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.

The Guldie Fertility Totem Pincushion Arrives.

For those of you who read this great blog, you would know that Leonie and I decided to do our own pincushion swap. Outside of the Foxs lane which Kate has organised so wonderfully. Well Leonie made me the most wonderful 'pincushion'. She arrived on Monday and she is just lovely.  I was a bit overwelmed when I got her, (as were our dinner guests and everyone else who has come to our house since- everyone loves her).by her size, even though i saw the pictures, i thought she would be about 15cm tall- she is huge- I love her so much and I cannot believe someone I have never met in real life went to so much trouble for me. I am truely humbled by Leonies loveliness. I couldn't possibly stick pins in her- she has a few well placed peircings but it somehow feels like if I were to treat her as only a pincushion - well it would be disrespecting her... so she is going to be my mascot. She will sit in my sewing room, on my desk ( out of Busy's reach) watching over me, protecting me from sewing rage - you know when you sew something back to front , inside out, wrong etc... or is that just me) and just generally sending love and good feelings my way..... I think Leonie would like that....

Now, rather than try to top that- because how could I will be going down a completely different road. I will show you as soon as its finished... wish me luck...gulp...