My entry for the PPPP!

Well ya'll know that Irene and I always disqualify ourselves from being prizewinners on the Parade but we always post our pincushions......so today I'm linking up to the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade 2017!

 

 

I posted this pincushion a couple of years ago but I think I forgot to show it on any of the parades.......I made it from a little alarm clock my Dad gave me way back when I was 18 years old and in the hospital....I proceeded to knock it off my night stand the very next day and it never worked again.....I loved it so much that I kept it all these years and then a couple of years ago I covered it and made a pincushion that I could look at every day.......

 

 

 

Here are some pincushions I made in the hoop after I upgraded my machine from a little 4x4 hoop to a HUGE 5x7 hoop.....(after using the 4x4, believe me the 5x7 is huge!) Lol...                                                             The  The star pattern makes a smaller pincushion so I decided to enlarge the pattern a bit and I rather like how the sunflower pincushion turned out.

Awhile back I got into a "half doll" pincushion craze.....I found these two dolls on ebay for a very good price because someone had painted over the porcelain....The one on the left is (I think) a German Bathing Beauty doll....the other a Japanese Flapper.......

 

After scraping all that ugly paint off I was able to transform the ladies into this.....

 

I also wanted to show you my birthday presents from my Sis..........

 

Irene knows how much I love boxes and she found this gorgeous wooden box and recovered the top with a beautiful embroidery design she made......the round one is made from a tin can "cut and curl" design she found at an estate sale and then made a pin cushion to fit right into it!  I love these gifts but not as much as I love my Sis! 

 

 

 

and now for my "ugly pincushion"................you know how earlier I said I had enlarged the in the hoop sun pattern to make the sunflower pincushion???  And, Wow, it was so easy and turned out so nice........so why couldn't I just do the same for this pattern from the same designer but in a flower design........?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That should be easy-peasy....right????  ........NOT!

 

 

This poor flower looks like it got stomped on by a whole herd of buffalo!......back to the drawing board........



I hope you are all checking out all the linkups on the PPPP link-up page......and better yet I hope you will join the party!

Click HERE to go there!

 

 

Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade 2017 Link-up Page!

This is it!  You are on the link-up page for the 3rd Annual Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade!

 

Yes, the dates read Sept 4-15 but we have decided to give you an extra day to get your entries in........If you post by 11:55 PM on September 16th you will still be able to participate! You may link up as many pages as you like so that you can use older posts if you wish but only one link per person will be counted towards prize eligibility.  However you can get an extra chance by blogging about the party and another extra chance by posting the button to your blog.   Please leave a comment on this post and let me know you have done so.  For your convenience I have posted a "grab my button" on my right side bar............

This year just for added fun we are also giving a consolation prize to the winner of the "ugliest pincushion"....do you have a pincushion you made that didn't quite turn out the way it was supposed to....or maybe a well-worn favorite that has seen better days? I know I do! Include a separate photo and tell us it is your "Ugly Pincushion Entry" for a chance to win a nice prize.

Do you remember all our fabulous prizes??......Well I do! We have so many nice sponsors this year and since our last Parade post we heard from yet another.........Shabby Fabrics.com is donating a $25 gift certificate to some lucky winner!  Shabby has a wonderful website full of yummy fabrics, precuts, patterns, Block of the month clubs....gosh just click on the link and go see for yourself! 

           

 

We have included links on this post for all our sponsors.  Please thank them for their support by visiting their websites to see all they have to offer then head down to the bottom of this page and link-up your pretties!

 

The first 35 individuals to link-up will get a $10 gift certificate from Embroidery Library!   

One lucky winner gets a $25 Gift Certificate from Hawthorne Threads from the Parade

 

 

 

Clint and Judi at  Green Fairy Quilts are donating a $15 Gift Certificate!

 

 

 

 Barb at Bejeweledquilts by Barb is giving a lucky winner his or her choice of 2  of her fabulous patterns and a Charm Pack from Island Batik.   Barb's patterns can be seen on Craftsy and also at her Etsy Shop and Barb is one of Island Batik's Ambassadors.

 

Another of our fabulous blogging friends, Kelli from Seriously I think it needs Stitches is donating your choice of 2 of her patterns if you are the lucky winner........Kelli has had her patterns featured in Quiltmaker's 100 blocks series and has also been a featured designer in the Triangles on a Roll quilt market and festival booth in Houston.........

 

 

 

 

Martingale  has a copy of their 2018 Quilt Calendar to give away to 2 winners!

 

Irene from Hilachas is donating a copy of her cookbook entitled, "Mom How do you boil water?"  It is a cookbook that reaches out to Novice cooks who literally have never cooked before.........All of Irene's children, nieces, nephews have a copy of this wonderful book and have learned how to do much more than boil water!

We are giving away a $10 Starbucks gift card and some assorted fat quarter packs.............

 So now all you have to do is link your page below!
 Don't forget to include a separate photo of your "Ugly Pincushion Entry"
 Good Luck Everyone!

 

 

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More Prizes for the Perfectly Pleasing Pin Cushion Parade!

There is just one week left before the Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade Linky Party opens!  Is everyone gathering their entries for this year's parade?

