Last week, I made myself a pincushion using some left over felt I had. Without any real direction, I added some flowers and tested out some embroidery stitches I learned from watching random tutorials I googled. I thought it came out pretty nice for a first attempt with no real plan:
Stinky mentioned my little project to my in-laws this weekend and my FIL asked me to make him one. When Stinky moved out, they turned his bedroom into a sewing room and my FIL custom makes all of their poodle, Charlie's clothes (no joke, they are awesome). I was so excited to get my first request and worked on it all this week. To help with the embroidery, I picked up this 4" inch ring from Pearl Paint for only $.64. I also bought some more embroidery floss (currently buy 1 get one 50% off) for less than $.50 a skein. Since it was for my FIL, I didn't use any flowers and tried to pick "manly" colors but really, how manly can a pincushion be? Here is my finished product:
(yes, these were taken in the fridge for the lighting!)
The letters on the top of the pincushion are embroidered with a basic chain stitch.
The top and bottom are sewn to the side band with a blanket stitch.
The eyes and wings of the birds are sewn using french knots and the "branch" is sewn with a cable chain stitch with two colors. The music notes are a combination of a french knot and some basic stitches.
The bird on the bottom piece is sewn with a basic stitch and french knots for the eyes and on the wing.
The 4" ring.
The side band.
The little gal on the bottom.
All the different colors used.
All it's puffy goodness.
I hope he likes it!
Comments (15)
you're so crafty, i love how the pin cushions turned out!
so so cute!!!
Oh my goodness those are ADORABLE! I tried embroidery once, did half of a flower stem, and realized it's not for me - so I passed the project off to my grandma to finish (she's brilliant at it).
Will you be making more of these wonderful pincushions?
So cute!
Holy these are gorgeous! You should sell these! They both turned out so great! You could make ones that look like little sushi rolls too, that would be cute! I love the birds... making crafts for men is hard. I'm designing a surprise birthday invitation for an old friend and making wedding invites seems 1000x easier than making a card for a man's party!
for realz! i agree with wifey, you should sell em. i'd buy em. it's freakishly cute!!!!!!!!! thanks for the tutorial even though i won't know how to make it still. i'm not that artistic to come up with the birdies, etc. SO CUTE! miss you! *muah*
you are so creative! they are such cute little cushions! they do look complicated to make, you should sell it on etsy =)
How pretty! Will you be selling these? I would love to have one!
those are insanely cute. and very smart using the fridge light.
these look yummy. your first looked like a cake and your second looked like a sushi roll.
next stop etsy?
and i'm bummed i won't be able to hang out this weekend. :( it's our last weekend before the trip and a mommy's work is never done...sigh.
super cute!!!
Very cute!
@sweet____pea - @heavnzbrat - @tubecozy - @tubecozy - @aegie - @joesee22 - @MsYuMMieJ - @JayMonKeee - @wifeylifey - @Chabuki - @KTtheKCbride - @hanyoung - @Hananoki - Thanks for the pincushion love yall! I have no immediate plans to start making and selling these on etsy but I have gotten two more requests so those will be my next non-profit projects.
So talented