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June 13, 2020
Pincushion Parade Paper Piecing from Life in the Scrapatch


Here is my pincushion for Day 12 of the 




Today's pattern is a foundation paper pieced block from



who has generously made these free for personal use. 


This is Block 10 in Leila's 52 Block Patterns

I love foundation paper piecing for placing fabrics perfectly.

I have learned a few things in my foundation paper piecing journey
so I am sharing what works best for me.


Tip 1:

I like to use foundation paper for printing as I find it is easier to remove
and ...

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June 11, 2020
I Like Thursday # 59 ~ I Like Color from Life in the Scrapatch



I Like the Colors of the World


My roses of many colors are blooming.


I like roses and their perfect buds.


This perfect bud is Rosa "New Dawn"


It is now a perfect bloom.


I like the colors of these tiny rose bud prints from the 

Catalina Fabric Collection by Fig Tree Quilts

I think I want to make a log cabin quilt with these. 


I used these for my pincushion today for the

Day 11 ~ Pincushion Parade Blog Hop @ DaybrookDesigns

For my pincushion, I used the


Foundation Pieced Pincushion Tutorial
 @ Lois & Clark Connection


I foundation pieced the back, too ...

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June 10, 2020
Pincushion Parade Blog Hop ~ Day 10 from Life in the Scrapatch


Here is my Day 10 Pincushion for the
#PincushionParadeBlogHop

Today's host had a simple and easy and fun one. 



I decided it was perfect to feature a large scale print. 
This fabric is


Here is my basic pincushion.
It is lovely as is,but I decided to embellish 
with handmade yo-yos and a button.


Here are my yo-yos.
I used the large white button to gather the center of the smaller one to make it round.


Here was the plan for the front.


Here ...

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Catching Up With the Pincushion Parade from Life in the Scrapatch



Here are my Pincushions on Parade for Days 1-9 of the


Pincushion Parade Blog Hop @ DayBrook Designs

The Pincushion Parade was starting to pass me by,
but I am happy to say I am all caught up!


Here is today's Pincushion

Applique Heart @ Steph Jacobson Designs


I really enjoyed this one as it used up some small scraps,
mostly Handmade fabrics by Bonnie & Camille.


The raw edge applique heart is a scrap of an Amanda Herring fabric.
It is also puffy!
I tucked a ball of polyfil in just before I closed the applique.
This may be my favorite ...

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June 7, 2020
Pincushion Parade ~ Day 6 ~ Chevron Pincushion from Life in the Scrapatch



Here is my Day 6 Pincushion Parade Pincushion


I used only the scraps saved from the 




Click below for this free 



I used a piece of the border stripe and other scraps to make a pieced back
and added a wooden butterfly button.
I love these sunflower fabrics and colors.
I still have all the yardage left to make a quilt.

Linking up today with


Are you sewing along with the Pincushion Parade?

I love making these little quilty treasures.

Looking forward to tomorrow ...

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June 6, 2020
Stars and Waterwheels ~ Summer is Here from Life in the Scrapatch



Here is my Day 5 pincushion for the 



Today's pattern was this lovely 



I added a pieced back to this pincushion with some of my scraps.


I had these Summery Fabrics out to make a block for a 
friend who won a block lotto.


The block of the month was this
New Waterwheel Block @ Quilters' Cache
and we were to use a white background with fabrics that said ocean or lake to us.
This fabric design is called  "Seafloor Garden"
and the color is "marine."
This was ...

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June 3, 2020
Cathedral Pincusion ~ Pincushion Parade Blog Hop from Life in the Scrapatch


Here is my Day 2 Pincushion! 


I am sewing along with the 



This pattern may be found in the link below ... 



Here is the back of my pincushion.


I used some of my stash of Minki Kim Fabrics
for this pretty pincushion.

Today is Day 3 of the Blog Hop and today's host is 


I shall be sewing this one later today.

Tomorrow is my first day to host in the

#PincushionParadeBlogHop 


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June 1, 2020
Pin ... Sew ... Pin from Life in the Scrapatch


I am sewing along with the ...



our featured host today is 


Kathy has a fun and easy Four Patch Pincushion for us to sew today.
So I found some fabric and sewed along!



This was a quick project ... less than and hour from fabric finding to finish.


 This pincushion was made a gifty for a certain
Star Wars loving girl I know.

Guess who?



Pincushions make great gifts for friends who stitch and sew.

Are you sewing along?

#PincushionParadeBlgHop


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