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CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 09:30:30 AM TODAY'S THE DAY!!! i'm going to start giving 'instructions' on how to make these little Pyn Wheels .. let's keep this thread just for instructions .. photos 'in progress' .. any pyn wheels YOU make and wish to 'show and tell' .. and any questions/answers. i made these using 'vintage' fabric .. cut from an antique quilt. (as will be the 'kits' that i can send for $2. to cover the postage. (e-mail me for my addy if you need it). (i'll post photos of the kits soon). anyhoo .. if you wish to get a 'jump start' .. or if you have your own fav fabrics .. START by doing this: find some 'cardboard' .. about the thickness of the priority mailing boxes that you can get from the post office .. (i've used cereal boxes .. but DOUBLED them and glued them together to make them a little firmer .. too flimsy .. and they get 'bent' .. too thick and you can't 'cut' them! my circles are 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter .. you can make them a little larger .. only NOT smaller! CUT TWO cardboard circles. now .. CUT TWO fabric circles .. about 3/4 inches BIGGER than your cardboard circles. get this part done .. let me know (HERE) .. and i'll talk YO's to you! remember .. use this TOPIC heading just for the above stuff .. if you wanna' jus' comment .. please use the 'other Colonial Pyn Wheel' heading. thanks! xo, frannie True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:40:30 AM DO I OWE ANYONE ELSE A 'PYN WHEEL' KIT? MIZ PEGGY SUE .. TAKING YOURS TO THE POSTIE TOMORROW! IF I OWE YOU ONE .. JUS' E-MAIL ME. XO True Friends * Frannie adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 6:26:45 PM trace ..again .. a LOVELY fabric pattern!!! xo True Friends * Frannie adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
Trace	Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 4:35:01 PM Here's my 2nd finished Pyn Wheel/pins Trace
Trace	Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 4:06:54 PM Thanks Frannie.. these are also ADDICTIVE, LOL. Super simple, as you said earlier. These would also make a fun swap.
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 2:14:32 PM FABULOUS tracey .. i love the fabrics you chose!!! aren't they fast, easy and fun!! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
Trace	Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 2:11:39 PM Frannie, thanks everso much for teaching us this one. I just finished my first pyn wheel and here are pictures of both sides, since I used the same fabric pattern, in two colors. I'm going to make this for mothers day gifts and christmas stocking stuffers.. love them. Trace
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:38:03 PM take tiny stitches all around the 'edge .. making sure to pick up equal amounts of fabric .. and spaced as evenly as possible .. and quite close to each other. finish by knotting off when you meet up where you began stitching .. then 'bury' your knot just inside the outer edge of the circle. VOILA! ALL FINISHED! any questions, jus' ask ... any suggestions, please share. oh .. fill the edges of your 'pyn wheel' with PINS! a wonderful way to carry lots of pins and they won't JAB you through a pin 'cushion'. post pictures of your finished wheels. hope you like this little project and make lots of them. they are a very sweet little gift to give. xo True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:35:21 PM almost finished! place the two 'wrong' sides together and move the circle 'in circles' until you come up with the 'best fit' .. sometimes the circle might be a tad different in small places. now .. with coordinating (with your fabric) thread .. KNOT .. and hide you knot inside the circle by starting your first stitch slightly inside the outer edge .. True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:32:43 PM one side is sewn taut .. then do the other circle the same way True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:31:41 PM very hard to see the 'black thread' that i sewed this on with . but it criss-crosses from side to side .. up and down .. no particular order .. just 'anchor it' so the fabric doesn't come loose. True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:30:12 PM well .. you can't see it in that photo above .. but i have written: WHEN THIS YOU SEE .. REMEMBER ME Frannie Meshorer Freedom Valley Farm 2007 True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:29:08 PM oh .. don't forget to WRITE a little poem or saying or something on the cardboard .. date and sign it too! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:26:24 PM thread pulled tight and 'knotted off' IMPORTANT .. make sure it is SNUG before knotting off. it helps to hold your finger or thumb over the thread after pulling tight .. THEN KNOW TIGHT! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:23:21 PM above .. you can see that i put the cardboard circle in the middle of the fabric circle .. and have 'drawn' it up to fit. True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:22:14 PM True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 8:20:42 PM this is the 'running stitch' around the fabric circle do this to both circles True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:21:36 PM cardboard circles. personally, if i use these .. i WRITE on the WHITE side .. and make sure those are INSIDE .. the BROWN side is next to the fabric. if you don't understand something in these instructions .. jus' post here .. and i'll try and clear it up. that 'criss-cross' thing will make more sense when you see a picture. comin' soon! xo True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:20:06 PM oh .. by the way .. here are the 'antique quilt' kits i've worked up .. if you'd like one of these .. just send me a self-addressed envelope with two dollars in it. these are some of the kits. each kit will include 2 cardboard circles .. 2 vintage patchwork quilt fabric circles .. and an extra 2 'newer' fabric circles .. you might want to practice with the 'new cloth' first. you do have to take care with the 'edges of the patchwork that it does not come 'un-did' because it has been cut over the seam lines. i usually do a tight running stitch (by hand or machine) around the circles to help secure the patches. BE SURE to make a 'pattern' from both the cardboard and the fabric circles .. so you can make MORE of these little cuties! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:17:02 PM you will 'criss-cross' from side to side .. working your way around the circle (therefore, SEWING the fabric around the cardboard circle. i'll post pics soon .. and give more directions. (IF you have gotten this far .. and all looks well (neat, clean, crisp fabric-covered circle!) .. you can KNOT IT OFF .. INSIDE .. so that the outside fabric looks taut! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:15:25 PM (i'll go to my little sewing room and do one of these .. photograph it and post it .. but .. meanwhile .. if you can figger it out without the pictures ... you will TUG FIRMLY .. so that your yo-yo encased card circle doesn't get any 'pooches' .. you want it to cover firmly and somewhat tightly. now ... True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:13:49 PM when you get to where you started ... put a CARDBOARD circle in the middle of your fabric circle .. and DRAW IT UP .. like you are making a YO-YO. following is an important part .. True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:12:49 PM thread a needle with STRONG thread .. and a good size KNOT at the end of your thread. now .. do a 'running stitch' ALL the way around each of the fabric circles (separately, of course!) ... and ... True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:11:46 PM when i make these .. i will usually 'write' a little something on the cardboard circles (in case five hundred years from now .. it falls apart .. and VOILA! there will be a little message from YOU! be sure to SIGN and DATE these cardboard circles too! now set the cardboard circles aside for a coupla' minutes .. while you ..... True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:10:17 PM WHOOPS .. THAT DIAGRAM ABOVE IS SIDEWAY .. lean your left ear on your left shoulder! does everyone understand the SIZE of the cardboard and the fabric? my circles are 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter .. you can make them a little larger .. only NOT smaller! CUT TWO cardboard circles. now .. CUT TWO fabric circles .. about 3/4 inches BIGGER than your cardboard circles. True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 4:06:15 PM True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com

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