Patchwork pincushion DIY

We’ve been brushing up on our English Paper Piecing skills after reading the tips and techniques by Carolyn Forster in the English Paper Piecing project booklet that came free with issue 7 of Today’s Quilter magazine. Once you get hooked you won’t be able to stop!

If you’re new to English Paper Piecing

Or you’d like a refresher on how it’s done, read our guide to English Paper Piecing post before you get started on this project.

You will need

• Fabric A (green) 2½in x WOF strip
• Fabric B (purple) 2½in x WOF strip
• Fabric C (linen) 12in x WOF
• Paper pieces – Eighteen (18) 2in
• 6-point diamonds, twelve (12) triangles – six (6) diamonds cut in half), and one (1) large triangle
• Polyester toy stuffing
• Thread to tone with fabric

Free patchwork templates

• Free patchwork pincushion templates
• Need more paper diamond templates? Download our Free Diamond English Paper Piecing Quilting Templates!

Finished size

• 7in high x 8in base

Carolyn Foster

Carolyn Forster has been sewing, making patchwork and quilting for well over 20 years, and teaching for many of those years. She studied textiles at Bath and has a City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting and her quilt designs are regularly featured in Today’s Quilter magazine. You can find her quilts in a range of books published by Landauer Publishing (USA), and Search Press(UK). She blogs and teaches others how to quilt. You can follow her stitching inspiration on Instagram. To get in touch with Carolyn about her classes and talks, you can email her at @quiltingonthego

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