Pincushions have been much on my mind because of Kate's wonderful pincushion swap.
For a bit of inspiration I looked in one of my favourite books of all time Steiff Sortiment 1892-1943 by Gunther Pfeffer, which catalogues nearly everysingle toy and related made by Steiff between those years.
Here are some of my favourites.
1, Frog Pincushion - 5cm, velvet on a felt pincushion made between 1903-1914
2. Cat Pincushion- mohair white on a velvet pincushion 17cm made between 1906-1907, 14cm between 1908-1918
3. Deer Pincushion- velvet brown on a velvet pincushion made between 1904-1909
4. Rabbit Pincushion- white painted velvet with basket as pincushion 10cm and 14cm made between 1902-1918.
5. Squirrel Pincushion-10cm - white velvet painted made between 1902-1917.
6.Squirrel Pincushion- cm- velvet painted on a felt leaf
7. ( My favourite) Bear Pincushion- mohair bear in wooden craddle with cotton fabric
made between 1911-1914 ( no size given)
7 comments:
I love the white rabbit with the little backpack- I found him somewhere too when I was googleing pincushions for ideas. lovely.
I love, love, love the frog. I look forward to seeing what you come up with --- isn't this a great swap!
oh my goodness they are all adorable. by far the most amazing pincushions ive seen! there is even one that looks like millie ; ) hehe
Ooh what wonderful pincuhions! I have a little thing for them as well and have also joined in with the swap! Should be fun.
Just had a look back at all your old bears and they are just adorable, you lucky thing you. :)
I agree with Cath, I like the rabit one best. I use a pin cusion my sister made when she was really little. Nothing extravagant but strangely glittery
Oh wow. That rabbit is beautiful. Great find!
Oh my god that frog is killing me! I love them all, thanks for sharing!
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