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How to Make a Wrist Pincushion and Stay Out of Trouble

September 22, 2016 By Faith 2 Comments

Wrist pincushion 2

Weird title, right?

What does making a pincushion and staying out of trouble have to do with each other??

Let me explain.

As you know, I have mentioned teaching a sewing class at my church. One Saturday as I was helping one of my younger students individually, I felt a tap over the head with a yard stick. I looked up and my precious mentor had been the one to capture my attention. At first I thought she was just goofing around but then realized that I had broken a cardinal rule of a sewing teacher. I’ve sewn for forty plus of my almost sixty years and I had done a very bad, bad thing as a sewing teacher. It is something I have done all my sewing life but would have never wanted my students to know. I had a pin in my mouth!

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Sewing Kit for Christmas

September 11, 2016 By Faith Leave a Comment

Christmas will be here in fifteen short weeks! Can you believe it?! It’s very difficult to believe when we’ve had 90+ degree temps here in Georgia for almost 80 days.  Oh my goodness, I am so ready for a dip in the thermometer. What better way to forget the heat and humidity than to think of Christmas!

Our sewing ministry is planning to sew for, collect items, and put together 25 boxes for Operation Christmas Child this year.  I’m not sure when the deadline is for the boxes, but I’m sure it is towards the end of October or early November. I’ll post a few of our projects here as we get them together.

Today I got out the Mod Podge, scrapbook paper, and recycled cigar tin to make a little sewing kit for an older OCC child box.

Sewing kit

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