{"id":15580,"date":"2012-11-05T05:55:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=15580"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:25:10","slug":"pincushion-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/pincushion-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"Pincushion Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pincushion\"<\/a>
Pincushion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was really on the fence about the BAMQG pincushion swap<\/a>. I wanted to try it, but was concerned I would have trouble making it. I didn’t quite know how to deal with the button and I didn’t want to make myself crazy trying to get it right.<\/p>\n

I decided to participate in the Pincushion Swap with BAMQG after I spoke with Joanna Figueroa at PIQF<\/a>. Once I had the pattern, Petit Gateau<\/a> from Fig Tree Quilts, and the know-how I picked out the most modern fabrics I could think of and really had a good time making it.<\/p>\n

I liked the way the pattern said to make small blocks and put them together. It was kind of amazing the way, after I cut the circle, the top looks like I sewed it into a circle.<\/p>\n

I had a little trouble with the filling. I wanted something with weight, but I wanted to be sensitive to people with nut allergies. I went to the store and as I was being directed around the store for different fillings, I came across the pellets they use for Beanie Babies. I bought a package of those, because I thought they would be good for the weight. I thought about the sharpening qualities that those old tomato pincushions have and landed on some wool roving. I bought a bunch of that and the combination ended up working well. The combination was easy to put in the pincushion.<\/p>\n

\"Vintage<\/a>
Vintage Modern Pincushion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It really didn’t take very long to make the pincushion and it was fun. I liked making it and kept thinking about who else needed a pincushion. Perhaps I’ll make one for a Black Friday Sew-In prize?<\/p>\n

I am actually ok giving this pincushion in for the swap. I hope I get one back that is as nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was really on the fence about the BAMQG pincushion swap. I wanted to try it, but was concerned I would have trouble making it. I didn’t quite know how to deal with the button and I didn’t want to make myself crazy trying to get it right. I decided to participate in the Pincushion … Continue reading “Pincushion Swap”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[401],"tags":[72,86],"class_list":["post-15580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401","tag-group-project","tag-off-topic-crafts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}