I belong to a quilting forum called Quilting Haven and have joined some swaps there.  Our latest pin cushion swap had a holiday theme.  I collect snowmen and thought that would be a great thing to design but there was a lot of chatter about snowmen so instead I designed a Christmas Mouse.  You know, like in.......not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse!

I ended up making 8 of them for various friends.  I put sand in them instead of walnut shells to weight them. 

Have you worked with the Tessellating Star? Recently it has been called a "twister". I love coming up with new ways to use it. This is a mixture of green scraps on a white background.

SMSPincushionOrganizer.pdf (application/pdf Object)

SMSPincushionOrganizer.pdf (application/pdf Object)

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