On Sunday night I was cleaning up my sewing table and I stumbled across a cute little pattern.  I'd bought it back in May, at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in Christchurch. I'd also bought a little bundle of wools that I planned to use on it.  So I decided to start it there and then.  



But my background piece wasn't a wide as in the pattern, so I had to consult another book and turn my pin cushion into a jumbo pin cushion.  Or maybe it's more of a "pillow" like cross stitchers make ...

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