I had some narrow strips of fabric left over from my log cabin quilt block, so I sliced them in half lengthwise and sewed a miniature log cabin block, then made it into a pin cushion. Stuffed it, sewed it shut and embroidered my initials on the back, then I attached a little crocheted strawberry that’s been lumping around in my crochet case for a year.
Cute.
I also got a bunch of new yarn yesterday, for xmas. A ball of mini mochi that is so soft and nice (it’s #111, aka babyface), I’m making it into yet another scarf. Should be lovely. And a few skeins of sock yarn, plus 3 balls of sari silk yarn.
OMG cute! Lady you are far more motivated to be crafty then I am ha ha, awesome!
That might be the best ending to a blog post ever :)
I’m down for lunch tomorrow! I’ll call you for the rest of the details.
Yay! I’ve been begging Shannon to take me for poutine for weeks.
Steph, I dont know what motivates me, but I hate throwing out scraps, and looking at strips of pretty fabric that cost me an arm and a leg…Next one I make is a pineapple block. My favourite.
Love your imaginative use of scraps and specially love how the centre looks like a mini smiling strawberry
You know, so do I. I don’t like to be wasteful either when I make throw pillows or something for my apt, or curtains. That’s usually where I draw the line. Granted I “re-purpose” a lot of stuff I find of that get’s donated to me.
At my old job we were cleaning out a storage area and I found an old but beautiful part of a stage curtain made out of this amazing midnight blue, heavy velvet. Looks lovely in my living room not that I’ve turned it into curtains :) I’ve got scraps left, don’t want to throw them away. Sometimes I just donate them to someone else or to charity. If I lived in ON still I’d drop them off at your place!
*now that should say grr…
But yeah forgot to add they wanted to throw it out! I said hell no! In spite of the fact the sucker weighed 30 lbs but hey, that would cost a small fortune at fabric land for sure.