Elgin Piecemakers Sewing Day

Several members of the guild got together today at a local church to sew for the day.  A couple of weeks ago, I left a comment at Crazy Mom Quilts to enter a giveaway for some pincushion patterns.  To my surprise, my name was picked and she sent me the patterns by e-mail!  I decided to spend my day playing with my solid scraps and make some pincushions!  

I started with the paper pieced pineapple block.  It is 4 1/2" square--25 pieces.  

The block looks red and blue here but the red is actually orange. 

I quilted it using a grid with turquoise thread. 

Here is the finished pincushion, in use already! 

Next, I made some paper pieced flying geese.

I chose the colours from some camera fabric. 

My pincushions are filled with walnut shells, which are supposed to help keep my pins sharp. I quilted this one with straight lines. 

Next, I made a pincushion with some free pieced triangles. 

I had to dig through my scrap bag to find 16 different colours for the triangles. 

I quilted his one with organic wavy lines.  

Here is my collection of pincushions that I made today:

These are addictive so you will likely see more of them in future posts.  Thanks, Crazy Mom, for the patterns!  

For slow Sunday Stitching this week, I will be making more plus signs.  Here are the ones I have made so far...

I have picked out some more black and white fabrics for tomorrow's stitching.  I will be linking up to Kathy's  blog in the morning.