La Petite Ecole Pincushions

Every once in a while,

my little shop on Etsy, eamylove,

takes me on an adventure in sewing!

I love being asked to make custom orders,
because it lets me try out new combinations
of fabrics and colors.

Along the way, as I create the custom items,
I get to know some very sweet people!
There are too many to mention,
but one of them is Mama Pea of Peas in a Pod,
who invited me to make some zakka sewing kits for her.

{I just love it when my clients have beautiful blogs of their own!}

Most recently, I had a request to make a few pincushions

using fabrics from La Petite Ecole by French General

for Moda.

Believe it or not...

I didn't happen to own any fabrics from that line!

Pretty soon, though, I had ordered one of the last remaining

charm packs...I'm guessing...and my customer

quickly sent out some scraps for the larger pieces I would need.

We worked together to design these new lovelies...

from my new "favorite" fabrics!

The Cathedral Window pincushions

were all made using the fabulous tutorial

by Kim of My Go-Go Life.

The deliciously squeezy larger pinnie

was made from a pattern I got on Etsy

from Details by Des.

I'll let you in on a secret...

I was having a little anxiety about whether my client

would like this one, because the background stripe

is a bit more bold for a design option.

{Personally, it was my favorite one, so I put an "A" button on that one.}

Guess what?

She loved all them...

so I'll have to make myself another one,

with a striped background and an "A" for Amy.

{Or maybe an "e" for eamylove?}

For the pinnie

it was too hard to decided which side was the top,

and which would be the bottom.

That's why there's a "A" on one side...

and a "Z" on the other!

So now I have a sweet new sewing friend,

who is a kindergarten teacher

with an eye for pincushion design.

By the way...

I made a note in my sewing journal, 

so I can remember that the DMC floss #844

Ultra Dark Beaver Gray

is a perfect match for this line.

Because I'm already plotting and planning

my next project for the rest of those charm squares!

{Ooooh...wouldn't this line make a sweet sewing kit, too?}