Sewing: April 2007 Archives
My dad is not the only creative person in my parents house. While my dad works on his wood working projects, my mother does a lot of things with her sewing machine. This time, however, she did something with my sewing machine! Since she's never worked with a Bernina before, she wanted to do a small project to try out my machine. That little project was something I got to take home with me to celebrate my entry into sewing: a turtle pincushion in Hawaiian print fabrics that my mother has collected -- some of which were even purchased on her recent trips to the Big Island.
I picked three fabrics, all with a hibiscus motif. The pattern itself is a nice simple pattern where the turtle is supposed to have a quilt-pieced shell. However, since time was of the essence (we really only had Sunday afternoon) and there are many fun stitches to play with on my sewing machine, Mom decided to try a different approach -- the blue fabric and the purple fabrics are actually connected via some fusable interfacing and then stitched onto the body using a decorative stitch to help mimic a patchwork seam. Pretty clever, I thought! And to think all I did while I was in Ann Arbor was work on my second Sprung sock and played with my new walking foot for my sewing machine!
He still needs a little embellishing -- but I'm fresh out of fun googly eyes, so that will have to wait until my next trip to JoAnn's. In the meantime, I still have a great new little buddy to help hold my pins while I sew.
* The turtle is sitting on a little gift brought back from Hawaii for Ms. Z -- her first bib and burp cloth set and first official gift from her grandparents. Yes, we do like the turtles in my family. And, yes, I think my parents are a little excited about the upcoming grandbaby...
