Your Finishes..and mine :)

I have been meaning to share these Giant Pincushion finishes with all of you for over a week!

Life has sort of gotten in the way.

 I sometimes blog ahead and I had hoped to blog this last week.

Well last week was bonkers. My office was chaos with school starting {everyone needs to get in before school :)}

Plus some other things happening that are just too much to talk about here. Plus I don't think my brother, sister or mother would appreciate it! Yes there are things that involve all of them. It's been wild.

Anyhow.

Here's the awesome finishes that a few of you have sent to me.

This is Lisa's version.

And Heather aka Retro-Fabulous made 2!!

love the 30's prints.

Wilma in NC made this sweet cushion.

I found this on flickr Floselage.

This is Sandy's version. I spy Amy Butler :)

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There's a whole lot of blah blah about how I ended up making 5 for the tutorial.

2 were English Paper Pieced, 3 machine pieced and mostly it involves the need for pictures of each step.

Okay so here's how it went....

When I decided that I should give machine piecing instructions in addition to the english paper piecing, I began my tute with this fabric:

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Pincushion #1

Yes this lovely pillow was suppose to be a pincushion.

I used It's a Hoot by MoMo.

I love it so much that when I layed this out I immediately thought:

1. I can make an entire quilt with this and not get tired of it.

2. I could be lazy and make a pillow,

 take the idea and put it on the back burner behind the other 1000 quilts I want to make.

Option #2 was the winner.

Have I mentioned how much I love It's a Hoot?

I have many projects that I want to make with it. Why oh why can't there be more hours in the day?

Anyhow, if any of you are interested in how I made my pillow..

I can give a Giant Pincushion tutorial extension for it!

Let me know ;)

Now this is pincushion #2.

I somehow shifted the 6 pointed diamond and so when I went to turn it right side out...um lets just say it wasn't the correct shape.

I entertained the idea of un-sewing it and re-making it.

It's still in the pile of orphan blocks. I doubt I will ever fix it.

This is technically my 3rd Giant machine pieced Pincushion.

It sewed up quite nicely but after making 5 of them...I was ready to toss it.
Instead, Pincushion #3 ended up a Barbie chair for my 4th grader...
it's the perfect size for 11" or less dolls.
just thought I'd pass that on :)

If you have finished your pincushion or other SpunSugarQuilt tutorials, please post them to SpunSugarQuilts flickr group HERE.
Yippee I have a functioning flickr group :)
Btw, I have been changing around my blog if you haven't noticed. I am sort of mixed on the background. I may be changing it more in the next days. In the mean time...well I have been feverishly working on Halloween projects.
I know, I know, Halloween?
But seriously, after visiting JEllen's new shop I have been really inspired to create some new tutes for everyone.
Look for them in the next few weeks.
and last but certainly not least...
I will be participating in another Blog Tour for C&T Publishing. Which will mean a giveaway.
Actually I think I am due for a giveaway here...I have almost 600 followers.
Once I hit 600 I am going to do a giveaway...just decide that LOL.
Okay so come back....