Allison Wise :

I'm making Just Nan's "Nosegay" into a pincushion using a wooden Shaker pincushion base.

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Martina wrote from Duisburg,Germany:

I have stitched some Filagree Fancies,and I made lavender-sachets from them, backing them with leftovers from satins and silks, stuffing them with lavender and rose potpourries, sewing a beatiful trim around the edges, and topping the whole with an arrangement of silk-roses (very tiny ones) organdy-ribbons and some strings of matching beads. Looks great! I hang them here and there on the wall,or in a closet, or maybe, good friends will get them as a gift ... Or, you could finish them all in the same size, and sew them together like a stitched patchwork,divided by a matching band or so...

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Michelle A. Berteig added:

I've stitched a couple of these also, including My Fair Ladybug, which I framed in a matte gold frame with a medium blue suede mat which makes the design look "icy". My second choice would have been the rose suede mat. The second one I did I finished as a small round purse mirror. I got one as a free gift for subscribing to Mary Hickmott's New Stitches magazine. The design was the perfect size for the mirror, you iron iron-on backing onto the back, cut it out, and put it together--the whole thing just snaps together, very easy.

Actually, I thought these would make nice gifts and I found out that the US office for New Stitches (in Georgia, but I don't have the address haandy at the moment) will sell the mirrors, I think the price was $8 each, and they come in a nice suede fabric case.

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Terri Carl added:

I put the first two in matching little gold frames and hung them in my daughter's room. I have the third one to do now (the swan piece) and I don't know what to do with it — maybe I'll just find another frame ...

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From: Meredith
Date: 28 Jun 1998

I just made a pillow with corded edges! First, you want to make the actual pillow: measure your backing fabric, and sew the two sides together, making sure you round the edges. By that I mean, starting at about 1 - 1 1/2 inches before the corner, begin to turn your fabric so you have a rounded corner instead of a straight one, it looks much better when you're all finished. I usually stitch around the whole thing twice, just to make sure it doesn't come undone. Oh, and don't forget to leave a whole at the bottom of the pillow to stuff the pillow form in. Once you have the pillow stuffed, then stitch up the bottom whole by hand, but leave a space big enough to stuff the ends of the cord thru. Okay, now sew the cord around the edge by hand, starting and ending at the hole you left. You stuff the ends of the cord into the hole, stitch it up, and presto! A corded pillow!