Glenn's Pincushion
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Three of the stars were fussy cut, the remainder in similar colors. I enjoyed basting and joining each star before beginning the next. I confess to pinning the first six stars correctly but when sewing I mistook which star was in the center and sewed the entire half wrong. It was such a fun project I didn't mind the ripping time.
It is not as complicated as it appears (despite my six-star error) if you are able to see it as a central star with five surrounding stars stitched onto its five diamonds and those five then stitched to each other on their sides. Do this twice and then join the two haves, stuff and close. I used different color groups for each star to help me visualize the process.
This is a small project: 12 stars of five diamonds--sixty in all.
I did leave the (stiff) papers in. It seemed to me it might bulge out when stuffed if the papers were removed but it won't be a very good pincushion this way. Next one will be sans papers......we'll see what happens.
Last edited by Greenheron; 01-18-2013 at 06:52 PM.
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Greenheron, thanks for re-posting your pic. I wasn't even getting anything that indicated there was a pic the first time I replied. It does look challenging but doable. I will keep your suggestions in mind if this project makes it to the top of my bucket list. Thanks for the links.
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