Wednesday, January 23

Little Mouse punch needle~

 "Spring Stitches" Little Mouse Collection copyright 2019

Hi Sweet Friends!
I hope your New Year is off to a great start~

My furry little friend has one of the coziest perches in the house!
How I love to gather and use vintage pincushions.
Especially tomato & strawberry pinkeeps.
Every sewing basket that I can remember (and there were a lot of them)
had a bright red tomato, with matching emery sand strawberry, tucked inside. 
I would pull them out and straighten all of the pins~
Organize the straight pins by color, the needles by size.
Then I would dig to the basket bottom and find all of the buttons~
String them together with thread by size & type.
Gram, mom, neighbors & aunts were probably happy for a quiet minute!


This little Sparrow was a joy to design & punch~
It took me as long to add the mini pom pom trim and
flannel backing as it did to punch the entire piece!
I admire the talent and attention to detail that folks put into
finishing their works. I'm going to make a better effort to finish
each of my punch needle works a little differently.
I framed mine for years... dust free & protected from pets.

 "Peppermint Stroll" copyright 2018

These snow friends are in the 2019 Christmas-Winter issue of
Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine
I added a little tutorial on how I achieve a plush and velvety texture by
punching with a longer loop and snip the very tips off.


I found the vintage trim for 'Peppermint Stroll' at a local thrift shop.

 "Winter Perch" copyright 2019

Rug Hooking Magazine is celebrating their 30th year of publication!
I was honored when they asked me to share an
article and punch needle pattern~
Winter is so much warmer with these loud friends at the feeder!



Hope you're all staying cozy and that your hearts are happy~
Thank you for visiting, Friends



6 comments:

acorn hollow said...

I just can not get the hang of the punch needle. Yours is so lovely
Cathy

Sheryl Parsons said...

These are so delightful! I love punch needle, but never take the time. Sheryl

elaine allerton said...

All ur designs are gorgeous, ,,,
Love the last one in the rug magazine,,,
Would be a challenge for me,,, but may try it this winter!
Thanks for sharing,,,,,

Dicky Bird said...

Just beautiful! I've needle punched a small sampler at a class and enjoyed it. I'm a felter and enjoy rug hooking too. Seems needle punch is the next thing....thanks for the inspiration.

Robin in Virginia said...

What fabulous pieces you have created! Hope you are keeping warm!

Debra said...

These are all so sweet! I'm so glad you are busy and doing this lovely art!