Showing posts with label Fabric Berry Basket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fabric Berry Basket. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Pin It Blog Hop + a Giveaway

A Berry Happy Blog Hop and Giveaway




Hello! Welcome to Susie's Sunroom  on this last day of the PIN IT  blog hop!





This blog hop has been so much fun!  The pin cushions have been amazing and delightful.
Thank you ,  Madame Samm , of  Sew We Quilt!  for creating the blog hop!  
And  thank you, Kristen, of Meadowbrook , for being our cheerleader, and  keeping us organized and in touch.  You have both made this such a fun experience for me to be in!
(I think that I will be  experiencing "pincushion withdrawal"  tomorrow!)


Make yourself a cup of tea.... and enjoy today's bloggers and their pin cushions!
This is my special blend...
Here is today's lineup...  you'll want to visit everyone to see the pincushions  they have created!

Did you notice that Amy, my sister, is also on today's hop?  She is  Amy Made That!.... by eamylove...  I hope you 've already been over to visit her blog to see her gorgeous pincushions.


Welcome to Susie's Sunroom    on the Pin It! Blog Hop


I found this pattern and loved that it used lots of small squares.  The pattern is  called  Patchwork Pincushion  from  allpeoplequilt.com.  (And it is free.  Click HERE)

The original pattern has the word  "pins"  on it,  but I knew immediately that  I wanted to make it say "Pin it!" for this  blog hop!   I used my favorite scraps of Fig Tree & Co. , Moda fabrics, for this nice-sized pincushion.  ( 5 " tall x 10 " wide).  It is stuffed with both poly-fill and crushed walnut shells kitty litter.  I substituted some  lace for the  ric rac in the pattern, too.  

Pin it!  Front and back


 Now I'd like to share with you the next little pincushion that I made for the blog hop .

Strawberry Shortcake pin cushion     by Susie's Sunroom
               Pincushion Pattern:   Strawberry Shortcake  by  Fig Tree Threads,
                                 It is available for purchase  at  Fig Tree & Company.com  

I've had my eye on this pattern for quite awhile now, and was so happy to finally make this cute little strawberry with it's jaunty, leafy cap. I have a lot of Moda Fig Tree & Company fabrics/scraps in my stash, from the lines of Mill House Inn,  Buttercup, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Dots, that will be perfect to make a strawberry ... or two....

It is fun to add buttons on top of the leaves

Once I got started,  I just couldn't stop!


This yummy color is from Breakfast At Tiffany's
I even made some of them scrappy...

"A Scrappy strawberry is a Happy Strawberry !"

 The more I made,  the more fun I had putting them in little dishes  for "their head shots"


Smile for the camera!



Slide over for the little guy!

These guys don't mind being a little squished together!


Before I knew it, berries were overflowing everywhere.... (well, technically, I did know it...) 

Luckily , just in the nick of time, Anna, at  Noodlehead,  posted this precious  Berry Basket Tutorial !  I saw it and KNEW it was just the thing for all of my little strawberry pincushions!  It is Anna's fabric version of a little vintage pint berry basket.  It is so fun and easy to make using Anna's directions in the tutorial.  (I have made one for my mother and sister already.)



Fabric berry basket    tutorial by Anna  of Noodlehead.com


Between you and me, I think that Fig Tree & Company is mostly to blame for my little  "problem", because they include a big  and  a small size for the strawberry pattern.  And then  I couldn't help but shrink the small one down to  80% to get the tiny size!


                                   

And I couldn't believe this, .....  just after I finished making  these strawberries, my sister, Amy, gave me the cutest little white porcelain berry basket!  The berries  I could hardly wait to use this sweet little basket in a million pictures picture.


Strawberries sitting pretty in a porcelain berry basket

Now it is time for details  about my giveaway~

Giveaway Prize:

A  Charm Pack  of  Julilee  by Bunny Hill   Moda Fabric
and
A yard of    Mod Century Blender Tweed   Gray  Moda Fabric


Date:   Tuesday  September 17, 2013 - Sunday  September 22, 2013  10:00 pm EST

How to enter:   

Simply leave one comment !
If you need an idea....you can tell me  what your favorite things are to sew.

Please make sure I can get your email address  , so that if Mr. Random Generator picks your number, I can email you to get your mailing address!  (I will have to redraw a number if I can't reach you.)


Good Luck  &  thanks for stopping by!  




Can you tell that I love making pincushions?  
I'm off to my sewing room!

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