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luvstoquilt 05-30-2012 07:16 AM
Dear Buslady, Who wrote your signature page? I love those words and that is how I desperately try to live. Thanks.

luvstoquilt 05-30-2012 07:20 AM
Originally Posted by Havplenty (Post 5248986)
another one of my nicknames. that's what my father called me. you are right on with my names brenda. are you reading my thoughts? where you a fly on the wall in my home growing up?:D

okay i am off to finish my seemingly never ending organizing and cleaning. have a great day all!!
I wonder if we are related??? Mary Josephine is a family name in my mother's family..she is Mary Josephine, her mother was Josephine...so there is your Joespehine, her Josephine, etc, etc, etc. I was lucky ... my mother was not thrilled with the name ..she still goes by Mary Jo...she named me Sharon Ann...no more Josephines in this branch!

luvstoquilt 05-30-2012 07:22 AM
Originally Posted by Krystyna (Post 5249445)
Next year, when I have an empty bedroom, you will come to New York and I'll take you to the garment center, Bring empty suitcases!!!
You make me miss NY/NJ...Illinois is nice but I do love the city!!!!

lawsonmugs 05-30-2012 08:18 AM
Originally Posted by Quilty-Louise (Post 5253453)
For those of you who make a lot of pincushions have you ever
used any of the emery sand (that keeps the pins and needles sharp)
in your pincushions?

I am wanting to try using the sand to and see how easy it is to
"fill" the cushions with and how I like working with it. Plus I want
to see if it will add some "weight" to keep them in an upright position.

Just curious of what you think about it if you have tried it.

I will be purchasing it from joggle.com when I do get the money to
buy it.

Also on the subject of pin cushions do you look at/for small things
that you can use as bases for pincushions?

I was browsing at a thrift store one and found some cute little "cups"
that I thought would be cute to use. I have 5 of them and they are about
1-1/2" high by 1-1/2" diam.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]338817[/ATTACH]
Louise, I have used the emory and it is a good item to use. I usually put it in a strawberry shaped cloth.Like the tomato pin cushions come with. It is heavy.I don't know how else to put it on a pincushion and not have it on the top.Really you need it on the bottom for weight.I bought mine on itsy.The lady sells it in different weights.(1/4 lb,1/2 lb etc) It doesn't take but a teaspoon or so for a pincushion. So I got the least amount and still have plenty left a year later.I think the little cups will make darling pincushions.Alot of people on here collect them.Good luck Mary

Quilty-Louise 05-30-2012 08:30 AM
Mary,

I started getting a fondness for pincushions when I started getting
them in my SP boxes.

They are all just to cute to use, not to mention that I seldom (if ever)
use actual pincushions. I LOVE the handmade so that I can display them
and look at them all the time.

Of course my two younger (fur) kids likes them too, so if I don't hang
them up HIGH where they can't get to them then I have to go hunt for
MY pincushions. Thankfully though I ALWAYS make sure the are NO
pins in them, as I don't want them to get hurt from the pins (main
reason I don't use them).

I found the emery sand on the joggles.com for $5.95 per POUND, when I
do get some I am thinking about using buckwheat hulls (I have a 5# bag)
in the bottom of the cushions (that don't have a "weighted" base) and the
sand in the top. Just an idea though since I have not yet tried it don't know
how/if it will work.

Ladybug 1938 05-30-2012 01:23 PM
Originally Posted by Quilty-Louise (Post 5253453)
For those of you who make a lot of pincushions have you ever
used any of the emery sand (that keeps the pins and needles sharp)
in your pincushions?

I am wanting to try using the sand to and see how easy it is to
"fill" the cushions with and how I like working with it. Plus I want
to see if it will add some "weight" to keep them in an upright position.

Just curious of what you think about it if you have tried it.

I will be purchasing it from joggle.com when I do get the money to
buy it.

Also on the subject of pin cushions do you look at/for small things
that you can use as bases for pincushions?

I was browsing at a thrift store one and found some cute little "cups"
that I thought would be cute to use. I have 5 of them and they are about
1-1/2" high by 1-1/2" diam.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]338817[/ATTACH]
Louise, never used the sand but have a couple that are filled with some kind of sand and they seem okay... aLove your little cups, what kind of store did you find them in???

brenda21 05-30-2012 01:58 PM
Louise~I collect pincushions and have had people make me some out of the neatest different types of "small items"....Some are made to look like certain things...example-Lawsonmugs (Mary) made me one that looks like a sewing machine; Ladybug (Rosemary) made me one that looks like a flower with lots of petals and Moedeenie made me a chicken...but then I have some that are made out of other things....one in a dainty tea cup and cup is glued down to the matching saucer, one in a little mini basket with cushion coming out of the top..one on top of a spool of thread...these are just some of the ones I have...there are so many cute ones that can be made from other things...the little cups on your picture will be adorable for them.

Quilty-Louise 05-30-2012 02:40 PM
I found those little cups as goodwill of all places. They have a
"rough" sandy texture to them.



Originally Posted by Ladybug 1938 (Post 5254243)
Louise, never used the sand but have a couple that are filled with some kind of sand and they seem okay... aLove your little cups, what kind of store did you find them in???

leiladylei54 05-30-2012 03:45 PM
Originally Posted by Quilty-Louise (Post 5253453)
For those of you who make a lot of pincushions have you ever
used any of the emery sand (that keeps the pins and needles sharp)
in your pincushions?

I am wanting to try using the sand to and see how easy it is to
"fill" the cushions with and how I like working with it. Plus I want
to see if it will add some "weight" to keep them in an upright position.

Just curious of what you think about it if you have tried it.

I will be purchasing it from joggle.com when I do get the money to
buy it.

Also on the subject of pin cushions do you look at/for small things
that you can use as bases for pincushions?

I was browsing at a thrift store one and found some cute little "cups"
that I thought would be cute to use. I have 5 of them and they are about
1-1/2" high by 1-1/2" diam.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]338817[/ATTACH]
Those little cups look like they are Japanese sake cups....it should have had a matching sake pitcher to go with it.

Havplenty 05-30-2012 03:47 PM
Originally Posted by leiladylei54 (Post 5254444)
Those little cups look like they are Japanese sake cups....it should have had a matching sake pitcher to go with it.
now that you mention it, that is what they look like. the pitcher probably has been long separated from the cups.


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