Thursday, April 22, 2010

my creative space

Coffee, check. Pastry, check. Let the creative crafting love begin....

I woke up the other day in a cranky mood, grumpy about, of all things, my lack of a nice pin cushion-I will confess I was actually using a cork!! So I traced around my fave retro apple shaped dish to make a template to produce this apple shaped felt pin cushion-took about 10 minutes, including machine sewing, stuffing and hand stitching. I think this would make a good simple project for a little one and it could even be Snow Whites apple...

Also sewing birds...no plan or use in mind yet, sometimes I simply have an idea and see where it will go...any ideas out there for what to do with very small stitched birds?
xkate
http://www.kootoyoo.com/ for more creative types...

10 comments:

Cotton Kiwi said...

Cute little bird and love the apple pincushion.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the lovely comments!

Steph said...

Good for you!! I love your bird...maybe another pin cushion!! :)

Chicken Willow said...

That apple's great, bet your wondering why you waited so long to make yourself a pin cushion now! As for the little bird, maybe stitch it to something bigger for a decoration, or add it to a patchwork something or other??

Kathryn Mitchell said...

I second the coffee and pastry. Creativity is near impossible without such things!

Wendy said...

Sometimes I find the most functional of projects the most satisfying. Need it, make it, got it! Well done...

Tweed Thoughts said...

The apple pin cushion is really sweet! I love the bird embroidery - you could just frame it?
Just noticing you are a Tim Burton fan too - he IS fabulous, isn't he :)

LeelaBijou said...

So beautiful work!

TopCat76 said...

What about stitching the birds onto hankies or on children's clothes? Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Luisa said...

very sweet birdie...
maybe on a cushion?

Chrissy Foreman C said...

If you could find some baby frames, they'd make great baby artworks!