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Turn a simple mason jar into a pin cushion jar! This project takes 30-minutes so you can whip one up while catching an episode of your favorite TV series.
Learn how to make a DIY pin cushion with this easy step-by-step tutorial. Includes close up photos and video. Great DIY pincushion pattern!
Video tutorial: How to make a no-sew easy chair pincushion in less than two hours. Quick, easy, cheap, unique and adorable. Great for gift giving!
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A unique and fun 2 in 1 pincushion. Unscrew the top to store bobbins, threads, buttons and more! The cushion top has ample space to stick multiple pins. I have 300 in mine! (see photo, pins not included). Unique scissors print 100% cotton fabric. Finished with a cute twill measuring tape ribbon. Note: I add walnut shells to the center of the pincushion. If you have a nut allergy, let me know. I will not add them. Dimensions: base 3" diameter, height approximately 5" A great gift for yourself or a sewer in your life! NOTE: PINS AND SAFETY PINS ARE NOT INCLUDED!
Are these little chicken pin cushions the cutest ever, or what! Not only are they easy to make but also very addicting! I wanted to make an entire coop full! These little guys stand only 1.75" tall and here's the tutorial on how to make them! Materials: Two 2.5" fabric squares (a…
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Very cute little pincushion made from a vintage cotton reel (of course!) I’ve drawn the doors and windows and decoupaged them onto the thread which is the original colour of the bobbin. The roof is full of ground walnut shells for keeping your pins sharp. Lovely hand embroidery detail in variegated embroidery thread. This one has a golden yellow roof and soft brown walls. This listing is for the pin cushion only, the tree is there for show. 6cms high Read more
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Have you ever made these fun pin cushions on a mason jar before? Well here is a new twist on an oldie: These pin cushions will sharpen your pins as you use them! The secret? Steel Wool! Does anyone want to make some of these darling little babies? They would be a perfect little addition … Continue reading Pin Cushions–That Sharpens →
This batch of pincushions was created using beautiful fabric designed by Anna Maria Horner.
This adorable unique pin cushion is made of 100% cotton fabric, 4” Tara-cotta bottom, filled with crushed walnut shells to keep your pins sharp 20 long quilting pins and small wooden decor .
(Subtitled - my teacups runneth over)
Metal pins are an invaluable tool for today’s seamstress, and they were no less so for sewers throughout history. With pins came a variety of ways to store them, including boxes, cases and cushions.
One of my favourite projects last year was designing and working on a set of pin cushions for the Quilt Fabric Delights Pincushion of the Month Club: Those of you in the club will have received my pattern by now....
YaY! Today is tutorial day... do you want to make a pincushion? I've been playing with my new Bake Sale 2 fabric collection... and I have some tutorials planned for you using scrappy happy squares! I made my Cutie Pie Pincushion with the 3 1/2" squares... And of course a pie pan:) I use cue little 5" tins to make my pie pincushions. You can get them at Amazon:) You could easily use a Bake Sale 2 - 5" Stacker to cut your 3 1/2" squares from... you will need 8 squares total:) Pair up two of them and sew a straight line from point to point. Trim off leftover side... leaving 1/4" seam allowance Press your half square triangles open and place them on your design board like this. Pay attention to how the seams go different directions to form pie slice angles! Sew your block together and press the seams open. Your block should measure 6 1/2" square at this point. Grab a piece of Nutmeg Confetti Cotton fabric and cut it 6 1/2" square for the bottom of the crust. Grab my 6" round Circle Ruler as well... And place it on the wrong side of your pie block. Use the lines on the ruler to center it perfectly and trace around the circle. Now add the Nutmeg circle to the bottom and pin the two together. Sew all the way around the line... backstitch where you start and stop to secure. Trim an approximate 1/4" seam allowance. Pinch open your pie like this... And cut a small slit in the back for turning. Turn and press. You can use the Clover Turner to help smooth the edges of your circle. Now sew 1/2" in from the edges of the pie. This will form your "fluted crust" edge after stuffing it with fiberfill. Fill your cutie pie! After filling... stitch it closed with strong thread... I used matching Aurifloss. Top of Cutie Pie! I also like to put a little bit of weight in the pan before glueing my pie on top. It makes it nicer to use the pincushion because it's easier if it doesn't slide everywhere while you're trying to stick a pin in