Mega Pinnie and Stash Report

I spent yesterday making a giant pincushion out of leftover chambray from a T-shirt quilt and a few scraps of quilting fabric.  I  also got to use up some truly terrible 80s era fabric on the inside to back the quilted panels.

I used Shelia Donnachie's tutorial.  Here's the link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ntoU3Iml4wZ2ltZDRES3p5Z28/edit?pli=1

This was an easy project to do except for the stuffing.  The challenge was to keep square sides while making the stuffing firm and uniform.  I ended up using 3 large beanbag-type cushions filled with ground walnut shells (my favorite pincushion stuffing), 2 pieces of mat board and a little bit of leftover batting to poke out the corners on the top.  This bit of engineering took several tries to get it right and  the better part of the afternoon.   

Now I'm going to sort out my other pincushions.  I have short glass head pins, long glass head pins, long quilting pins with plastic heads, flower pins, regular straight pins, applique pins...All of them a jumbled mess stuck to 4 different magnetic pincushions and two cloth pincushions.   My husband and son think organizing pins is a weird project, but maybe organizing my pins will spur me on to some bigger cleaning projects.

My yards used this week includes the pincushion and binding the baby quilts.

Linking up:  https://myplvl.blogspot.com/2018/04/tuesday-archives-192-pin-cushions.html

Used this week: 1.125 yard

Used Year to Date: 2.125 yard
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date:  0 yards
Net Used:  2.125 yard

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2014/01/26/stash-report-week-4-2014/