PROJECT

log cabin
WINTER WINTER 2011 2011

name pincushion

skirt

byby AYUMI MARTHA MCQUADE

Project photo on page 39; instructions WEB PROJECT Project photo on on page 71 of Stitch Winter 2008 page 43 of Stitch Winter 2011.

TAKAHASHI

Get creative with leftover fabric scraps to make this handy pincushion. Made from eight assorted scraps for the log cabin pieced front and a felt back, it sews up in no time.

FABRIC
8 assorted print cotton fabric scraps ranging from 114" x 112" (3.2 x 3.8 cm) to 114" x 412" (3.2 x 11.5 cm) for log cabin piecing Felt scrap, at least 5" x 612" (12.5 x 16.5 cm) for log cabin center and backing (shown: blue)

Mini iron Point turner or similar tool (such as a chopstick) Log Cabin Pincushion template on page 2.

FINISHED SIZE
About 4" x 4" (10 x 10 cm)

OTHER SUPPLIES
One 5" x 5" (12.5 x 12.5 cm) square of lightweight fusible interfacing Cotton sewing thread to match or coordinate with fabric Handsewing needle Polyester fiberfill Rotary cutter, rigid acrylic ruler, and selfhealing mat Removable fabric pen or tape

NOTES
All seam allowances are 14" (6 mm) unless otherwise noted. For explanations of terms and techniques, see Sewing Basics at interweavestitch.com/ sewingbasics.
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WINTER 2011

log cabin

pincushion

6 Place the felt backing piece on top of the

completed log cabin piece, with right sides together, and pin in place. From the log cabin side, sew together along all edges, leaving a 2" (5 cm) opening on one of the edges. Trim all corners and the excess interfacing. the opening. Push out all corners from the inside with a point turner or similar tool. Fill the pincushion with polyester fiberfill, a small amount at a time. Start with the two corners farthest from the opening and fill it all the way to make it firm. Turn in the seam allowances at the opening and then handstitch the opening closed with a slipstitch.

NOTES When preparing to print templates, make sure that you are printing it at 100% and that there is no scaling. Check the settings for page scaling (should be None) and check the preview to make sure that you will be printing at full size. Make sure that the box labeled Auto-Rotate and Center is unchecked (instructions apply specifically to Adobe Reader; if using another PDF reader, check for similar settings). To ensure that the template has printed at the correct scale, check the size of the TEST SQUARE. The Test Square should be 1" 1" (2.5 2.5 cm).

7 Turn the pincushion right side out through

TEST SQUARE
1" 1" [2.5 2.5 cm]

CUT THE FABRIC

each piece on the wrong side with the indicated number, using a removable fabric pen or tape): From assorted print cotton fabric scraps, cut; One 114" x 112" (3.2 x 3.8 cm) rectangle (#2) Two 114" x 214" (3.2 x 5.5 cm) rectangles (#3, 4) Two 114" x 3" (3.2 x 7.5 cm) rectangles (#5, 6) Two 114" x 334" (3.2 x 9.5 cm) rectangles (#7, 8) One 114" x 412" (3.2 x 11.5 cm) rectangle (#9) From the felt, cut: One 112" x 112" (3.8 x 3.8 cm) square (#1) One 412" x 412" (11.5 x 11.5 cm) square for backing

AYUMI TAKAHASHI is passionate about

1 Cut the following pieces as directed (label

creating things from scratch and shares her craft projects and easy sewing tutorials on her blog, Pink Penguin, at ayumills.blogspot.com.

LOG CABIN PINCUSHION

TEMPLATE

ASSEMBLE THE PINCUSHION

2 Using the provided template, draw the
necessary lines on the nonadhesive side of the lightweight interfacing (use a lightbox or bright window to facilitate tracing the template onto the interfacing). Make sure the template is centered under the interfacing piece before tracing so that a margin of interfacing is left around the outer edge of the template lines. fusible side of the lightweight interfacing in the center (according to the manufacturers instructions), covering all lines surrounding the drawn #1 square.

3 Use a mini iron to fuse felt piece #1 on the

1 (felt) 3 2

4 Position piece #2 on top of the felt piece

(#1) with right sides together, aligning one long edge of #2 with the bottom edge of the felt piece. Flip the work over to the wrong side and sew along the line between #1 and #2. Flip the work back to the right side, and press #2 out, fusing the wrong side of the #2 piece to the corresponding section of interfacing. piece in order to finish a log cabin consisting of 9 pieces.

5 Repeat the process in Step 4 to add each

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