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Media Press Sewing Tutorial: Turtle Pincushion {With Pattern}
As written here a few weeks ago that I have a new plan for Greeny & Pinky – the turtle pincushion pattern, I keep my promise and make good of it….. ***drum roll**** Please welcome…..
COMBO Turtle Pincushion with Sewing Kit
There are compartments to keep scissor, thread and some sewing needles in a proper place [Click "Next" on the photo browser above, picture 5 shows the compartments, or you can scroll down to see the step by step photos below]. It even has a pair of needle finding flippers.
This combo version is doubled the size of the original, but all you need to do is just enlarge the pattern to 200%. Quilters and sewers will find this Combo Turtle Pincushion very useful as it keeps the sewing essential together so it is mobile to bring it anywhere for your quilting project. You can also sew this as a soft toy or plush toy for kids, but you may want to replace the beaded eyes to embroidery eye for safety purpose. It can even be a fridge magnet to decorate your dining area, get a strong magnet for the body. I know there are a lot turtle lovers out there who collect various type of turtle as souvenir. Sew it for yourself or as a gift, I am sure you are going to have fun 
Previously, I gave out the Greeny & Pinky turtle pincushion pattern upon request. As Craft Passion’s traffic growing over the months so do the requests, I can no longer email it out manually, so…. I make it available for free download here to save my time for other creations.
In this tutorial, there are 2 versions of turtle pincushions you can make:
- To make a smaller felted body version of Greeny & Pinky, use the written instruction below.
- To make the Combo version as shown on the pictures above, use the step by step photos after the written instructions.
Anyway, since they are inter-related, you can see the photos and instructions as reference too.
Before you proceed, please download the pattern and check for the scale [2cm = 25/32"]. Don’t forget to enlarge it to 200% for COMBO version, when you use a ruler to measure the 2cm scale, it is in fact 4cm in reading.
Oh, by the way if you would like to know where the scenery is…. I brought both turtles to the beautiful beach in Penang/Malaysia for photography, the experience was great!!! I found some “visitors” on the beach too….check them out by clicking the “Next” button on the photo browser!!!
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Gracias por el tutorial y el patrón de la tortuga. He realizado mi acerico, ha quedado muy gracioso, lo he publicado en mi blog.
Saludos desde Madrid, España.
Translation (by Google):
Thanks for the tutorial and pattern of the turtle. I conducted my pincushion, has been very funny, I posted on my blog.
Greetings from Madrid, Spain.
Очень хорошенькая!Спасибо!
Translation (by Google):
Very pretty, thanks!
awesome turtle!!!!!! It is the cutest sewing kit I have ever seen!!! I am making this for my best friend ASAP! I think u should name him torty
This rocks and you rock for doing it!
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Just stumbled onto your site and I love it! I look forward to many hours creating with the wonderful patterns you provide. Thank you for putting out quality for those of us who love sewing and creating!
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Love this! I would call it Snappy, as in “I would like turtle soup and make it snappy (from a snapping turtle)!” or because this project can be made snappy, as in quick. I am now trying to figure out how to attach is to my sewing area so it doesn’t crawl away. Thank you for the great tutorial.
Super cute! Id call them Stitchy and Patchy
I’ll have to try this with my daughter!
How cute. How about “Happy Jack Got Your Back”
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I’m probably late on this…just found your website. But I’d name him POKEY. He is darling. Notice – male
I’m going to make one of these now!
Thank you for the wonderfully cute pattern!
Linda
Where are the pattern pieces located?
Hi Bev, the pattern pattern in at page 1. I have put another link on the current page. You can click the link that says “Download Pattern”.
In aboriginal cultures the Turtle represents Mother Earth. The beautiful turtle here is strong, carries a heavy load and truly represents the Turtle spirit. I think she should have a strong name representing the Earth, strength or beauty. Abha is a name meaning beauty, Ajala means earth, Maliha or Mali means beauty and strength.
Mali would be my personal choice.
Thank you for a beautiful and useful pattern. This will be very useful to hold my beading needles, leather scissors and more.
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J’adore ,je vous remercie pour ce tuto encore merci.
Translation (by Google):
I love, thank you for this tutorial thank you again.
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