Pointed needles

Before I got hooked on quilting, I was hooked on needlepoint embroidery. I would work in a very similar way as I do now – I had an idea, drew it up and got to work. I equipped all my family and quite a few others with original pillows, and when I ran out of people to whom I could gift such a time consuming treasure, I put the unfinished embroideries away.

I shared some of them in this post back when I, once again, came across them in a closet and though “oh, that’s too bad, all that work and here they are just laying collecting dust” and wowed to use them for something useful. Did that happen? Not so much.

I wish I had pictures of them all as quite a few of them would make great quilt designs, so I try to get some shots of them when our paths meet.

This is my mother in law’s pillow, one of the last that I finished and made with scraps of wool yarn from other projects.

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it.)

I just finished another pillow this week, but the only things they have in common are that they are pillows and they are made by me. Just waiting for proper light to get pictures.

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