Okay, I admit it. When I see something utterly adorable, I want to make it--bad! One of my online groups is having an ornament exchange. I didn't take part due to a lot of activities going on this month. I have really regretted it. As photos of the ornaments started coming in, I pouted and whined (to myself, of course). This little wool snowman pincushion REALLY caught my fancy! I needed a little somethin' extra to add to my gift exchange gift for the Guild Christmas luncheon on Thursday and this seemed perfect. I have a couple of other practical quilty things already wrapped up but just felt I wanted something cutesy to put with them. I have had the book for quite sometime (Snowman Threads by Need'l Love) but had forgotten all about it. It has so-o-o many adorable snowmen projects. I took a couple of shortcuts in the interest of time (I have a houseload of company coming on Sunday and my house NEEDS cleaning bad!!). Instead of hand blanketstitching the nose and top, I used Fabric-Tak glue (love that stuff). And instead of French knots for the mouth, I used pins with black heads. I substituted buttons for the wool eyes. And, since I wanted to make this out of my stash to avoid a trip out today, I used 100% wool felt. Okay, why, you may ask, are there two of them? Well, I had to have one too, didn't I????
20 comments:
absolutely adorable. thank goodness you made two!
Just too cute - bet you could make some like that, but as jack-o-lanterns for Halloween too!
Cheers!
Evelyn
Cute, cute! And BTW I love the tree pincushions too! :D
Very cute!!
I LOVE your snowman pin cushions!
Of course you have to have one too - they are just soooo cute :-)
Too cute! Great job!
Very, very cute. I remember seeing them but I don't remember where! LOL
OK, you need to make one more! Why? I want one! teehee
Those are so cute. No wonder you couldn't resist. And now you'll do a tutorial for the rest of us, right? LOL! They are really wonderful
The snowmen are so cute and makes a very nice gift for friends. Please make tutorial. I would like to mke one too.
Oh no! Now I will have to make more pincushions, especailly if you post a tutorial. Just toooo cute.
THANK YOU! I am going to retreat in Jan. and my secret sister, as do I , loves snowmen. I know what I'll be doing during the winter break.....
He's adorable -- I would have wanted one for myself, too *s*
Oh cute and as Evelyn said that pattern lends itself nicely to jack-o-lanterns. They look like they should come with a label - "bet you can't make just one!".
So many cute little things on blogs at the moment. Love your crochet rug too - great colours.
Gorgeous and I loved the time-saving tips. (I am the biggest copy cat as well!)
Your snowmen are just too cute.
They are so cute! You couldn't possibly have made just one :)
What cute pin cushions! I want one!
Very cute snowmen :-)
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