Monday 15 July 2013

Toffee pincushion

Have you checked out Le Challenge yet?  It is the brainchild of Lucy at Charm About You and Nat at Made in Home, and is a monthly challenge and link-up.

When I read that the challenge for July was "toffee", my first thought was "mmm, sticky toffee pudding...", and my second thought was "huh?!".  Toffee is a pretty delicious inspiration word, but it was also quite tricky to come up with something suitably toffee-ish.

Toffee pincushion

In the end I went pretty literal with this pincushion that is intended to look like a wrapped toffee.  It was very hard to cut into this very adorable Heather Ross fabric, but to me it was a lovely rich toffee colour that I just couldn't go past for this project.

Toffee Pincushion

This was a pretty quick project to whip up, and it was fun to use my long dormant gathering skills (last used many years ago when I sewed clothes).  However, I'm not completely satisfied with how this turned out - the stuffed part doesn't fill out the "wrapper" quite as nicely as I would have liked and frankly, it's not a terribly practical pincushion.  I'm still pleased I gave it a go though.

Did you make anything for the July Le Challenge? And do you have a major craving for toffee now?

Linking up with:

Better Off Thread  Le Challenge  

23 comments:

Nat at Made in Home said...

I love it! A clever! Thanks for participating!

Lisa said...

I really love pincushionss! This is really a cute!

Kelli Fannin Quilts said...

Cutest pin cushion EVER! Love it!!

Susan said...

Can I say "It's very 'sweet'!" ?? I admire you for having a go!

nicole said...

Aww, i think it's cute! Great work!

DeborahGun said...

really cute! I made the most of being in Singapore this weekend and went to Marks and Spencers and bought a bag of toffees - all wrapped up looking just like yours :-)

Erica said...

I think it is adorable! That fabric choice is such a great color, I love it.

Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation said...

that is so cute! what great fabrics for the toffee challenge. They look perfect!

:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

Vera said...

Fun and yummy :-)

heart of charnwood said...

Very cute, and incredibly brave to chop into the HR!:o)

Dianne Neale said...

Such a clever idea!

Made by Mrs Jones x said...

Great idea - are the end long enough to add some velcro so you can fasten it round your wrist?

AmandaK@whatthebobbin said...

LOVE your pin cushion! That HR fabric is perfect :) I think you need an owl pin for your cushion now :)

andri. said...

Looks fun! And hey, now you can stare at the pretty HR fabric more frequently:)

Indigo Blue said...

This is a fun make. I ran out of time too much oat work but I had cut out a sweet type idea but it is still in pieces. I shall have a go at the next challenge.
X

Kris said...

Super cute. I can see a small one with longer wrapper ends that can go around your wrist for a wrist cushion. Love the fabric too.

Annabella said...

Haha - genius Adrianne!

Mina said...

Love this fabric! What a rich colored brown.

Indianna said...

Brilliant idea...that fabric is scrumptious...like toffee...my link was a bit more spurious!

Indianna said...

Brilliant idea...that fabric is scrumptious...like toffee...my link was a bit more spurious!

Christine said...

What a great idea! It is so cute. And I love toffee.

Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD said...

Dropped by from BOT Sew Cute Tues and in the photo link your pin cushion looked like a toffee to me before I even read your post - so that has to be a good thing! So cute :)

Michelle said...

That is CUTE! :-)