Nature Inspired Pincushions

Yesterday I made 3 new bottle cap pincushions.  I love them!  Here is the mushroom / toadstool one.  Instead of cutting the top circle 3 inches, I cut it 6 inches.  This allowed it to really pop out over the sides.

This is my little sunflower.  The base is green.  I used 3 different shades of yellow for the flower petals.  I measured and cut out the petals, then I sewed them to the center base of the pincushion.  Then I sewed them into the bottle cap.  I really like how this turned out.

Pink is hard for me to photograph, plus the camera battery died after taking one picture of this pincushion.  For this one I used the same color green for the base as I did for the sunflower.  I then traced the bottle cap in the center of the darker pink felt.  Then I drew a 6 to 7 inch circle and cut out the petals within those two circles.  I sewed the darker pink and the lighter pink together, and then I sewed them into the bottle cap.  Next time I plan on glueing the center of the petals to the base of the bottle cap (on the inside of it), that way they look more flower like to me.  Next I used metallic puffy paint to add the dots to the center of the flower and the lines on the petals.

Another thing that I love is that the felt made of 100% eco-fi, polyester made from recycled post-consumer plastic bottles.  So not only did I recycle a plastic bottle cap to make this, but the felt is also made from recycled materials.  I just love that.