Circles Pincushion

A project that virtually came together on its own.

It started as a little swatch to try out an embroidery stitch that interested me-- couched circles.  I used a scrap length of my naturally dyed silk/wool yarn in safflower yellow and a leftover piece of embroidery floss from a previous project.  Once they were stitched, I thought a few more circles would be nice...  So I rummaged through my leftover floss bin to find nice complimentary colors and added some satin stitch circles and a few French knots.

As I was embroidering the top, I remembered that I had just the right fabric for the back too, with a circles motif and a similar color scheme.  This was a small sample piece I purchased ages ago to see if it would look good on the back of a patchwork quilt I was making... rather, am making, as it's still not finished.  After 12 years.  Yikes!  Perhaps I'll show it here someday...

This pincushion was a great way to use up stash remainders and still end up with something pretty and useful.  And I learned a new stitch besides!  I like happy, impromptu projects like this.

Comments

[soknitpicky]

So, so cute!

[Ellen]

This is lovely! Great idea to showcase small sampler projects too.