Tuesday, September 4, 2012

T.O.U.C.s (Tomatoes of Unusual Color)


My sister Leigh had a birthday. She loves to sew. And I am of the opinion that one can never have too many pin cushions, so I took the opportunity to make some for her out of shot cotton scraps and felt.


They are easy and quick to make. I won't reinvent the wheel here because there are many great tomato pin cushion tutorials already available. I looked at this one and this one. Mine are in three graduated sizes, so if you'd like to make them here are the pattern measurements:
Large 10 x 5 inches
Medium 9 x 4.5 inches
Small 8 x 4 inches


Before stuffing I filled the bottoms with rice to give them a bit of heft.


This is after stuffing and closing, but before I added the embroidery floss and felt leaves. Be sure to stuff yours tightly. Nobody likes a deflated pin cushion. When you think it has enough stuffing, put in more.


A long doll needle is very helpful to add the floss along the sides. To make the felt caps I just drew a quick star on my felt with disappearing marker. Do you remember how to draw a star? You know, like this:


Then I just kinda made the leaves a bit longer as I cut it out. I think the MS link has a template if you would rather use that. I didn't take a picture of the tomato unders, but I also added a smallish circle of felt to the bottom that I cut out with pinking shears. 

Go ahead and make some in crazy colors. They are fun to have around.

8 comments:

  1. Ooooooh...wanty! And speaking of birthdays, can you just go ahead and tell me exactly what you want for yours so I don't have to get creative for Ms. Creativity Embodied?

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  2. CBH, thanks!

    Robyn, just world peace and brotherly love. It's not much. You've got a few months to put that together. I'm trying to figure out what to send you this month in Brazil that won't cost a fortune to mail. Not to say you aren't totally worth whatever it costs. LOL.

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  3. These are too cute, Larissa! Great minds must think alike because I just decided this morning that my "project of the day" was going to be to whip up a couple of new pincushions. :)

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  4. Merci beaucoup !!!
    J'aime cette création !!!
    Nadia

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  5. Oh, yeah, you're coming through loud and clear. ;) If it helps, my parents are coming here in October and have already agreed to carry a few things down for me. I'll take one of everything.

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  6. I was instantly moved to comment on this post from the title alone, which I hope was an intentional nod to The Princess Bride and not just me being random :D

    Why are pincushions so cute?

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  7. these are beautiful! thanks for the inspiration!

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  8. Y'all, thanks for the pin cushion love!

    Robyn, one of everything. Check. LOL.

    rubymakes, it is inconceivable that it is anything else. PB = one of my favorite movies EVER. And to answer your question, I don't know. I just don't know. But they are.

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