“Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories.” -Walter Benjamin
Not that I think my memories, that inspired my pin collection, are chaotic. But the pin stash, all jumbled and tumbled, in a drawer, certainly was chaotic.
So I bought a few six inch artist canvases and created some display boards.
Now I have art!
Two boards display pins from quilt shows that I participated in, or visited.
Two more boards display pins of places where I have worked, places that I have visited, or places that my daughter has visited and sent pins to me.
Two boards were not enough for these, but the other pins are pinned on hats. Now they are all nicely displayed together, but I didn’t take a photo of them. They are hanging on my bedroom wall.
If you look closely at the pins, you’ll see that I haven’t attended a quilt show since 2013 (Thank goodness for the internet!).
I simply layered a piece of batting, and stretched a piece of fabric, over the canvas. I considered using a print fabric, but thought it would be too distracting for the pins. I used a staple gun to secure it to the back. Easy peasy!
Add a colored accent with a little hot glue and ribbon.
The quilting and quilt show pins are displayed in my happy space…the sewing studio!
Now if I could just figure out a way to display the show ribbons, instead of having them crammed in a hat box!
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