Monday, July 11, 2011

Apple Core Update

It's been very hot here over 100 degrees yesterday.  Terrible.  I have been working on my apple cores though.


Here's where I am now.  Six rows of eleven apple cores completed.  I'm not sure how many rows I will do to get it to the length I want to drape over each end of the table.  I'm guessing maybe 30, but we'll see.  Here is my inspiration.

Row number 7 in the works here.

 This is the ring pincushion I made for my applique pins that are nice and short.  They work great for this project.  It's made from a water bottle cap, and some elastic.  I wish I had used a little wider elastic so it didn't roll around as much though.  I bored two holes in the cap with a hot ice pick then threaded elastic through the two holes and tied a knot fitting it to my finger.  Then I glued a stuffed gathered circle of fabric to the inside of the cap, and glued on some ric-rac---pretty simple.
Very handy.
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3 comments:

  1. I got one of those years ago. However, I used it so much the elastic stretched. Now I have to take it all apart to put new elastic on it. That has not happened.

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  2. Love your Apple Core! It is going to be fabulous.

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  3. Make an elastic with Velcro and add Velcro to the cap. When it wears out u can put a new piece on it.

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