Clover Flat Head Pins 2: Thicker Flower Head Assorted Colors and Teal Heart Shaped...and Hedgy...

 My multies in my new Dritz velvet pincushion and my Heart Heads in a pincushion I made years ago from some fabric I quilted to make a tea cozy. It's pretty non-artistic but I like it!  Yes, I bought pins again at The Fat Quarter Shop.

First, the Multi-olored Flower Head Pins. This is Clover No. 2506, and they are thicker than the lovely pink/red flower heads No. 2505 in my first post. These are 0.7mm in thickness and 54mm long, whereas the No. 2505 are 0.55 thickness and 50mm long! SO - the multis and stronger, thicker and a bit longer. They are so pretty.  I guess I went on a pin jag here and now I have to make a few more pincushions!

Close up of the pins - since there are 100 pins in the little nice box they come in, I did not put them all in the cushion.  Just a sampling of each color. I used these in mask making yesterday and they are going to pop into any fabric I think. :) You can really tell the thicker pins. I think for everyday these are fine, but for delicate fabrics or use in doll clothes I am going to use the 2505.

AND of course I couldn't leave behind the i Sew For Fun by Nancy Zieman lovely teal heart shaped head pins. These are like the No.2405 Pink/Red head flower pins. 0.55mm thickness and 50mm long. So pretty. :) They are Clover No. 9604. They are now in my quilty pincushion but when I make another one they will go in the new one I think. Meanwhile I do have my little Hedgy the Hedgehog I made with the Superior Threads pattern a few years ago. :)  He has regular metallic ball head pins from Dritz. I have loads of those and he has only a few handy for me.

 

Two Little Oh Sew Kat Dresses...and a Pincushion Book...

 

My little 14" Inch Ursula has her own dress now. Still looking like Summer to the dolls! :)  This was Oh Sew Kat Bloomer Buddies but no Bloomers. :)  Little piece of remnant from another dolly dress and some left over from Connie' dress  - this time I got the chicks right side up!
 

And then it was time for Oh Sew Kate's Suger and Spice Dress in pink for Cassy. Also had little shoes I got from AMAZON that matched. SO happy with the result. Yes, I also got a nice backdrop for the photos, although I do like the window and my Pfaff as a backdrop too! 

I bought a little book to make some fun smaller things. I have a lot of scraps to use up! At this point I am trying to "shop my stash" as we say. I bought this book:  Pincushions & More

 

 

It has so many cute little things in it and I am interested in a round pincushion first. I am going to simplify one of the patterns, the one with the segments in the round.  I would love to make that turtle but we'll see. HAHA. 

 

Clover Flat Head Pins 1: Fabulous Pink and Red

 Clover Flower Head Pins #2505 at .55mm thickness and just the nicest smoothest pins!

Beautiful, smooth and just the best pins ever. A friend gave the first set to me some years ago now, and I didn't open them until a week or so ago. WOW....what a spectacular pin set! I had to order a few more sets, and retire my old metallic colored ball head pins even though they are certainly nice pins. These Clover pins are just the best.  Clover makes several of these flat head pin sets - and they are different. They are different thicknesses and meant for different purposes.  This particular set is the red/pink heads and they are for medium weight fabrics - they pin anything - I used them on light cotton and also on fleece, and they are smooth and just slide into fabric. These are NOT the ones for quilting that bend (blue head ones I think the quilting ones are),  these are .55mm in thickness and there are twenty in a package. Yes, they seem expensive, but again, worth every penny. I would call this set the "all-around" pin for home sewers.  I bought these online from The Fat Quarter Shop.

After I tried these I just had to put them in a nice pin cushion, I have one a friend made me awhile ago - several years! It is a lovely panda. :)

If you are a garment sewer, these pink/red flathead pins are a treat!! For quilters who use straight pins, the blue head ones are I think the ones of choice, but I have not used them and won't buy them because I only use safety pins on quilts.

So far the pins have been used on a fleece project and a tiny doll dress, and soon they will slide into a few knit tops! I will put away my other pins in case something befalls these sweet Clover pins!

Kwik Sew Patterns are a Treat...

I sewed up this really practical, warm and cute Kwik Sew pattern yesterday on my sweet 1034D serger. Sewed like a dream, and the fabric, oh the lovely pink sweatshirt knit - it sewed up like a charm!  Kwik Sew was so well drafted in the old days, and the instructions here were so very good - I didn't need them until the collar, and then I reviewed the collar instructions. I wish all pattern makers had the skill to write really clear instructions that make sewing seem easy. Kwik Sew did. I do not know if whoever does them now has the same skill.  I found this pattern on ETSY, like so many other patterns lately, and I love it. I highly recommend it. I had bought the fabric last year on AMAZON after not being able to find anything I wanted around here. It is all cotton, and that was my preference. 

 

I used pink OMNI from Superior Threads and the bobbin was a DecoBob from Wonderfil in a lovely pink - but just in the sewing machine and used that only for the serger thread ends to secure them, and for the hem on the poncho.  On the serger I used four cones of Maxi-Lock in my set I call Lights. There is one a light sky blue, one in pink, one in beige and one in another very light shade of baby blue. All together they do a nice job of blending in with all light fabrics I have used. I also have a set I call my Darks. I mix dark colors like navy, dark brown, black and even dark pine green. I have a lot of Maxi-Lock.I had cleaned and oiled my serger first, changed the needles, and rethreaded. Runs like a top which makes me very happy. Brother 1034D that I bought in 2005 from AMAZON. :) I think I am getting my money's worth. 

 

 

I did have enough left over to make that nightgown as well.  I drafted a pattern on one of my own RTW nightgowns that I like and is so very simple. I serged it up yesterday as well.  The serged edges of the sleeves were so nice I left them like that, and the same for the bottom of the nightgown, but I finished up the neckline with one fold over and stitching. The fleece is just so nice. Because it is a sweatshirt knit - one side has the knit fabric look and I used that as the inside, and put the fleecy side out. So soft, and then I won't get fluffs on my turtlenecks I wear under the poncho. :)