Thursday 7 June 2012

A Souvenir

When I'm working on a project, the fabric sits in a big basket which my grandparents gave me. This sits next to one of our sofas, and can conveniently be seen from the other sofa where we normally sit to eat/watch TV/do life. I love being able to glance in that direction and enjoy the pretty fabric :) Particularly if I'm working on a gift so I know it won't be around forever.

I did this with the doll quilt fabric and found that I really missed the fabric when it was gone! So I decided to make myself a souvenir:


I'm quite proud of myself with this one. I didn't particularly use a tutorial, just used a mix of ideas I've either already tried or read about. It was a little fiddly, but definitely worth the effort!

There are however two problems with this pin cushion:
  1. Having two layers of fabric in the middle means the pins don't slide in very easily
  2. It feels more than a little strange stabbing a heart every time you put in a pin!
I can definitely live with it though :)


In the interest of honesty, I'll show you the back. I'll blame the stretchy blue fabric for the less-than-central positioning! 


I think I might start doing this regularly - making a small project with the fabric from a big project I've given away. I love the idea of making a quilt like this one day which contains all the fabrics I've ever used. That's quite a way off now though!

PS The fabric basket was tidied recently which meant it wasn't full enough for me to see the fabric from my sofa. Does this mean I should un-tidy it?!

4 comments:

  1. Buy more pretty fabric so the basket is overflowing again!

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  2. definitely buy more! also, i love the idea of a quilt of all used fabric! I've only really made one proper thing so far, but already partially planning that!

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  3. Well technically the basket is only emptier since I've put the pretty fabric elsewhere... but hey, I won't pass up on an opportunity to buy more!
    Ineke - maybe in 5 years we'll both be making one
    Rhea - thanks!

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