it! You could use plastic pellets for stuffing dolls or silica sand like I do. Mr. Honey uses it when sandblasting so I always have access to it and it works great! I keep it inside a little baggie and glue the bag and all to the bottom of the pan. If your pins go in it... it sharpens them! I actually used about half as much as you see in the photo:) Now place your pie in the pan and keep your turning tool handy... Use your glue gun and go around the inside edges of the pan... a little at a time... using the tool to push down onto the 1/2" seam as you go... to form a fluted pie crust! So cute and easy as pie!!! Load up your Cutie Pie with Pretty Pins and keep it next to your machine:) CLICK HERE to get some of your own! These are my new Pretty Pins... I love them! I designed this cute little plastic mason jar container and they fit perfectly inside:) FYI -I'll be using these containers to hold other cute things in the future! I hope you love my Cutie Pie Pincushion and decide to make one too! xx Lori
Crochet pin cushions ideas for your Sunday project. Would you try one of those? I am really thinking about it, they kind of have a vintage air, they are fast to make and come with an adorable scale fa
The summer holidays are upon us and the children need organising and entertaining. This simple pin cushion tutorial only takes 10 minutes and is a great way to encourage children into trying sewing, or you could make one for yourself to give you a breather when the summer break gets a little too much! 1. Trace 2 circles from fabric (I used a large mug to trace my circles). Cut them out at least 1/4" larger all the way round. use pinking shears if you have them. 2. Sew the 2 circles right sides together on the marked line, backstitching at the start and end of the stitching and leave a 1.5" or so gap for turning and stuffing. 3. Turn right way out and stuff really firmly with wadding scraps or polyfill/toy stuffing 4. Slip stitch the opening closed 5. Take a very long length (about the same length of your full arm or so) of embroidery thread and make a good knot at the bottom. 6. Push the needle through at the centre of one side, to the other side and working in a figure 8 wrap the thread over, pull tight, push the needle through, and then across the opposite side, pull tight again. Repeat this so you have the thread wrapped around in 8 places. Pull tight each time. Secure with a button and knot. 7. And there you have it - one simple pin cushion! I used 2 prints from eden to make this version. You can buy eden from The Cotton Patch.
Pocket Pin Cushion Pattern featuring a patchwork pocket for your scissors and other tools in the front. This listing is for a downloadable digital pdf copy of the directions only. The following is included in this pattern: (Please see photo for fabric requirements) ★ Fabric requirements ★ Cutting Details ★ Assembly Instructions This pattern is an INSTANT DOWNLOAD pattern. You will receive an email immediately following your confirmed payment. The email you receive will include a link to the download. ** UK CUSTOMER - IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION *** POSTAGE COST IS A ONE-OFF COST, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE LARGEST ITEMS YOU'VE ORDERED, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY ITEMS YOU HAVE ORDERED. Standard postage is for 2nd Class Tracked service, it will take approximately 2-4 days to arrive. Upgrade is available for 1st Class Tracked service and next day courier delivery. For 1st class tracked service will take 1-2 days to arrive. For next day courier delivery, you will need to order before 10am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (our shipping dates). Courier delivery shipped out on Friday will be delivered on the coming Monday. Please note, currently we only ship orders on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.
This is a round basket-shaped pincushion that can hold small items. You can make wonderful and cute sewing items using scrap fabric. I hope you can make it easily with the pattern I shared. Fabric Scr
Needlebooks come in quite handy for keeping track of your pins and needles (and make a charming addition to any sewing basket). DIY Tutorial
Pompomrouge took my breath away with this appliqued and embroidered felt pincushion. So simple and yet so gorgeous. Many thanks to kittykill of feeling stitchy for pointing out this lovely work.
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So, a little reminder of what we’re making: In the first part of this tutorial, we made the tiny hexagon patchwork to go on the front cover of our book: In addition to this, you’ll need…
When making a pincushion for yourself, one of the most important things for you to consider your pincushion stuffing. Pros & Cons of each option.
This tutorial will show you how to make a gorgeous pincushion that you can use for all your sewing tasks. Quick, fun and easy to make - great gift idea!
