Life in the Scrapatch

Friday, June 5, 2020

Stars and Waterwheels ~ Summer is Here

Here is my Day 5 pincushion for the

Pincushion Parade Blog Hop @ DayBrook Designs

Today's pattern was this lovely

Sawtooth Star Pincushion

@ Lois & Clark Connection

I added a pieced back to this pincushion with some of my scraps.

I had these Summery Fabrics out to make a block for a

friend who won a block lotto.

The block of the month was this

New Waterwheel Block @ Quilters' Cache
and we were to use a white background with fabrics that said ocean or lake to us.
This fabric design is called "Seafloor Garden"
and the color is "marine."
This was an easy block to make.

Quilters' Cache shows a layout alternating the New Waterwheel with a 54/40 Star Block
Here

I am trying to decide if I want to make more blocks for me
before I put this fabric away.

Maybe I will leave the fabric out for awhile and see what happens.

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Pincushion Parade ~ Day #4 ~ I Like Thursday # 58 ~ I Like Pincushions

Welcome to Day 4 of the

Pincushion Parade Blog Hop @ DayBrook Designs

My Pretty Pinwheel Pincushion was made using this ...

Free How-To Make Video @ Fat Quarter Shop

This may also be found ...

Here on the Jolly Jabber Blog

I made my Pinwheel Pincushion using this cute Catalina Mini-Charm Pack

Catalina by Fig Tree Quilts

I love the colors and designs in this fabric collection!

The hardest part of making this cute pincushion was deciding

which of these pretty squares to use.

These were my choices.
12 mini chars or 2.5" squares are needed to make this pincushion.

I used my wood 4 in 1 Tool and

my Wooden Clapper to hand press the pieces.

The sewing was easy.

Chain piecing made this quick work.

I used my wooden tool for pressing the seams.

Kathy @ Kathy's Kwilts and More
showed us how to make a basic four patch pin cushion on on Day 1.

I did press the seams open in the middle on this one to reduce the bulk.

I used my Clover Point Turner Tool

to set the points and smooth the edges.

For stuffing my pincushion I like to use a combination of poly-fill

and Ground Walnut Shells.

I think this gives my pincushion weight with just enough fluff.

I use 2/3 shells and 1/3 polyfil,

adding the shells first using a small funnel.

I hand sewed the opening closed and tufted the center
by putting my needle through from front to back to front again.

I used some pretty buttons I had on hand
in the center of the top pinwheel.

Then I opened a package of...

Quilting Pretty Pins

to make my pretty pincushion useful.

I hope you enjoyed my Pinwheel Pincushion how-to today.

Be sure to come back each day to see all the inspiration in the

Thanks to

Crystal @ Daybrook Designs
for organizing this fun blog hop

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I am also linking up today with my

I Like Thursday Bloggers @ Not Afraid of Color
where every week we post about what has made us smile,
great and small.

We had an email discussion yesterday about how difficult it is to smile
with the state of our world as it is and did not want to marginalize.
Sometimes the small joys in life can seem trivial.
All we can do, though, even as our hearts are broken
is keep going forward one step, one day, one stitch at a time.

Last night just before sunset, we had a cloudburst.
I went outside as it let up and looked.

I knew if I looked I would find it ... a rainbow.

It was a small one and the end was lost in the storm clouds
and it faded quickly with the setting sun.

I am hopeful.

Deep in my heart, I do believe in goodness and kindness and love
... that humanity will prevail.