I have great news today!  In addition to all the fabulous sponsors I told you about on my last parade post, our friends at Embroidery Library are giving a $10 gift certificate to the first 35 link-ups! Last year we had about 30 linkups so that sounds to me like "Everybody Wins"! 

Emboidery Library has oodles of the most awesome machine embroidery patterns anyone could ask for and in all formats.  Click on the link to go check out their website so you can start deciding what to spend your gift on!

And don't forget all our other fantastic sponsors and prizes......click on THIS LINK to look at last week's post highlighting them all!

Remember if you blog about the parade you will get an extra entry and if you post the parade button you will get another extra entry.....and what the heck....let's give you one more chance by leaving a comment on this post.......

So c'mon.........tell your friends to check out the prizes and plan on showing us your stuff when the linky party opens on Monday!

Perfectly Pleasing Prizes!

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." -- W. C. Fields


We are only a couple of weeks away from the opening of the Linky Party and the Perfectly Pleasing Pin Cushion Parade, the chance to show off your pincushions, and win some fabulous prizes!

As I promised in my last post, here are some of the exciting prizes awaiting this year's winners.............

We have a gift certificate from the Parade Sponsors worth $25 at Hawthorne Threads........

We have a gift certificate worth $15 compliments of Clint and Judi Madsen at Green Fairy Quilts .............Please click on the link to hop over to their website and check out their fabulous pre-cuts and other goodies!

Our friend, Barb, at Bejeweled Quilts by Barb is giving away the winner's choice of two of her fabulous patterns.  Barb's patterns can be seen on Craftsy and also at her Etsy Shop........click on the link above to go to her page and see!  She is the table topper queen, if you ask me!  Barb is also an Island Batik Ambassador and is including a charm pack from Island Batik........I'm not sure which stack she has for you but they are all lovely.......here are a few that I found on their Website

The Parade has another designer that has so generously offered to donate two of her patterns to a lucky winner.....Kelli of "Seriously I Think It Needs Stitches" has had her patterns featured in Quiltmaker's 100 blocks series, as well as being a featured designer in the Triangles on a Roll quilt market and festival booth in Houston.........a lucky winner will get her choice of two patterns from Kelli!  Click on the link to go see Kelli!

And the prize list continues.....................

Our Friends at Martingale are providing their 2018 Quilting Calendar to 2 lucky winners!  Click on the link to see everything they have to offer!

For you coffee drinkers we have a $10 Starbucks Gift Card!

And we have some assorted chevron Fat Quarter Packs.....Dots FQ Packs and Christmas FQ Packs....

Irene is giving away a copy of her cookbook entitled,

"Mom How do you boil water?"  It is a cookbook that reaches out to Novice cooks who literally have never cooked before.........All of Irene's children, nieces, nephews have a copy of this wonderful book and have learned how to do much more than boil water!

We also have some various sewing notions and other quilty goodies to give away.......................

So what are you waiting for??? Let your friends know about the Perfectly Pleasing Pin Cushion Parade Link-up..........You can link as many pages as you like but you will get one chance to win per link.........You will get an additional chance for blogging about the party and another for posting the PPPP button to your page...........Linkup opens at midnight on September 4, 2017 and will close at midnight on September 15th.  Winners will be announced on September 16th.

The Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade Linky Party is Coming!

"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance"-Thomas Sowell



It's almost here!  The 3rd annual Perfectly Pleasing Pin Cushion Parade! 

As in prior years we will have fabulous prizes and some wonderful linkups to look at..........The linkup will open on U.S. Labor Day (September 4) and close on September 15 and is open to all.   Winners will be announced on Saturday September 16.

How about it?  Do you have some pin cushions to show us?

More posts between now and September 4th will show you our fabulous prizes!  Spread the word and invite your friends to join us!

I am feeling Perfectly Pleased!!!

Wolves, Deer, Gnome houses, and Perfectly Pleasing Thoughts......

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present."-Babatunde Olatunji



I belong to a swap group whose latest projects are mug rugs, and here is my latest gift from Sara......I had requested a wolf mug rug to remind me of the wonderful time I had this year with my family at Great Wolf Lodge.  Thank you, Sara, it's perfect! Sara requested something Disney so my gift to her is on the right......
















I received another nice gift in the mail too..........a giveaway win from Jeanette at Inch Worm Fabrics!  Jeanette sent me this beautiful charm pack from Island Batik together with the awesome variegated spool of Aurefil.  I love the variegated thread for quilting, don't you?  Thanks Jeanette!

I visited my Mom earlier in the month and saw this visitor in the yard next to hers.............besides this Doe there were three others....
No doubt they are having to come down from the National forest because of the fires in past years that have made food harder to find........still, isn't she a beautiful sight??

 My brother lives next door on the other side from Mom and I had to get a photo of this little gnome house he built for the yard......he said he was still working on the roof but I think it looks great already! See how he used a tree trunk for the house part?

And last but not least....I wanted to remind you that soon it will be time for the Perfectly Pleasing Pin Cushion Parade!  This will be the third year my Sis and I have put together the parade and, as before, we will have a linky party and lots of prizes........so keep watching.........the linky party will be open during Labor Day week.......that's around the First week of September!