Yesterday, I was going through my list of Flickr contacts and having a look at/commenting on all their lovely work when I came upon this really lovely pincushion someone made and suddenly it hit me...

Here I am, someone who really enjoys sewing and all my pins are in a very small box with the result that I get pricked quite often .

So... you've guessed it! I'm making myself my very first pincushion. It's going to be in the shape of a cube and I've already cut out all my elements made from bits of felt I have leftover from other things I made. Have a look here.

I'm also using this as a template/practice for one of my next projects: soft cubes for babies to play with .

I hope to finish my pincushion tonight and I'll post the results tomorrow.