Ditto, cute, pretty and practical

That's one cute pin cushion/holder!

I noticed your location remark with your avatar.
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield

My summer vacation to Branson, Mo took me through your state twice and I remember seeing a woman in a corn field holding as sign saying "help me". My DH said your tractor broke down and you had to plant by hand while I thought she wanted to be rescued.
Was that you? (smile)
On a more serious note, we've decided not to fly anymore. We just don't like the TSA ability to feel you up. And we had more fun stopping as we headed to Branson. We took a short detour to Joplin, Mo. and made a donation of one days worth of vacation money to the Salvation Army Tent where we broke bread and had fellowship with those working, the homeless who depend on those meals and of course the wonderful souls who are The Salvation Army.
On the way home we spent the entire day near Lincolns Tomb, the museum, shops and eateries. I recommend to anyone to stop in IL there and take in the beauty of your state.

Lucky you, it is super cute.

What a sweet thoughtful gift!

cute and useful

too cute

Wow you are so lucky! love it!

Ooooooohhh nice!

it is so pretty must be nice to get a surprise in the mail

Maybe the angel who made this could give a tut on how to make it I love it!

I would also like to know how it is made if your wonderful friend would be willing to share. If not in a tutorial but maybe a pm. ??
Thanks-Deb

Now that is just adorable!

very cute,please who ever made it,share the pattern or at least tell us what is the inside from. Mary

I'm not certain how it was made. The sides are stiff. I'll go PM the maker and see if she will share her secret.

What a lovely surprise!

Really, really cute. I also would like to know how to make it.

Sew cute!!

That is so adorable and really cute. What a wonderful surprise. Kelela

Lisa, I have really enjoyed reading the topic and all the comments made! Quilters, I thank all of you! I have two tutorials I am working on from another post I made which I have not finished yet:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-151929-1.htm

I will work on a tutorial for this too. I don't want to disclose what I use for the form for the sewing kit until I post a tutorial. I would like it to be a surprise! But it is a disposable that most of you might have in your homes already. I am trying to work on a pattern. I can tell you the story about the making of this one!

An 11 year old boy came around when my grass got high, knocked on my door and asked to be hired to cut the lawn. When he came in the house he saw my sewing/craft room, and saw promise in it! Most people see an eyesore! LOL LOL And he pestered me to invite him to make crafts. Well he brought by a friend, Abby, also 11. They decided to decorate my house for Halloween since I really can't do it. They took off for 1/2 an hour to the local store and brought back all kinds of Halloween stuff, hung it everywhere, filled a plastic cauldron they bought with candy, ate half of it, and then went into a sugar frenzy! I could not keep up with them! I forgot what 11 year olds are capable of! They could be my grandchildren's age if I had any. I nearly collapsed! LOL LOL Anyway, sugar seems to play with the sensibility and fine motor dexterity of 11 year olds! I did the best I could on the project considering I had two wild adolescents to keep track of at the same time. And guess what, they thought I was going to let them touch the glue gun and my rotary cutter! I saw firsthand why there is controversy over letting some children use such things! I held the rotary cutter in my hand and told him it was extremely sharp, a round razor blade, he raised his finger to touch it and said, "Let me see!" as his finger neared the blade! OMG! What a day it was! We eventually finished the project, but I had to take a long nap when we were done! LOL

That is so cute

That took some work! So very nice of her :)

Cute

really makes it fun to sit at the sewing area doesn't it. :lol:

I'llhave to try and make something like that ....

How cute, and how useful!

what a wonderful surprise

Ahhh...that is so sweet. Really cute.

I was so taken by Lisa's previous topic that I had to contact her, especially after I saw that she "lived in a corn field." I giggled and laughed as I read it!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-156993-1.htm

Today I received a postcard from her picturing the historic courthouse in her hometown. She wrote that "the Lincoln statue is were he gave several talks as he went from the old capitol in Vandalia to his home in Springfield. The cannon in the background is from the Civil War."

I am starting a postcard collection as of now and it is the first!

Thank you Lisa!

That is so nice and also the boardmember who sent it to you great job and very thoughtful of you also .

that is just tooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a crafty idea!

What a nice surprise!! Thanks for sharing.

What a super cute pin cushion, storage box.

That is so cute.

Very cute!

Really cute.

Really cute.

Sorry for the duplicate.

Whoever it was did a wonderful job!

How cheerful. What a nice day you must be having.

A really cute surprise! :)