Felt gingerbread manor house pincushion

For the last few years Pretty Fabrics and Trims have produced a Christmas charity pattern. Last year was the adorable North Pole set which I loved making, and finished stitching in January too. This years pattern was a felt gingerbread manor house so of course I had to make a donation and buy it.

I was able to use my own supplies to make this little pincushion, choosing some gingerbread and white coloured felt, embroidery threads and white seed beads. I used freezer paper to cut the different pieces, this is a technique I’ve only recently learned, and find it really helpful.

After I had cut out all the pieces I started embroidering the pieces, trying to make my stitches look like pretty icing on pieces of gingerbread.

This was a fun project to make and really easy to pick up and embroider small pieces whenever I had the time.

After the walls were finished I stitched them together and added a piece of card to reinforce the base of my pincushion. Then I stitched the roof with lots of chain stitch. Unfortunately I made a mistake here and cut the roof piece too large, so ended up folding the edges under!

I added small seed beads to the roof before stitching it in place and stuffing the pincushion. I love the finished result, it’s been a while since I stitched a pincushion but this is going to look great on my craft table.