Last summer I bought myself a Singer Futura sewing and embroidery machine – a splurge I had been waiting years to make. My old knitting needles haven’t seen the light of day since I got it – but it’s been so long since I’ve done any real sewing that I’m kinda out of practice. So I’ve been finding easy and fast projects to get myself back in the habit.

In the fall I made the prettiest aqua and red pincushion – and then ran out of regular fiberfill as I was stuffing it. So I made up the difference with cotton balls and kleenex – a huge mistake. Did you know that pins won’t go through cotton balls and kleenex? Neither did I.

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