Sit & Stitch Pincushion

This is yet another completed project from last year (only a couple more left, I swear!).

It is the "Sit & Stitch Pincusion" from Cindy Taylor Oates (of Taylor Made Designs). My mother-in-law gave me the pattern for Christmas. I was so smitten with it, I jumped in and finished one that weekend.

Shopping my stash, I found a happy array of fabrics and and then got to work.

I did a couple things differently than the pattern suggested based upon the supplies I had on hand:

• Used woven interfacing (Pellon SF101) rather than the Pellon 808 called for in the pattern.
• I made my bias binding the old-fashioned way as I didn't have a bias making thingy of the correct size.

Both changes seemed to work well.

The whole thing came together in an afternoon.

It is designed to drape over the arm of a chair or couch. I think it is going to be perfect next time I'm downstairs doing some stitching in front of the television! (Note to self: find a project to work on in front of the tv!)