This Weekend I Tried Something New............

I saw a picture on Sentimental Quilter of a pincushion that someone had sent to Kathy as a gift. It looked like it might be fun to make for my friends..........


After a few tries I finally realized that I would need to make two squares in order to get pieces to go in opposite directions. That would mean that I would be making two at one time.


I checked out my little drawer with one inch strips.............


Dumped them on the table and got to work.


I cut two five inch squares from muslin and got to work covering them with strips



With that done I squared my block..................and cut each block into four pieces cutting each square on the diagonal..............



Sewed them together again.............


It sure is messy to be creative. I dumped some buttons on the workbench and made some selections........... I also cut some 5 inch squares for the pincushion backing.


I realized that I needed to add a border because the block I had was rather heavy with all the layers of fabric.............


Trimmed them down, stitched on the backing, added some buttons......... and voila......... Two gifts all ready to wrap.............. Now I need to make six more. I am using a 1 1/2 inch strip in the middle on these. I found that the one inch strip put the seam too close to the center.....