Last week I went through my baby clothes and put away what I wanted to save and got out what I wanted to yard sale. I had a yard sale over the weekend but I know it was too hot to even think about winter clothes for the babies!

But I did find  a few things I am debating using for the PinCushion Challenge. I am going for texture right now and am going to add a print at a later time. From left to right: the first is a very soft two layer long sleeved shirt. The red is only stitching on it, which I think s cool. It’s a thicker fabric so I’m not sure how this would work? The second is a sort of quilted pair of pants, they are not very thick and you can feel the little squares, so far I think this is first. LOL

The third is a thermal type onesie outfit. You can also feel the texture of this and I like it more then the blue. Whoops, stepped away from the texture on the fourth red and white one. No texture, just red and white striped.

I think I am leaning toward the grey thermal onesie. Now to look through my fabric for something that would go with it! It is grey so it’s neutral so I could add just about anything, I think.

What’s one more challenge right?

I’m joining the pincushion challenge! I’m excited - the only pincushion I have is one that Helen sent me in our swap, and the one that is on top of my sewing box.

The pictures from past challenges are so beautiful! I remember pincushions - my Mom’s was a tomato and it had a long’ish green stem, but the stem connected to a small red thing. It wasn’t another tomato, it was sort of the shape of a strawberry if I remember right. But my Mom had that same pincushion for years - I know since I was a little kid and I’m pretty sure she still has it. That’s a long time to have a pincushion!

The them for August and September for the pincushion challege is

I immediately thought of the box or two of baby clothes I have packed away in my garage. I’m sure one box is stuff that I really want to keep - but I know there are some in the other box that, for lack of better term, aren’t that special to keep.

~ Sidenote on baby clothes: I have a brown dress with light flowers that was mine when I was a baby. My Mom saved it all these years (I just turned 28 back in June) and gave it to me not too long ago. My daughter was too big to wear it, so maybe my grand daughter will. I digress - my Mom saved the dress because back then she said everything for little girls was pastel. And that was one of the first, if not the first, store bought dress she saw that wasn’t. (We lived in a really small town, so maybe that was also part of it?) And so I have a hard time keeping an outfit or something because I bought it as a mass produced store like Target. End sidenote. ~

And so this week while I go through the clothes, I am going to see if there are a couple of items that would make lovely pincushions. I’m thinking I’ll make one for myself and one for my Mom. It’s about time to retire hers I’m sure.