Leonies pincushion and mine arrived too

Some of you may remember this post, where Leonie and I decided to make each other pincushions after the Foxs Lane swap was finished. Well Leonie got in quick and made an amazing pincushion that was so fabulous I was completely overwelmed. But then went into panic mode... how can I make something as good as that? And so began the thinking and planning and sketching and waking up at 4am with a great idea...more sketching...

 but here it is, and here I was thinking I had come up with the amazing idea, on my own, of making a pincushion AND a little thread catcher... but alas all the great ideas are already taken...

I used an embroidery hoop to keep the bag open ...

I embroidered the thread catcher -just doodle stitching ( stitching without a pattern) which I have always been to scared to try..

and on the back of the pincushion is a little pocket made from fabric Leonie sent me another time:

with a special little poem I wrote inside...

Thanks Leonie for letting my imaginaton run free and thanks Kate for starting all this pincushion business. By the way, mine arrived and I love it, from Tracey and yes, look closely and you will see some lovely heart shaped pins!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! See Tracey, I am already using it.