Friday, May 28, 2010

Friend's Birthday Needlefelted Pincushion

Here are the instructions for this pincushion, made for a friend's birthday, unillustrated because I forgot to photograph the process.

I marked a piece of canvas with the stitching line ~6"x6" and left a 2" margin around it to allow for shrinkage. I used wool, soy, and silk roving for the background, and some ready-made craft flowers into which I sewed pearl bead centers. Before I started felting, drew some composition lines on the canvas, just to give me a general idea of where I wanted to change colors. I backed it with a floral fabric and stuffed it with polyester batting and ground walnut hulls. My plan was to stuff it firmly with the batting and then pour the walnut hulls into a center pouch in the batting. It didn't work very well so the walnut hulls are scattered around in pockets in the batting.

This project didn't take a long time, but I really like the result. My friend said that she liked it, too, which was what I wanted. :)

4 comments:

  1. Donna, I think it turned out beautifully. Lovely colors! Glad to see you're still using your embellisher. :-) Hugs, Cathy

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  2. Love this!
    I need to get out my needlefelter and play awhile...

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  3. Just got here, sweet Donna, but I will be back to look around and check out all your creative goodness. Just wanted to say Hi and let you know I'm here!
    Peace & Love,
    ~Barb~

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