This week's Zakka project was a pretty basic little pincushion, designed by Sonia Cantie of
cozyhomemaking. What really caught my interest was the hand-stamped cotton tape that was stitched on the front. I actually did a little etsy window-shopping to see if I could find some stamped tape I liked. I mentioned my search to my friend
Marci and she promptly suggested I make my own! What a novel thought.
A quick bing search brought me to Jennifer Rizzo's blog post,
Tie a muslin ribbon 'round the old oak tree.... Her simple tutorial made it sound easy, so I went to Joann's on my lunch break and picked up the ink Jennifer suggested. I already had some rubber stamps I thought would be fun to try. And in about 5 minutes that evening, I'd stamped up some lengths of linen scraps. Perfect.
Rather that purchase lacey trim, I happened to have a French General selvage I'd saved, so I folded under the raw edges, and stitched it in place. And thanks to Granny's button tin, I found a button to cover. So in no time, my little Zakka pincushion was done!
I'll once again be linking up Sunday with Zakka Along Week 3 at LRstitched.
20 comments:
It looks fab, and great job on the stamping. I shall have to hunt through all my stamps for the perfect one...
Great pincushion, Debbie! I think the selvedge was a fun touch!
Super cool!! I never would have thought of stamping my own tape! Love this project :)
It's so cute!
Love the stamp, too!
I love it! That stamping looks fantastic, great idea :o)
Very cute debbie! the stamp is great and i love the neutral colors you chose. i want to start stamping on everything... now i just need to find some stamps i like.
your HST quilt is gorgeous Debbie. The little pin cushion very cute----and the muffins are one of my favs
This is really sweet! I love the hand stamping. Great job! I'm going to try to make my pincushion tonight, but I don't think it will have as many bells and whistles as yours. :)
Very cool! I love the selvedge and stamped ribbon touches.
Very cute! I love the little stamp.
So cute! The stamping looks great!
I love your pin cushion! The Distress Ink is great stuff too. I have just started using it myself.
KILLING me with the cuteness! That spool of thread stamp is awesome :-)
Love this, Debbie...such a cute stamp. I don't have any yet, so I had to go stampless on this one.
What a great idea stamping on a slevedge! Looks so cute!
Love your pincushion! And thank you for the fabric tape stamping inspiration!
Love it! I really like what you did for the lace part.
And, I never heard of the distress ink. Very pretty! Gives a soft touch to the color.
Fantastic! I think YOU could sell your tape on Etsy! Let me know if you ever list it...
Somehow I missed this one - very cute! Love the stamping.
So glad you tried the stamping, it turned out fabulous and so sophisticated! I love it!
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