"Quilt By The Mile": Pincushions

Monday, February 20, 2012

Pincushions

Hello!
I may have mentioned before, however; something wonderful is worth mentioning again - I love my Pincushions!
I love the shapes they can be.
I love the colors!
They are the perfect Gift!
They are easily made.
They can be embellished!

I love arrangeing the pins! And on this point I can be a little silly. I don't like my pins pushed all the way in. When I want a pin I want to easily pluck it from its spot. Usually, when you want a pin, you are probably holding something that needs a pin to secure it and that means at least one of your hands are full of something. So, why fight with a pin that is pushed all the way into the cushion?

They are very tactile - I have several that love to be held!

They are very collectable! I have several that were made by someone other than myself. I have two that my friend Pat Eaton created and I had to fight with others (litterally) to have them. (there is a story to each)
I don't like to mix my pins. Glass head pins have their own cushion. The pins I use to secure Quilt tops in my longarm have their own cushion, little pins have their own place - I'm sure you catch my drift here - there is always a reason to buy more pins - there's always a cushion that needs them.

But, of course there are cushions into which I may never stick a pin. My friend Pat made my beautiful green pin cushion from some antique linnen that she painted. I just can't bring myself to poke a pin in it.
I still have the very first pin cushion I made 25 years ago, it fits on my thumb. My friend Helen showed me how to make it - I couldn't believe how much batting we had to stuff into that small thing, but she kept on insisting that it needed more. It is perfect and I love it. And I use it, probably more than any other.

Pin cushions come in any shape you may imagine - I have a turtle. Strawberries are a theme that is popular - I have three and they are all unique. My friend Bibi made a beautiful green strawberry with felt leaves. She gave it to me when I admired it. Well, I thought - - I can make one like it. Mine seems more like a peculiar carrot. There is humor here - I hope you get it?!
Enjoy the photos - I just wanted to share something that gives me pleasure.
We'll talk later----

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"Quilt By The Mile"

"Quilt By The Mile" is a wonderful process whereby one can create a beautiful piece of fabric from one inch strips. I invented this process more than ten years ago for my own Quilting. As more people saw it, I started having classes and traveling to various Quilt Guilds in my home state of Arkansas. Word spread and now I've traveled to Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee teaching and showing my work at Guild Programs. There are photos at this site to show what "Quilt By The Mile" is.
I have also invented a process called "Century Log Cabin" and photos of that are also included. I sew 100 different fabrics in a Log Cabin design in a four inch block. I also teach this process in a half day class. It does take a very special mind set to want to attempt this block.
The third of my process inventions is "Jibbles and Bits". It is a very scrappy way to use up a lot of your left over fabric. (See Photos) All three of these processes are included in "Fiesta Roses".
I teach all three of these, "Jibbles & Bits","Century Log Cabins" and "Quilt By The Mile".
I love to teach, I love Quilting and I love to travel.
Enjoy the Photos and should you have questions, please get in touch with me.
I am:
Carol Ann Wilbourn, Quilter
You my contact me at carolsquiltcastle@gmail.com.

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I made up my mind to become a Quilter in the Fall of 1986. My husband and I decided that we were changing our lives by moving from a big, sprawling city to the country. That being the beautiful ridge that runs North and South through Eastern Arkansas, to the town of Paragould. We made no other plans other than that. But, since we were moving to Arkansas, Quilting seemed to be the natural progression of my thoughts.

Today, I am a Quilter. It is what I do. My home is my Studio. We live around the Quilts and all the ‘Toy’s’ that one has that goes along with being a Quilter. Of course, I have my ‘Stash’, the rulers, rotary cutters, mats, The Machines (including my Long-arm), walls with thread wracks, a design wall and all the other wonders that we, as Quilter’s must have to help us be successful.

But, in the beginning, that wasn’t the case. I just wanted to be a Quilter. I didn’t know what that meant, but I wanted to be one. The years that have passed between deciding to become a Quilter and becoming one, is the story of my life.

There is no history in my family, that I know of , of any other Quilter. My Grandmother’s nor my Mom sewed. My Mom loved the yard and what grew in it. Her Mom raised eleven Children and didn’t have time. My two sister’s, Susan and Sarah Beth, took Home Economics, just like me, but it didn’t take, in my case. I never sewed.

I wanted a job, so that’s who I was for the first half of my life. I was married to E.C. when I was 28 years old. Before that and after that, I had a job. Until I became 40 and we decided to leave City life and move to the Country. I quit my job and the person that I am now started growing.

Becoming a Quilter has taken many years. The story of that Adventure is the tale I share when I present Programs and Trunk Shows around the country. I am proud to say that I am a Quilter. I love the whole process. I love the learning, the sharing that all Quilter’s do. I love the ‘Get Together’s’, the Quilt Shows, the Fabric Shops, the equipment. I love the Student’s, the Teaching, the learning.

Quilting is a wonderful world and I am proud to say that I am - - “A QUILTER!”

Monday, February 20, 2012

Pincushions

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