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meltintall3) wrote2012-09-10 08:32 pm
meltintall3) wrote2012-09-10 08:32 pm
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Window of Opportunity
I ran across this tutorial this morning:It just so happens that I could actually use a pincushion, and I thought I might have a few extra quilt squares hanging around (I didn't find them) so I sat down to whip one up!
Measuring Tape Girl* claimed to be interested in the process, enough to look through the tutorial and afterwards claim that she could only remember what the last step looked like. She certainly remembered that after stuffing it you were supposed to add a button to the top! (I wonder if it wouldn't have been easier to add the button before stuffing the cushion, though. One of those things one thinks of far too late.)
I ended up using 5 4.25" squares. I cut 4 of the squares in half on the diagonal which minimized fabric usage. (Possibly because of this I ended up with a gaping middle on the bottom which I cleverly covered with a diamond pieced from the scraps. If I hadn't whip stitched it in place with black it might not even be all that noticable!) Ironing the large square that forms the leading in the block is the most difficult part because the more precise your folds the prettier the finished square.
The only other noteable thing about this project is that I pieced the large square. 10"x10" is hard to find in the scrap bag! It's a fairly heavy fabric, so I may end up not being able to stab pins in deeply.
Um, right. Back to those other projects I ought to have been working on...
*My youngest sister, so christened because she likes wearing measuring tapes around her neck and can usually find one if you need/want one
Measuring Tape Girl* claimed to be interested in the process, enough to look through the tutorial and afterwards claim that she could only remember what the last step looked like. She certainly remembered that after stuffing it you were supposed to add a button to the top! (I wonder if it wouldn't have been easier to add the button before stuffing the cushion, though. One of those things one thinks of far too late.)
I ended up using 5 4.25" squares. I cut 4 of the squares in half on the diagonal which minimized fabric usage. (Possibly because of this I ended up with a gaping middle on the bottom which I cleverly covered with a diamond pieced from the scraps. If I hadn't whip stitched it in place with black it might not even be all that noticable!) Ironing the large square that forms the leading in the block is the most difficult part because the more precise your folds the prettier the finished square.
The only other noteable thing about this project is that I pieced the large square. 10"x10" is hard to find in the scrap bag! It's a fairly heavy fabric, so I may end up not being able to stab pins in deeply.
Um, right. Back to those other projects I ought to have been working on...
*My youngest sister, so christened because she likes wearing measuring tapes around her neck and can usually find one if you need/want one