Flowery pincushion...

Seems that I can't get enough of felt. Mh... it's true I think ^^ I would love to work with felt made out of wool (or at least viscose) but all I get in the stores around here is the acrilyc one. Going any further is not really easy or comfortable at the moment because there is too much snow and ice outside. Especially the ice is horrible, you have to be careful with every step you do! Last week we had something called icerain here. It rained during really low temperatures so the water turned imediatly into ice. The last time this happened here was in 1988 (not that I was already living in this town, moved to east germany years after the reunion). They had to stop every tram. The ice was disconnecting the energy or sometimes the power cables broke. Brrrr... We don't need to speak of going by bus or car because the trams are the most durable transportation medium in winter... and on an icy surface!

Yes, I love the summer. This year the summer was too short and the beginning cold startet way to early and too hard...!

But enough of the weather...

I got my stencil for the flower from a picture I found at graphics fairy (you find the coolest graphics there!). The design was so beautiful! I used this detail for my flower.

Just cut it out...

...and made little flower petals...

...stiched them together...

...and stuffed it!

There we go, so easy, so fast...!

Crafting session with Lachafa - pink silk pincushion

Another little fabric leftover: Pink dupion silk. It is really some years old. I used it for the first pink advent calendar I made for a friend which is absolutly in love with pink. Pink is not my favorite colour (if you will find it at all in my room except for fabric scraps ^^) but I like this contrast between the rich and bright colour to the white crochet!

The crochet work is one of my first atempts in crochet. It was made with a crochet needle size 1 mm (german size, don't know which this one would be in other countries but let's say really small!) and very thin thread. The thread I am using for embroidery is thicker even with all strangs separeted.

Of course there had to be a tentacle! Made with black fabric paint.

This is my stuffing material. I recycled some foamed material and cut it in small pieces.

I though about adding more things on the pincushion, for examples buttons or embroidery or some beads... and you know I am not shy about going over the top ^^ but I think it is enough: The rough structure and the bright colour of the satin to the ordered and white crochet ornament.

Edit: Last pic changed to a daylight foto :)