I DIDNT MEAN TO DO IT.....

it just happened. I had this pretty little rosy velour christmas

fringed fingertip towel

with an applique of a snowman on it -- SOOOO CUTE.

Simply just outgrew it, besides,

it would look better as a pincushion - YES I SAID

PINCUSHION - just shoot me & get it over with. Just put me out

of my misery......... anyway sorry about these photos. As hard as I tried

I just couldnt get any photos that were clear & sharp.

Dont know what I am doing wrong. Me thinks that me do not know

how to take photos correctly. The front side has the snowman on it,

the back side is just a rose color. A border of 1&1/2 inch wide lace goes

around the entire pincushion hiding the seam. I dont know how I did it,

because I certainly did not plan it - but the pincushion is HUGE. I mean it is

HUGE! If you look at it from the side view it is almost 2 inches high. The

diameter is almost 6 inches across. It held alot of stuffing - & I mean that

I stuffed it alot - so much that in fact I had a hard time sewing the button

on to the front & back. I used a white snowflake button on the snowman

& a pretty pink rose button on the back. The good thing about this pincushion

is that it is reversible. A snowman for christmas - turn it over just a pretty

rose pincushion for the rest of the year. The picts do not show the prettiness of the

pincushion. Later, I might decorate the rose side.

I am really starting to like this huge

pincushion. Velour is so pretty & soft. It has an old victorian look to it. So

take out those fringed fingertip towels from your cabinet & use them in

another way. If I find a red & green plaid that will match that snowmans

hat & scarf - then I am gonna make a matching bag for it. I have decided

that my next pincushion that I show you is going to be MONSTROUS. I

think that I am going to make a pincushion out of Velvet & it just might be

the size of a dinner plate. Why not, I have seen tiny ones. It seems natural

that if you have tiny that you should go in the opposite direction & make

a huge one. I will make it soon & post it & I will let you know how I

feel about it.

by Hopblogger