Henrietta the Turtle

I started school this week. I know that soon my weekends will be filled with grading papers and studying lots of lesson plans...so today I wanted to venture off that path and create before school takes too much of my time. Since summer is on its way out and the weather says fall is a long time coming I decided to do something that I have never done before...make a pincushion! I saw this Heather Bailey pattern too many times in various stores until I finally succumbed to this cute turtle and brought the pattern home. I had plenty of fun scraps to use so I knew she would have lots of color on her. I loved the way she turned out...except that the stuffing is a whole lot harder than you would think. I bought a bag of polyester stuffing and tried my best to get it to move into the tiny corners of her feet and tail. It was difficult as the stuffing did not want to stay there. I have cut out another and will try some new tricks on the next one. Notice how in the picture below she tends to lean toward the front of her body...just a special quirk I guess to make her truly my creation! We will see if I can correct that on my next try. Happy sewing!