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Another Pincushion

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After making the starfish pincushion, I wondered what one would look like made with 2 grandmother’s flower garden blocks. So I grabbed 2 GFG blocks I had stitched together and six one-inch diamonds and made this pincushion.

This is the other side. It’s rather thick and not even my longest pins come through on the other side. Stuffing this one was much, much easier as I had found a bag of fibrefill (or whatever it’s called). Way easier to use than tearing off bits of cotton batts and stuffing those in!


I’m not quite sure what this look is, other than maybe a just waking up look!

The heat and humidity over the weekend were high. However, it has broken a bit now and is quite pleasant. We had absolutely torrential rain yesterday and a portion of the roof garden that is on an incline seems to have turned into a wee bit of a mud slide. One of the cleaning staff has been out on the roof garden for hours this morning trying to clean it up.

My First Pin Cushion

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I’ve wanted to make a pin cushion for ages and finally took the plunge. I’m so fascinated by the yo-yo’s that Lettie at Polka Dot Pineapple uses that I just had to use one for the centre!


This is the other side with, of course, another yo-yo. I did not do a great job on this at all as I used little bits that I cut up of a cotton batting for the stuffing. Aside from taking next to forever to cut up all the little bits, it was incredibly hard to pull the needle through with the thread to make the divisions! Next thing on my list? Something to use for stuffing that’s a bit easier to deal with!

The yo-yo’s are just too much fun to play with! I can see making more and more things that might require the odd yo-yo or two.

We don’t often get pictures of the boys together. They get along but don’t seem to curl up together. So this is a real delight for us!