Thursday, April 19, 2012

Zakka Along Week 3 :: Zakka Pincushion

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:

  1. It looks fab, and great job on the stamping. I shall have to hunt through all my stamps for the perfect one...

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  2. Great pincushion, Debbie! I think the selvedge was a fun touch!

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  3. Super cool!! I never would have thought of stamping my own tape! Love this project :)

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  4. I love it! That stamping looks fantastic, great idea :o)

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  5. 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.

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  6. your HST quilt is gorgeous Debbie. The little pin cushion very cute----and the muffins are one of my favs

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  7. 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. :)

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  8. Very cool! I love the selvedge and stamped ribbon touches.

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  9. Very cute! I love the little stamp.

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  10. I love your pin cushion! The Distress Ink is great stuff too. I have just started using it myself.

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  11. KILLING me with the cuteness! That spool of thread stamp is awesome :-)

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  12. Love this, Debbie...such a cute stamp. I don't have any yet, so I had to go stampless on this one.

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  13. What a great idea stamping on a slevedge! Looks so cute!

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  14. Love your pincushion! And thank you for the fabric tape stamping inspiration!

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  15. 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.

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  16. Fantastic! I think YOU could sell your tape on Etsy! Let me know if you ever list it...

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  17. Somehow I missed this one - very cute! Love the stamping.

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  18. So glad you tried the stamping, it turned out fabulous and so sophisticated! I love it!

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