Spindle Pincushion, Pinkeep and Strawberry Emery... This beautiful project features a Victorian-style pincushion replica; a copy of an antique spindle pincushion dated circa the mid to late 1800s.
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I’ve used delicious silks and overdyes of leaf greens and rosy reds with some sparkling white beadwork for the strawberry flowers. The wooden spindle base is about 6.5" tall and is hand-made of alder wood. It has wooden pegs for decorative thread spools, a turned spindle and then another round platform for the stuffed cushion. (Alternatively, you could finish this pattern with the Mahogany Pincushion Tray.) I’ve included several matching strawberry smalls to hang from top: a strawberry pinkeep and an embroidered ‘strawberry emery’, that can be used to sharpen your needles if stuffed with emery sand. What a wonderful way to reach through the centuries to our shared needlework past with our needlework sisters! - Thea
Pincushion top:
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Design area: 58w x 58h (4.1” wide x 4.1” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Light Sand:
- Cut fabric: 9“ wide x 9” high for finishing
Pinkeep Front:
- Design Area: 36w x 34h (2.6” wide x 2.4” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Light Sand:
- Cut fabric: 4.5“ wide x 4.5” high for finishing
Strawberry:
- Design area: 55w x 31h (3.9” wide x 2.2” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Light Sand:
- Cut fabric: 6“ wide x 4” high for finishing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk #053 “Granny Smith” - greens lt
- Kreinik Mori #1117 - red med
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white
- Gloriana silk #073 “Cottage Woods” - multi
- Needlepoint Inc. #448 - red lt
- Gloriana silk #117 “Elizabethan Green” - greens dk
- Kreinik #4 Braid #3215 - metallic green
- Needlepoint Inc. #226 - red dk
- SJ Designs seed bead #11053 - white
- Mill Hill seed bead #62041 - yellow
- #24 Tapestry Needle
- #10 short Beading Needle
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Light Sand
Suggested Finishing Materials:
Optional: Get your own Wooden Pincushion form and Wool Roving to finish this project! This design fits into both wooden Spindle Pincushion, and our Mahogany Tray Pincushion. If you'd rather use other materials or tools for finishing, feel free to do so!
- Genuine Wool Roving to stuff Pincushion
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Spindle Pincushion OR Mahogany Tray Pincushion
- DMC #12 Perle Cotton #ecru
- Cotton sewing thread (contrast & match linen fabric)
- 1/8" wide Satin Ribbon - green dk
- 4 “ w x 12” h - Backing fabric (cotton - matching to linen),
- 3” x 3” piece - Wool Felt (colour of your choice),
- 4 ply Mat Board (Acid-Free)
- 2 ply Mat Board (Acid-Free)
- Polyester Fibre Fill
- Straight Pins (silk and quilters)
- Aileen’s Tacky Glue
- Freezer Paper
- Water Soluble Marking pen OR Quilters chalk pencil
- sharp paper scissors
- Iron
- Rotary cutter, clear plastic ruler, and cutting mat.
Stitches Used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Back Stitch
- Algerian Eyelet
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