Description
A scattering of bright wool and velvet circles, each ringed in dense embroidery, turns an ordinary pincushion into a small piece of folk art. Pink, orange, purple, and red flowers and dots sit layered across soft green wool, drawing on Sue Spargo's signature mix of appliqué, layering, and hand embellishment. Finished, it brings a vivid pop of color to a sewing table, shelf, or stitching basket, and works as well for display as for actual pins.
What the Pattern Includes
This listing is for the printed paper pattern only. Wool, velvet, thread, and notions are not included.
The pattern provides full-size templates, step-by-step construction, and a stitch placement diagram for building the pincushion through wool and velvet appliqué and layering. The embroidery stitches are taught separately: the Creative Stitching book (sold separately) is needed for the stitch instructions.
What You'll Need
The pincushion is worked in hand-dyed wool for the background and backing, with wool and velvet for the layered circles, a button center, and a cotton lining. Embellishment uses three Sue Spargo thread lines: Ellana wool appliqué thread, Efina cotton appliqué thread, and Eleganza perle cotton. The pattern lists the exact colors on the materials panel.
Perfect For
- Stitchers who enjoy wool appliqué and hand embroidery and want a small project they can finish
- Anyone practicing the layering of wool and velvet and adding dimensional embellishment stitches
- A handmade gift for a sewing friend, or a bright accent for your own sewing space
- Owners of Sue Spargo's Creative Stitching looking for a quick way to use the stitches
Why You'll Love This Pattern
For such a small project, the Circle Play Pincushion behaves like a sampler. Each circle is its own little study: a different scale, a different combination of wool and velvet, a different ring of embroidery around the edge. The result packs eight or nine distinct flower-and-dot motifs onto a piece that sits in the palm of your hand, so it reads as far more involved than the time it takes to make.
The hand work is forgiving and easy to pick up between larger projects. There is no piecing to match and no precision seam to fret over; the character comes entirely from fabric choice and stitch texture. That makes it a relaxed, portable bit of stitching, and a natural first taste of Sue Spargo's layered folk art style for anyone who has admired her quilts but wants to start small.
Product Details
- Brand: Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts
- Item #: SS005
- Designer: Sue Spargo
- Category: Sewing Pattern
- Skill Level: Advanced beginner and up (comfortable with simple hand appliqué and basic embroidery; no piecing)
- Technique: Wool and velvet appliqué, layering, hand embroidery embellishment
- Finished Size: Approximately 4-1/2" x 3-1/2"
- Format: Printed Paper Pattern
- Creative Stitching (sold separately) is required for the embroidery stitch instruction
- Made in the United States
Specifications
| Brand | Sue Spargo |
| Craft | Applique, Embroidery, Sewing |
| Designer | Sue Spargo |
| Product Type | Sewing Patterns |
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