More Prizes for the PPPP.........and more pincushions for my entry!

Well hello!  Less than 2 weeks left before the start of the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade!  The linkup will open on June 8th for you to join the linky party and show us your pincushions.

There are really no rules here......we want to see pincushions you've made, the ones you have received as gifts, or vintage pincushions you've found at estate sales, or even the ones you bought........bring em all....no pincushion will be turned away at this parade!

One of the things that happens every time we have the parade is that I start making pincushions and can't seem to quit.  Here are some of them...........  this is a very large biscornu I made using an orphan patch from an older project.....

.....and a kaleidoscope pincushion using selvages.....I like this one!

oops.....I'd better save the rest for the Parade!  And speaking of Parade...........we have more prizes for you! .......I will add these to the Parade Announcement Post.

I told you about Barb from Bejeweled Quilts having her pattern "Hazy Mazy Runner" included in the book, Craft it Now.  One lucky winner will actually win this book with Barb's pattern and many more patterns and ideas!  

we also have some pretty fat quarters for you:

here are 3 coordinating FQs in pretty pinks and turquoise!   Love that paisley print!

....and finally some whimsical prints and chevrons in golden yellow......

Ok...spread the word........

Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade.....June 8 - June 19.....

Grab the button on my Right Sidebar and blog about the parade for extra chances to win!.....

Ya'll come!

Vintage Sugar Bowl Pincushion and Another Sponsor for PPPP!

I had seen a vintage teapot that someone had flipped the lid over and inserted a pincushion, then used the teapot to hold sewing notions and had wanted to try it out for awhile...........

Unfortunately I couldn't see how a big teapot close to any of my sewing projects would fit without me tipping it over to the floor......but then I started thinking about a little vintage sugar bowl that had been tucked away in a kitchen cabinet and thought......hmmmmm....that might work......

I wish I could say the stitchery is my own work but I snipped it out of a damaged vintage piece I found at a second hand store.  

So I mentioned another sponsor for the PPPP! Yes, our friend at Seriously I think it needs Stitches, Kelli Fannin, has just had one of her fabric designs picked up by Riley Blake and is going to give some lucky winner some of this awesome fabric together with a Sew Chatty Tote (or pin pals zipper pouch) and an enamel pin! 






Please click on THIS LINK to visit Kelli's store.  She has lots of fabulous patterns and pins and wonderful stuff she's designed for you to look at!

Thanks Kelli!  We appreciate you and our other sponsors who help make the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade a big success!

20 more days til the Parade Link-up Opens!!

I Love a Parade!!

Especially if it's a Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade !! 
  
.....and here are the dates the PPPP will be open for link-ups:

We have settled on June 8 through June 19 for this year's parade.  This will give everyone enough time to round up your pincushions (or make some new ones!) and also to visit our wonderful sponsors and maybe find some goodies we can't live without on their websites!

Here are the wonderful sponsors we have for the Parade:

Clint and Judi Madsen from Green Fairy Quilts  are giving some lucky winner a $25 gift certificate to spend at their fantastic store!  GFQ has a fabulous line of precuts, yardage, patterns, notions, quilt scrap bags, 50% deals.....and, well I can't even begin to name everything they have.....why don't you all go check it out yourselves??  I do know they are having a great sale on charm packs and mini charms right now because well....someone in my house might have bought a few.......(it couldn't be me because I have enough fabric right now and I told myself not to buy anymore......)

Click HERE to go to Green Fairy Quilts

Also onboard sponsoring with a $25 gift certificate for one of our winners is the Fat Quarter Shop! They have so many things to offer including fabric, notions, patterns......they sponsor BOMs, contests, and also have lots of freebies......the awesome pinwheel pincushion on my last post came from FQS.  If you missed it, click HERE to check it out.  And please visit visit FQS by clicking the link below.

Click here to go to FQS

And also, our friend Barb at Bejeweled Quilts by Barb is sponsoring the Parade with 2 of her fabulous patterns.....her Round Tumbler Topper, shown below.....

and her Sunshine topper.....

Barb is an Island Batik Designer and has had one of her patterns published in the book "Craft it Now"....which is our next prize!  One lucky winner will get this book!

Don't forget to visit Barb at her Blog.....click on the link below...

Bejeweled Quilts Blog

The next of our wonderful sponsors is Kelli Fannin, at Seriously I think it needs Stitches Kelli has just had one of her fabric designs picked up by Riley Blake and is going to give some lucky winner some of this awesome fabric together with a Sew Chatty Tote or Pin Pals Zipper Bag and an enamel pin! 






Please click on THIS LINK to visit Kelli's store.  She has lots of fabulous patterns and pins and wonderful stuff she's designed for you to look at!

Thanks Kelli!  We appreciate you and our other sponsors who help make the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade a big success!

And finally........you could win these lovely Fat Quarters:

First....3 coordinating FQs in pretty pinks and turquoise!   Love that paisley print!

....and finally some whimsical prints and chevrons in golden yellow......

Stay tuned and start rounding up your pincushions to enter in the parade.  The link-up party opens on June 8 and you will be able to link up through June 19.  You can get an extra chance for prizes by blogging about the parade and posting the PPPP button on your sidebar.  ( you can grab it from my right sidebar)

I Love a Parade, don't you???

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Free Pin-wheel Pincushion Tutorial and getting ready for the PPPP!

I decided that I would have to make one or two new pincushions for this year's parade....how I do love pincushions....even if you have enough pincushions....well can you really ever have enough pincushions??

So in searching for some patterns, I stumbled across this adorable free pin-wheel top pincushion tutorial from the FQS...which is a video (not my favorite way to learn....I like to read my tutorials) but this one is pretty quick to the point.....so I thought I would give it a try.....it really is so quick......it uses 12 mini charms (2.5"x2.5")....4 for the back, 4 for the front and 4 for the pinwheel....and you can add button(s) if you want.
                              

   I love how this turned out! ....and I loved this pattern so much I decided to make another one to see if maybe I could make the pinwheel stand out a little more.....unfortunately I picked one of the colors of the pin wheel a little to close to the color I used on the top...but still I do like this one anyway....

If you would like to make this little pincushion click on the following link or the photo below to see the free tutorial from FQS.... 

                                                                                                            
                            

More details on the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade coming very soon..............

Another quilt for Little Lambs

I finished the 2nd and last quilt for this year's Hands2Help Campaign.  May I just say that I was planning for this to be a very quick and easy disappearing 9 patch quilt but it turned into a stressful and not so disappearing NIGHTMARE!

Lol...........well anyway........I had another panel with some really cute little alphabet character patches that looked to be square and even after I cut them they still appeared to be almost  square......but.........well lets just say that the first 3 rows are made with the disappearing 9 patch and the last 3 rows I finagled somehow........and I stretched and pleaded with this flimsy to PLEASE be the same size top to bottom......and somehow when I was all done..........it really did turn out SQUARE-ish..........

I had some problems with the FMQ.....you know how sometimes the bobbin is so loose you can just pull it and it comes all out?.... Well I had to take out probably a third of it and fix the tension then re-do it.....and as if I wasn't already traumatized enough.....I put an ACTUAL binding on this time....not just one of my favorite "turn the backing over" bindings......funny thing.....I couldn't get anything to work last night so I thought I would have to get my seam ripper out this morning but I guess I was just tired because it all worked out fine this morning........I only have one corner that is a little "un-cornerlike"

...All said and done......both quilts have already been sent to Little Lambs!

Thanks to Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for getting this challenge up and running now for this, the 10th year!  

This link HERE will take you back to the Link-up page to view some more quilts!