Right before I left for my vacation, I received a lovely treat in the mail. Michael Miller had sent me some of Laura Gunn’s new line, Edges. This line, with the exception of a few focal prints, a line of bright, saturated blender prints. I knew right away that I wanted to work with that COLOR.
I decided this week that I wasn’t quite ready to truly sew yet but I did want to play with fabric. So I searched through some of my favorite crafting books at home and found the Blossom Pincushion from I heart Patchwork. I’ve been meaning to make one of these for forever.
I searched a few places for that palette and was finally able to find them at Hobby Lobby at the tip of a friend. They are the plastic version but it is still really lovely. Plus it is inexpensive! $2!
My goal when making this, was to marry to the two ideas together, the blossom paint palette pincushion and this new line Edges. I laid out all of the fabrics and chose a set of 6 cohesive colors that gave me a rainbow palette. One of Laura’s Blender lines is called Painter’s Canvas and I could think of nothing more perfect than a painter’s palette filled with her fabrics.
I don’t want to give away any details of the pattern because it is part of a published book (one that is well worth owning if you don’t already!). Suffice it to say, this pattern is PERFECT for charm squares. I used the template and made a vellum one of my own. I traced the circle around the back of each square I chose.
I cut out the six circles. Don’t they look pretty together?!
Then….a couple hours later (due to some chainsaw oil on my glue gun…don’t ask) I had a lovely pincushion!
I love how the fabric looks like real paint in the palette. Such a great blend of concepts. And that sweet center is just perfect for items like buttons.
I love camping in the bush – most relaxing holiday there is!
You are so generous. I love the colours in this new line. I am looking forward to Koi.
My favourite place to vacation is India 🙂
Thanks for the lovely giveaway! I can't wait for Briar Rose by Heather Ross. wonderlandbyalyce at gmail dot com
Favorite vacation spot is Panama, which is where my husband is from. Thanks! wonderlandbyalyce at gmail dot com
I don't know what's coming out, but I love Saltwater!
I'm looking forward to have in my hands Madhuri, I fell in love with these exotic prints.
My favorite place for vacation right now is cruising, since I have a 2yo and it's the best place to visit a lot of places without the hassle of transfer and lot of hours of car or plane.
I love your pincushion! I am most looking forward to Acacia by Tula Pink…I really wish I could be at market to get some! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
My fave place to vacation is in Hawaii, any of the islands but especially Maui 🙂
I'm really looking forward to "Simply Style". I think it will go really well with "Simply Color".
I don't have a favorite place to vacation, but I can tell you that I loved Hawaii and Greece!
Silent Cinema was one of my favourite lines – was it last year or the year before. And I LOVE Architexture. I haven't seen a lot of what's coming up this fall. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway.
My favourite vacation spot is Canada's east coast. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are beautiful and interesting. Newfoundland is like being in another country. And then there is sweet PEI…
I love the painter's canvas and the looks of the rest of this line!
I like to vacation anywhere, really. Some top places are Duluth, MN, the Badlands of North Dakota, and the Rocky Mountains. My all time favorite vacation was to Brazil. I would go back again and again.
My favorite new fabric is Edges I just love it but it won't be out here in the UK for ages.
My favorite place to vacation is Tenerife. Just love it.
Don't have a fabric I'm looing forward to coming out, because any fabric I can get my hands on is my favortie.
Best vacation ever is one hubby and I took to the upper east coastline. We flew into Boston, from there, no plans, no reservations, just get in the car and go. It was fantastic.
Im still in love with Katies Jump Rope by Denise Schmidt.
We just got back from a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. We had a great time.
I would like to vacation on the North Shore of Lake Superior…I would bring my sewing machine and use Amy Butler fabric. Lucy
I really like Carnaby by Art Gallery.
My dream vacation is to go to Italy.
I am always looking for something new from Amy Butler!
Spent some time in Ireland 23 years ago…would love to go back!
I love the pin cushions. very nice and I have one of those trays. Smile.
for fabrics I am thinking any lines with marbled fabrics right now.
Vacations are fun anytime anywhere. I love going to camp with my sewing machine or any road trips that take me a quilt show.
Australia would be my dream
I love lori Holts new line Bake Sale.
My favorite vacation spot is Daytona Beach and then a trip to Disney and staying at Wilderness Resort
Geeky Chic is one I am looking for. There are several I would love to make projects with but I am not much into lines. I just like certain prints. Very seldom do I find more than one or two in a line that I think I have to have.
My favorite vacation is camping any where in northern Michigan. Nothing beats sitting around a camp fire on a summer evening.
Laura Gunn's Pickled Pear Lane collection is an old favorite.
I can't wait for Briarpatch and Collage, though Briarpatch has the distinct edge! 🙂
Best vacation in recent years was staying at a beach hotel on the boardwalk at Virginia Beach in September. The weather is still nice, and it's less crowded.
I live in a vacation destination state, but haven't been on a vacation in years. I would say it would be nice to get home to NY–that would be my favorite vacation.
"Collage", just can't wait!! Your pin cushion is a beauty!
"Collage", just can't wait!! Your pin cushion is a beauty!
After many years of fun traveling all over the USA. I would have to say my absolute favorite place to spend a vacation is Home Sweet Home. It's true. I am most relaxed and happy at home.
This looks like a great new line! Thanks!
I'm waiting for Lush Uptown to get here in July. I loved the original so this will be a treat.
This pin cushion is jut too adorable.
Thanks for a chance to win.
I am loving Konas Solids right now.
My favorite places to vacation is Boyne Mtn, MI
We like to go in early fall and the leaves are lovely. It is a beautiful and serene place to relax and recuperate
I have been admiring this line as it has been popping up in blog land!
That looks like a fun line. I'm excited for the new V & Co line, Simply Style, to come out.
The fabric I'm most looking forward to is Victoria Findlay Wolfe's "Sonnet" line due out in the fall. Can't wait!
And where I most like to vacation is the beach; any beach, really, but my current favorite is a little place up the coast from Rio de Janeiro, called Arrial do Cabo. Lovely white sands, gorgeous turquoise waters, and flanked by green Atlantic rain forest — gorgeous!!
Oh! How pretty! I just bought a fat quarter set of both the stripes and the dots (not sure what else to call them) in Hipster. I love the colors and the possibilities. Thanks for a chance to win.
Hi: In Costa Rica the fabric collections are so expensive, so I can´t use only fabric collections, but Robert Kauffman is one I like.
I like go in vacations at Nacascolo Beach, Guanacaste.
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