Cute lil' birdie!

My friend Angela participated in the Pincushion Swap we did on the Yahoo groups site, Backporch Friends. I have gotten some really cute pincushions and I'll share a picture of them once I have them all out to swap. In the box she sent was a gift for me of this cute-as-a-button birdie helper.

Look at what a little gem she is! Her little basket is filled with teeny tiny little scissors, a red thimble, a needle threader and a pack of needles. ALL THAT in that little basket that probably measures one inch!!! Angela makes some lovely Raggedy Ann dolls and lots of prim deco stuff that she sells on Etsy so if you're ever needing something that looks like it was in the dirt and then got run over (LOL), she's the gal to call! ;o)
She has been going through medical treatments so if you said a little prayer for her, that would sure help send some blessings her way!

We got tickets to another Angel game last night. My husband works with a guy who is a season ticket holder with GREAT seats. This was our second game in five days....for free! On Saturday, a neighbor we haven't seen in years knocked on our door with tickets he was trying to give away. They were in the nose-bleed section and it was HOT up there but it was still fun to be at the ball park. It cooled off for about five minutes yesterday!!! LOL We had nice temps of about 80 degrees so it was a great night with great seats. And the Angels won 5-0!! Whoohoo.....c'mon championships and playoffs!!!

I finished the little stitchery I started for my Brown Bag Buddy, Joyce, after we got home from the game. (I can't show you in case she's peeking!) hehe Then I got in my stash and pulled out some fabrics for borders.

In Joyce's brown bag, was the fabric on the right, the kind of gray-blue snowflakes. I pulled out some Christmas fabrics and found a cute Thimbleberries print that I thought would work perfect. I wrote Joyce and asked her if I "needed" to use her fabric. LOL She said "No, surprise me!" So what do you think? The three on the right, or the three on the left???

One more set of pincushions...

Tonight was sewing night and it was just me and my old reliable friend Neena. We are the most pitiful girls. We get together in bad weather, when we're tired, it just doesn't matter. If it's Thursday night, it's SEWING NIGHT!!!! lol Sometimes we miss, but not very often!

Tonight I finished my little irons, my last set of pincushions for the exchange I'm doing.

I made them out of wool felt and silver heat resistant (metal-looking) fabric from Joann's, the kind you use to recover your ironing board. For the handle, I used those 3M Command white metal hooks. When I made the first one, it was too plain and needed a little sprucing up. The girls from sewing night last week suggested a little embroidery.

Now, back to the stitchery BOM I've been ignoring. Sheesh, I'm peddling as fast as I can and just can't seem to get caught up. And that's just for the crafting.....I won't even talk about my house! LOL

Finished Pincushion

Just a quick post to say that I got my pincushion filled (is pincushion one word or two?) with the crushed walnut shells yesterday and whipped it shut. I love the way the filler feels. Kind of like sand but just a little bit bigger. I love it!

We have been chatting about the walnut shells on my Yahoo group since yesterday. Some ladies have tried it, some haven't but are curious now. :o) In case you want to try this filler for orphan blocks or another pincushion projects that you've wanted to try, I was told that you can get this filler at most any pet store as it's sold for the bottom of bird or lizard cages. Some ladies found it at Petco, Wal-Mart or like me, in my local feed store.

Terry said she bought hers in a little bag at her local quilt shop. That's a good idea if they sell it. Otherwise, stop at Target for a pantry jar because the smallest bag I found was seven pounds. This is all I had that would hold 6.99 lbs. of ground walnut shells! (That 6" pin cushion didn't use up much filler!) LOL

One project down, 5, 698, 472 left to go!