2 new pieces

"Singled out"

This is a small quilt hand- and machine stitched, all cotton fabrics. It measures 23cm x 23cm.

My Janome sewingmachine is broken and is being repaired right now (at least I hope so) and I dug out my old Pfaff. Boy, do I love my Janome. Although I have to admit that the Pfaff is a bit better in straight piecing. The lines are better and the 2 pieces of fabric aren´t moving at all while sewing. But quilting really was a nightmare and I hope my Janome will be back soon.
I did some piecing over the last few days, so I can start quilting right away.


And here is a new small Canvaswork pincushion. The colours are brighter in reality, but I couldn't get the photo to show it correct. It' about 7cm x 7cm.

Felted Biscornu Pincushion

In Stitch magazine I saw a lovely pincushion called Biscornu. It is done with cross stitch and if you google it, you can find dozens of interesting variations. As I am not into cross stitching but needed a new pincushion, I thought why not do one with felt. I had a prefelted piece on the shelf, so cut it out and started stitching. It is quite easy, but looks very interesting when finished.
I added a few stitches on top and stuffed it with some old nylons. The nylons work much better as stuffing cause the needles won´t disappear inside the cushion like they tend to do with stuffing for softies.