In this YouTube video, I walk through my process of matching up pieces of glass with fabric. The glass is from my stash that I have collected over the years while antiquing and thrifting. You can see the glass reveal HERE. The fabric is designed by Bari J. and made by Art Gallery Fabrics. Bari J.’s designs are artistic, eclectic and offer a variety of colors to match glass, buttons, thread, and crystal & glass beads for the decorative pin.
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Another glass reveal video is up on YouTube. In preparation for our move back in 2022, I pulled several batches of glass and fabric and packed them together. My intention was to make the pincushions over the next few months…it has now been almost 2 years! I am determined to make these batches of pincushions. I realize now that the intensity and labor of making these pincushions is a joy but also a lot of work. It was fun opening up this box to find all of the beautiful glass and vessels along with Bari J.’s Eve fabric line by Art Gallery Fabrics. Below is the “reveal” and re-discovering of glass and fabric. Enjoy!
Also, at the beginning of the video I show a quilt I’m working on as I continue to learn about my Innova M24 Longarm quilting machine. I’m so happy to be able to use this powerful piece of equipment for myself and others in the near future.
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Join me as I make two new pincushions using Odile Bailloeul fabric made by Free Spirit Fabrics. The glass pieces are from the previous YouTube video Glass Reveal Box #5.
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I added another video! I’m learning something with every “production”. A bonus to making the videos is that I’m finally cataloging the glass that I have collected. I’m enjoying the process of looking at the glass, taking inventory, and beginning to use some of these pieces. I want the glass to be used and appreciated – not stored in a box where no one sees it.
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I recently went through a box of glass, mostly salt cellars and other small vessels, and made a couple of pincushions with glass found in that box. I used a clear glass mustard dish with a lid and a clear glass salt cellar. I found a hand painted dish while antiquing that measures around six inches in diameter and has a lip around the edge. Pairing the dish with pincushions as a catch-all for sewing notions, etc., is another way to up-cycle and enjoy unique pieces of glass, pottery, or china. The hand painted Imari dish with gold highlights is an elegant dish and prompted me to look for fabric with metallics blended into the pattern and fabric. I had many fabric choices, as you can see in the video, but decided on two that I felt best complimented the dish.
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I have been asked for many years to create a video of how a salt cellar pincushion is made. Some of the parts of this video are sped up, but all of the steps are still included within the video. I have a pattern on Etsy that has the details of making these little pincushions. Click HERE for the link or find the link at the top of the blog under Etsy Shop. This is a fun pincushion because of those rainbow gummy bears. They are all lined up and look like they are ready to dance. Making these little gems is so fun because you can complete a whole project in a short amount of time AND utilize what you have made. They also make great gifts! I enjoy making the pincushions and learned a lot while making this video for YouTube. I hope you enjoy the video.
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I have been working on a batch of salt cellar pincushions based around a food theme. The stove salt cellar is unique and goes along with the theme. I wanted more information so I tried an internet search but could not find a single picture of the stove. I thought that was strange! I have 2 books that I use for research and found the stove referenced in each book.
Salt Cellar Name: Figural Stove or Stove salt
Year(s) Produced: 1880-85
Glass Maker: Central Glass Co., located in Wheeling WV.
The Open Salt Compendium labeled the salt cellar as extremely rare and 5,000 Open Salts stated that the salt cellar was only made in one size and never reproduced.
It has been a few years since I made a fall and halloween themed pincushion batch. After collecting vessels, fabrics and a variety of glass beads, I planned this batch early enough to have it ready at the beginning of fall.
You can find my beaded pin tutorial here. In that post, I give a lot of sources for my beads and pins. This batch was especially fun since the beads and pins literally match one another.
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In September, I created a fall/autumn batch of pincushions. I used an amber glass squirrel on stump salt cellar for the base and fabric from Robin Pickens Forest Frolic line for the pincushion. There are so many appealing details about this glass including its color as well as the fine detail in the glass such as bark on the trunk and fur on the squirrel. Also, for its size, the glass has a nice weight to it with a thick base. This glass was reproduced by the Guernsey Glass Company of Cambridge, Ohio. The Open Salt Compendium states that the original mold was created by Gillinder Glass around the 1890s. And according to Ed and Kay Berg of Salty Comments, their research shows that Gillinder Glass was the originator of the mold.
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