The pincushion is coming along. Here’s the base, a large vitamin bottle cap with blue felt stitched around the sides with dyed silk yarn:
The base, in theory, will sit on some flower petal shapes:
Here are the shapes, the one the top is finished, the other three need to be sewn and have the bit of batting stuffed inside:
This is the painted rayon/silk fabric that will be stuffed with batting and stitched around the base to resemble something faintly round and will be stuck in the pill bottle top:
Since I have no bulk polyfill, and since today is a no-car day for me (bicycle only) and since I have no interest in pedaling to the fabric store, I chopped up some fusible polyester batting I have gathering dust (why would I ever use polyester fusible batting?) and I think a handful of this stuff chopped will provide an un-lumpy pincushion stuffing.
Pressure is on. Pincushion exchange is in 3 days! I just hope mine will measure up. I don’t want to have the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Pincushion.
I got some ideas for this pattern from this excellent (miniature) pincushion pattern:
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/945/how-to-make-pretty-pincushions/page/all
