Guten Tag means "Good Day," in German.
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| A few months back I went searching for a pincushion on Etsy. Not just any pincushion, but a wool pincushion. What I found was that most pincushions were filled with polyfil. Very few were completely wool. And that is how I came to find this month's featured artisan and buy a wonderful heart-shaped pincushion which I use daily.
The designer of these pincushions, Julie, is a math teacher who lives in Southern Oregon with her husband and two teen-age children. Her grandfather was a handbag designer from Berlin, who eventually made his way to Los Angeles. Julie feels her love for design must be genetic.
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Julie's fabulous pincushions came about initially because her aunt gave her ten boxes of wool strips which she wasn't sure what to do with. One day while quilting concentric circles, Julie had an "aha" moment when she realized that she could wrap the strips and then felt them to make pincushions.
What is so great about her pincushions, besides the fact that they are beautiful to look at, is that their denseness makes them stay put whereever you place them, the lanolin in the wool lubricates your pins and needles, and the wool fibers sharpen them.
I can personally attest to the fact that, as advertised, these pincushions accept pins like butter.
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| You can find Julie on her blog:
Her wonderful pincushions can be purchased in her Etsy Shop:
Julie also designs and makes beautiful handbags. You can find them in her other Etsy Shop:
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