I haven't had much free time lately, but Feb. 1st was a close friends birthday and I was going to see her at our monthly Knitting group this past Saturday, so I wanted to make her something special. She is an avid quilter, knitter, spinner and weaver so I decided to make her one of my special pin cushions.
She is always checking out the pin cushions in my Etsy Shop, but I knew she wanted something small to carry along with her. I decided to do one of my wool felted flower pin cushions, so I came up with a color scheme that I knew would suit her and got to work.
The following pictures are what I did over the course of three evenings last week, and about 4 hours a night. When it was finished, I almost couldn't give it away. Tell me what you think!
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In the beginning - I cut some petals out of wool felt. |
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Adding the beaded border to the petals using picot stitch. |
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Four down, two to go |
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It is tedious, but well worth the time. |
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After they are all beaded, it is time to connect the petals into groups of three. |
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Beautiful hand dyed Mohair roving I used to needle felt the center of the flower - or the actual pin cushion. |
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And felting, and felting, and felting.... |
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Pinning the petals to the needle felted center prior to sewing them on. |
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First set attached. |
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Second set is on - we have a flower! |
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Then I felted a purple center for the stamen. |
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Antique spool with felt on each end for the base.
I just love how the center turned out! |
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View from the top. |
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The end! |
Lovely! I see why it was hard to give up, but I bet it was so precious to get! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWow, it's stunning! Well done :D xx
ReplyDeletethat is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletelove the beading.
and hey, I am in the Blue Ridge Mountains too. in NC. :)