A Pincushion Parade!

I was visiting Jo over at Jo's Country Junction and

discovered this is a pincushion parade going on!

Whoo! I knew I had to get in on this one.

 The parade is going on over at Love Laugh Quilt.

Beth is the host over there. 

 I will start with my traditional pincushions.

The two smaller ones are showing their age for sure.

 Then one day I started making these.

I somehow found the tutorial HERE.

 Each one is different.

This was the first one I made. But I was not really happy with 

how big the top turned out. 

 It is okay.

So I made the top smaller on the next one. 

Have not decorated the top yet.

 Then on the third try, I made the top even smaller.

More like the ones on the tutorial.

This size I like much better.

Just need to decide what to do on the cushion part.

 In the meantime, here is a fourth one I have started.

 In the tutorial, they use soda bottle caps.

I decided to go with bigger caps.

Easier to hold while working on it for one thing.

These caps are from the the Special K protein drink bottles.

 The bottom.

These are nice for taking in the car to work on.

 This pincushion is from Terry at Terry's Treasures when

she did a Pay It Forward. Soon I need to post about it 

and then do a Pay It Forward myself.

Terry makes lovely stuff. I always enjoy seeing her latest project.

 This yellow one is from my Secret Santa who is from 

New Zealand. Her blog is Michells's Place. 

Michell makes lovely things too!

 I posted about that earlier Here.

So that is my parade of pincushions.

And I have a pattern to make more.

I like that owl, or maybe the bird, 

or maybe the mushroom, or.....

well you get the idea!

How about you? 

Do you have a few or a bunch of pincushions?

The Pincushion Parade is still open for a few days.

~Linnea~