Stick a Pin in It

Pincushion of awesomeness making
the boring blue tomato bow to its
supremacy and no, I don't put pins
in the turtles!  

I recently received the most awesome pincushion EVER.  I love this pincushion.  What a thoughtful gift!

It has a wood base which I have never actually seen before but it rocks.  It is one of my favorite color combos….brown & blue and best of all it has sea turtles!!

A friend who knows me well brought this back for me from her recent trip to Hawaii.  She knows how much I sew and how my favorite experience in Hawaii was swimming with the sea turtles.  Don’t worry, I did not get too close but swimming out over the reef and being about 5 feet from turtles was AMAZING.

See.... it has sprinkles so it must be
a baked good.  

Now, as I sew I am reminded of that awesome experience.  Plus, I no longer need be embarrassed about my pincushion.  Up until I received the pincushion of awesomeness, I was using this sad little pincushion I received for volunteering at a sewing convention.  It worked but it has squished out of shape.  I have no idea what the stuffing is cause it is soft but needles go in and never come out.  Some day I must perform surgery and retrieve the lost needles.  At least it has personality; I think it is supposed to be a donut.  Or maybe it is a sad cupcake.  Well it is some sort of baked good.

Yawn....who doesn't have one of these?

My other pincushion that I keep on my bedside table because I do like to sew in bed is the utilitarian and ubiquitous tomato and strawberry.  Boring.  Everyone has one.  My mother had a red one; am I being a rebel because I chose blue? But more importantly who ever came up with the tomato/strawberry combination?  Why did this become the form pincushions took?  I know the answer is out there and maybe next time I don’t feel like working I will search for it.