Pre-game Projects
 

Our daughter Kaitie was on pins and needles before the big game yesterday, so she made a couple of cute projects. (arr, arr) The demure Bunny Hill pincushion is for her and the wild and crazy Kaffe pincushion is for her boyfriend's mom, who loves the color orange. K & her boyfriend also made the neat hatpins. I am so proud of her because she had never sewn anything but straight lines before and did great with the circles!

Those are neat. BrendaK

Love them both:)!!! Those hatpins are pretty neat, too:) Lucky, lucky recipients!!

beautiful pincushions, she should join the swap

Great pincushions and pins.

Wow. That is terrific. Awesome pincushions. :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

Delightful!

Good Job.....love them both!

I love them and she is doing great with her sewing, also love the pins!

That orange one is striking.

Both are beautiful pin cushions, and also beautiful pins.

I love them and she is doing great with her sewing, also love the pins! The KF fabric one is to die for!!!:wave:

I love them...I like the middle button and the fancy pins.

Very nice - thanks for sharing.

They are very pretty. Good job!

Beautiful pin cushions and hat pins. The hat pinsmake me think of the one I have of my great-aunts.

Tartan, they are longer, usually you can find them in the two lengths shown on Etsy or on eBay. They are called hat pin blanks. They come in silver or gold finishes and differently designed heads, ranging from pin head to fancy filigree.

Thanks everybody! Kaitie is going to get a kick out of your comments.

Lynnie - Neat! I did not know there was a pincushion swap, but I will let her know.

Love them both!!!!! Where do you find pins that long??????

Oh wow, what a great job. I love the hatpins too! So neat

Wonderful work!!!

very nice job!!!!

Very nicely done.

Great job. Did her team win?

Great pincushions.

Cute pincushions and hat pins.

Tartan, I buy my hatpins at www.firemountaingems.com . They have several sizes and styles plus beads!

Very cute pin cushions and pretty pins. Come join in the fun on the pin cushion/ needle book swap every month. Like Lynnie said it's a lot of fun. not very many of us so we would really love to have you all join in. Watch the news letter for sign ups on the 25th. Mary

How fun, they look great.

Both pincushions are great and so are the hat pins.

Thanks for the information about the long pins.

Thank you all!
Karen (klaws) I love your Dave Barry quote.
Dottie I didn't know that Fire Mountain Gems carried the hat pin blanks - they have great beads. Thanks for the info!
Mary & Lynnie, that pincushion swap is tempting. Maybe time will allow.

Your daughter is really talented, love her projects.

I LOVE those funky hatpins!

Really neat pincushions!!!

Grey project

Nice pin cushions. What did she use for stuffing?

Hi Carol,
She used dry sawdust to stuff the pincushions. It makes a great, firm stuffing, adds some weight so it doesn't tip over, and really holds the pins in well.

Wow what a great job she did and both of them are beautiful.

Oh geez, I am alergic to sawdust but have used a small rock in the middle of my stuffing for weight. Works for me!!

Cute pin cushions....