/ATTACH] |
That is so pretty! What a great gift idea!
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Very pretty!! :thumbup:
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That is beautiful, what are you using for the inside of the pincushion??
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To pretty to use. You did a good job.
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That is beautiful.
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I love it. I belong to a pincushion group and I have a gravy boat we don't use. They will love it! Thank you for the wonderful idea.
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What a great gift idea. I love it!
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It's very beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
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Oh my I have a sugar bowl that belonged to a dear friend and just can't throw it away; I just kept dusting it and this would make a great pincushion !
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Love this!! great job... and thank you for the inspiration... I have a crystal creamer (broke the sugar bowl...) that will be perfect!! Now to search for instructions...
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Very pretty!
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beautiful great gift ideal...
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That is soooooo... pretty! I love to collect and make pincushions. Thank you for the inspiration.
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Pretty! Neat idea too!
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That's very beautiful! I love it!!
I have made pin cushions using teacups, but never thought about using a gravy boat! :) |
Very pretty
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very lovely
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I have my grandmother's good dishes. They are probably 80+ years by now. Now some of you are going to fall of your chair in shock but I think I will go in there and find a gravy boat or creamer, sugar bowl--something and make a pincushion out of a couple and give one to my sister for her birthday and maybe the 2 granddaughters. Even a cup and saucer would be pretty. Why would I do that I am sure you are asking. Well I haven't used them in years, too much work--can't be put into dishwasher. Not hand washing dishes for 15 people. My daugher would never be bothered with using them so when I am gone they will probably go to goodwill or maybe they would sell them to an antique shop. Why not do something that others will enjoy? I just thought I also have some single cup teapots that were my gr aunts (grandma's sister) that might make a cute one too. My goodness you sure have my wheels turning. Not good when I am ready to go to bed. LOL
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
I made this pin cushion for my DD for her birthday. I was lucky to find a scrap fabric in my stash that coordinated with the design. When I gave it to my DD she recognized the fabric. She had made a sundress for my grand daughter out of it. The pin cushion now has two memories attached to it.
FYI, the yellow fabric as the back drop was purchased from my local thrift store; 15 yards for $7.00. |
I love this idea! Very pretty.
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cute!
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Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
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I love your pin cushion! I'm always looking for special things to make pin cushions out of. I've used tea cups, and I recently discovered that egg cups make really fun little ones - perfect to keep your needles in. Thanks for sharing! It's beautiful!
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Lovely idea. And Sunflower126, I say use the good dishes! We only live once enjoy what you have.
Thanks for sharing. |
Cute cute cute!!!
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Mines a teacup!
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Beautiful. Love those old dishes.
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I would use those dishes every day. I learned a long time ago not to "save" stuff. It is there to enjoy. At Christmas I used to give the grand kids my stemmed wine glasses to drink out of and they were thrilled. My kids were appalled. Suppose they broke one?? Oh well!! they enjoyed them and not one ever broke one. Easier to hang on to with little fingers. LOL
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Great idea!! Lovely!!
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Great idea! I was thinking of doing a tile trivet
with the plates. I use DH grandma's dishes every day. This would be a great way to save a few pieces. Then I can switch to the other grandma's dishes till I run out of them too. We've had them better than 20 years, time to use them. |
Okay ladies how about a making pin cushion lesson?
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Originally Posted by sunflower126
I have my grandmother's good dishes. They are probably 80+ years by now. Now some of you are going to fall of your chair in shock but I think I will go in there and find a gravy boat or creamer, sugar bowl--something and make a pincushion out of a couple and give one to my sister for her birthday and maybe the 2 granddaughters. Even a cup and saucer would be pretty. Why would I do that I am sure you are asking. Well I haven't used them in years, too much work--can't be put into dishwasher. Not hand washing dishes for 15 people. My daugher would never be bothered with using them so when I am gone they will probably go to goodwill or maybe they would sell them to an antique shop. Why not do something that others will enjoy? I just thought I also have some single cup teapots that were my gr aunts (grandma's sister) that might make a cute one too. My goodness you sure have my wheels turning. Not good when I am ready to go to bed. LOL
I'm having the same thought as I have grandma's from the early 20's as well and I have no children to leave them to. |
Love it.
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Lovely--a treasure too, because it was made by Mom.
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cute!
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Very pretty.
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Lovely
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Very pretty. I love using novel things to make pincushions.
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Originally Posted by judi43
Okay ladies how about a making pin cushion lesson?
I love your gravy boat! |
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