I'm on a bit of a vintage journey as I treated myself to this pretty pincushion made by my talented friend Sue, of 'Fancy That'. I've got to say I never buy pretty things for myself but....
I love the lattice saucer and Sue's pretty pins! She doesn't have a website or a blog, so sadly I can't share a link. Sue only sells her work at local craft fairs but I have her contact details.
Having looked at pins, can we move on to needles? ( Did you get that neat word play, took me all of 10 mins to work that one out!)
A very helpful lady at Forge Mill Needle Museum saved the day for me this week. I've been desperately searching for single packs of size 12 quilting and 11 Milliner's needles. I've trawled the internet, but nobody seems to stock the tiny sizes I wanted. Then I remembered a great visit to the museum some years ago, and rang them. No problem for them at all! The needles arrived today, neatly packed. If you 're interested in textiles, Forge Mill is fascinating.
I'm working on some stitchery projects incorporating very small English paper pieces.I wasn't happy with the threads and needle sizes I've been using for piecing, my stitches are much too big and clunky, as you can see!
See how teeny the quilting needle is! (This is a small Clover, thimble). Am I going to regret this?!
Here are both types of tiny needle together in one of my hexies. The milliner's looks gigantic against that wee quilting needle, doesn't it? When you see it on it's own, though, it's really, really fine.
I'm now looking forward to my new 'Superior' sewing threads arriving, and seeing how they affect my stitching. They've come highly recommended for applique and EPP so I'm interested to see how they perform. Has anyone else used them?x
And yet another thing we have in common! Thrifting! (that's what we call it here) You really can find some wonderful treasures in second-hand stores. And I also love your beautiful teacup pincushion. I also have a weakness for vintage teacups! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteyou lucky girl with your charity shop buys, I never find things for stitching etc. The tea cup and saucer are delightful and look so good as a pin cushion.
ReplyDeleteWondering what you are making with your EPP, can see the tiny needles will be great, I use milliners needle a lot for bullion work and also beading which is not really my thing but tend to put beads on my CQ blocks
Isn't it great to find charity shop treasures? I love your little stars, they look so Christmassy!
ReplyDeleteI thought quilting needles were long, to take several stitches before pulling through - is that a different sort of quilting?
ReplyDeleteGreat finds in the shop sweets! I love that pincushion. How pretty!
ReplyDeleteYour paper piecing is so fun! I think you will enjoy the Superior threads I've heard lots of good things about them.
What fantastic finds. I just love that teacup pincushion, what a beautiful thing to display in your sewing room. I enjoy using a tiny needle when I am doing delicate stitching I bet you will be really pleased with it - after you get the tiny eye threaded of course!
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