Friday, October 19, 2012

My tiny world

Last week I had, what we call, "autumn break", meaning I had the week off. I had planned a lot of sewing time, but all i did was sleep and take naps inbetween. Guess I was tired :)
Wednesday i told myself to snap out of that routine, wake up and actually DO something.
While searching through Pinterest pages I found the  little world teacup pincushions from Mimi Kirchner and it triggered my pc obsession :)
Here's what i came up with
 With steppingstones..flowers in the garden..

 and for cold nights you need to have some logs for your fireplace..
 Now I have to clean up the mess on my table
..and get ready to start quilting again!                                                                                                       
 I'll probably make more. After the first 2 you'll only get more and more ideas about the next one. How about an island? Or something with blue felt? A pond? C's fav pink and purple? Big flowers instead of trees? Impossible to make just one, or 2, or......

For those who share my current obsession: Mimi Kirchner uses wool balls and covers those with wool fabric or felt. I took small leftover battingstrips (the ones you cut of a quilt before putting the binding on) and rolled them up to a ball, and plain felt I had lying around. Fabric glue to hold tiny pieces in place, came in handy. More info on how to make these "tiny worlds" is to be found at Mimi's website.

4 comments:

  1. your pincushions are always the best - and these are no exception ... makes me wish i could do things that require a bit of fiddling with (but my cranky fingers always say "no way!") ... i love your cottages!

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  2. Anonymous16:40

    Wat zijn ze leuk!!!!

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  3. Te gek! Leuk toch voor tussendoor. Wel weer aan quilten toegekomen?

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  4. These are incredibly adorable!!! I lOVE them!!

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