Here we are at Week #3
in the Zakka Style Sew Along!
If you are just tuning in,
check out the LRStitched post here.
This week's project was the one that "had me at hello" for this book!
As soon as I saw it, I knew I would be making one of my very own.
The contributor for the project is
Sonia Cantie,
and her blog of beauty is cozyhomemaking.typepad.com.
{Go and say hello!}
{Here is a photo of my pincushion next to a photo of Sonia's pincushion.}
I'm going to indulge myself and show you a BUNCH of photos
of this tiny little project, because she was such a good little model!
I recently purchased a bit of this sweet linen print from Heather Ross's
Far Far Away III line for Kokka.
I loved it for its powdery blue background
and most especially for the little dandelions,
waiting for wishes.
Next I noticed the bits of orange and the life they introduced.
I brought out my scraps of Aviary by Joel Dewberry,
in one of the original colorways.
The broad stripe begged to come along into this project!
I featured it on the back,
adding a covered button from another print within the same Aviary line.
Sonia's lovely example used a stamp to create a patch of goodness,
but I didn't have a stamp handy that felt right.
{Plus...I haven't stamped anything for so long that my ink had dried up!}
Instead, I made a "postage stamp" bit of applique,
zigzagging it into place.
A scrap of lace brought some frothy cuteness...
And I put this lovely wee dragonfly to use,
in a place of honor on the little applique.
Charming, yes?
{That must be why they call them "charms".}
Once it was stuffed to a squeezy plumpness,
I stitched up the opening
and admired my lovely little
Far Far Away pincushion.
{I actually admired it from close close up!}
I think it came straight out of a
seamstress's storybook.
If you love this fairy tale star, you can purchase it from
