Felt Mouse and Bird-in-Hand Pincushions

I have been busy lately working on flowers for a wedding
but had to show some more of my felt creations. I really love
pincushions so I thought I would share my mouse.....

with embroidery all over it....

and my bird-in-hand...

with embroidery on the wings and tail.

Men's Tie Handbag

I have a good friend who gave me a bag of ties and when I saw a really cute bag made from ties at a quilt show I decided to try my hand at one. I used 6 ties and opened them out, leaving the large part at the bottom so as to still look like ties. Then I used the smaller end at the top for the tabs with buttons. After sewing them together I used crazy quilt embroidery on the seams.

I used two pieces for the pocket and embroidered it. I have had a lot of compliments on it.

I collect old sewing items and have two tin can pincushion
chairs...just sticking to my pincushion theme!!!!

Sunflower Arm Caddy and Basket Pincushion

This is a wool armchair sewing bad/pincushion.
The baskets are pockets and the sunflower is the pincushion.
My scissors fit nicely in the pocket and I have used an eyeglass chain to
attach it to the pincushion and it is always handy.
One leaf is a needlecase.

This is the other side and I sewed a bee button on the flower.

Here it is laid out flat.

I did a similar sunflower pincushion and attached it to the top of a basket.

I made a large stuffed bumble bee as another pincushion on the other side.

I seem to get in a theme and wear it out before I get tired of it!!

Snail Pincushion

This is another felt pincushion...do you sense a theme?! I have been on a creative binge when it comes to pincushions and needle cases. I have a lot more that I will post when I get photos. This snail turned out alright but it doesn't want to sit upright too well. But I like it's smile and the embroidered flowers on its shell...

Butterfly pinchusion

I thought I would show my felt butterfly pincushion/needlecase/ scissor fob.

The wings are the needle case.

The body is the pinchusion. I really like the way it turned out.

felt embroidered pincushion

I finally got my pictures taken and hopefully downloaded to my blog!
This is my chinese style pincushion. the butterflies are made using the bullion, pistol, and blanket stitch. It was embroidered on two 4" squares of felt with a felt covered button in the middle and floss tassels on the corners.