Featured Artist Love Laurie

This week I have decided to write a blog featuring a wonderful artist who does pincushions. I came upon these fantastic creations as I was looking around Etsy. For those of you who are not familiar with Etsy it is a web site where you can offer you hand made items for sale. You can imagine the talent that you can see! The artist that I am going to be introducing you to is Love Laurie. This Boston Massachusetts based artist has a fantastic store that if you don't sew already you will be inspired to do so by the time you check out. These original designs are creative and whimsical.Laurie states in her bio. that she gets her best ideas at night while her husband and children lay sleeping. Indeed her creations looks like they stepped right out of a sewing dream! With bright colors and cleaver ways in which to incorporate sewing tools Laurie blends her creative talent with practical solutions to the tools of sewing. Laurie has her own view on what makes a perfect pincushion

1. Large - room for lots and lots of pins
2. Heavy - so it doesn't move or tip over
3. Not too deep - so needles don't get buried inside
4. Lots of sections - for sorting different types of pins
and needles
5. Stuffed with materials that will sharpen,clean, shine
and condition your pins.

Years ago when they made the tomato pincushions that little strawberry that hung off the side was filled with what they called emery or black sand. A few quick stabs and your pen would be right as rain. Some of the wonderful pin cushions that are being designed like our featured artist Love Laurie, are including it in the main cushion so that it adds weight and stays put as you sew.. It will also keep the needles from going to far down in the cushion. You would not want to pick up the cushion and look for your favorite applique or quilting needle only to discover that it had slipped down in the cushion never to be seen again. As for the little strawberry that used to hold the emery sand she has filled it with lanolin rich wool to condition your pins and needles and help them to glide in and out of your fabric like butter.
Sections are added to her cushions to keep things in the proper order. So many needles look alike and who wants to waist time to seek out that favorite one. I don't know about anyone else but I have precious time to sew much less to try and look for a needle. These pincushions are wider and flatter so there is lots of surface for your needles and pins.

But lets face it, everyone likes something that is unique, so in our quest to make, or purchase the perfect pincushion this artist is on the top of my list this month!
Her attention to detail and the extras that she adds to make her work quality as well as ornamental is what made this artist stand out. The items that I chose to display here reminded so much of the Queen of Harts from the treasured children's story Alice in Wonderland. The colors and the use of felt make this not only eye candy but a joy to feel and hold with the different textures. The artist seems to have peeked into the dreams of every quilter and seamstress and captured our harts desire in pincushions.

Each little cushion come with a personal touch from the sweet little sayings to the custom care in hand or machine stitching each item never gluing.
Weather you purchase one or several for your self or as a gift I am sure you will enjoy these for years to come.

Check out some of these other products offer by Love Laurie

This sweet Tea Pot ripper and Tea Cup Threader a must have for any sewing basket and what a gift for any occasion! And Love Laurie do custom request. Want a different color then just send her a message via her Etsy store and she will try to meet your desire. What more could you ask for!






There are some fabulous products offered here and all with the utmost thought and care just click on to any of these images and be transported into a whimsical sewing notion store!

All photos in this blog entry are the property of Love Laurie and may not be used with out the express permission of the artist.