Can you believe it? They paid actual money to have the sign 'fixed'..I would fix it again but apparently I paid for the gramatically incorrect sign in the first place and then paid again to get it restored. I am shaking my head in disbelief, I live among idiots. It makes me want to stick a pin in someone's eye. Come and join my pincushion swap - I know you want to :) Not sure what I am on about? It is a point of grammar, see here Eyeball pincushion image from here
Enough looking at pretty pictures and dreaming about all the quilts I want to,but will probably never, make. Time for some actual sewing! Here is a little pincushion which is small enough to be cute, but deep enough that your pins do not poke out the bottom and prick you when you pick it up. It measures 2 3/4" square and 1 1/2" deep, and is made from eight 2 1/2" squares: ideal for using mini charm squares or leftovers from other projects. Just a word of disclaimer: this is not my pattern, it was passed on to me informally many years ago as is so often the way in our sewing communities. I have no idea if anyone has copyrighted it, it has been around a long time and I thought it was worth revisiting and sharing. If I can give credit I will, just let me know if you know its origins. So here goes: Make two four patch blocks from your eight 2 1/2" squares. After pressing, cut out a 3/4" square from each of the corners of both blocks. I think it is safest to mark the cutting line with pencil and then use scissors rather than trying to rotary cut out such a small piece. Fold the block right sides together and pin the corners: you will be stitching short seams on the edges you have just cut. Good idea to backstitch at each end. Turn one of the blocks right side out and place this inside the other block, matching corners and seams. This is important as it gives the pincushion a smart and professional finish if you get the intersections neat. I like to make my seam allowances go in opposite directions so they nest. Pin and stitch all the way round but remember to leave an opening for turning in the middle of one side (not too near the corners though). Backstitch at each end of this seam as you don't want your stitching to come undone when you turn the piece inside out. Turn right side out and stuff. I filled my pincushion with crushed walnut shells because I like the firm crunchiness when I stick in a pin (!) but you can use polyester toy stuffing if you'd rather. Slipstitch or ladder stitch the opening closed. Thread a long needle with a strong thread, double it and knot the end. Sew a small button to the top and bottom in the centre of the pincushion, pulling on the thread so the buttons dimple in the middle. To finish off bring the needle out close beside one of the buttons and wrap the thread around the button before taking the needle through to the other side of the pincushion and cutting off the thread. Or if you have used a decorative thread like a perle you might want to leave a long tail on the top of the pincushion when you go through the first button, and then bring the end thread back up after you have been back and forth a few times. You can then tie the two ends in a reef (square?) knot and make it a decorative statement. The larger version (which was a gift to me a long time ago) is really chunky and great for long pins. It measures 6" square and is 2 1/2" deep. Make it with eight 4 1/4" squares or you can use a single fabric (in which case cut two 8" squares, one for the top and one for the bottom of the pincushion). The size of the corner cutout is a 1 1/2" square. Otherwise the instructions are exactly the same. The other variation on the big one is that it is wrapped with coton a broder like a parcel. Tie off the ends under one of the bottons if you want to do this. I hope you have fun making a few of these pincushions - they make great gifts and look really sweet. I am off to make a few more. I am linking to Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday - I love small quick projects for that finishing buzz!
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DIY Basket Pin Cushion This is a round basket-shaped pincushion that can hold small items. You can make wonderful and cute sewing items usin...
The Diamond Pincushion pattern is a fun hand sewn project that uses the English paper piecing technique. The top fabric is fussy-cut to create the distinctive pattern. For those unfamiliar with the EPP method or needing a refresher, be sure to watch the video at the end of the post. From the top down view, […]
Over a year ago, I attended a quilt retreat. When I took a break to walk around I walked passed a much older lady sitting at her sewing ma...
I've been working on these for a little while. I think I've had the spools for over a year now and I've finally got around to m...
Super simple but really satisfying sewing project, a block pincushion fussy cut from cute vintage folk fabric and stuffed with walnut shells. #pincushion #quicksewingproject #vintagefabric
Video tutorial: How to make a no-sew easy chair pincushion in less than two hours. Quick, easy, cheap, unique and adorable. Great for gift giving!
Turn a simple mason jar into a pin cushion jar! This project takes 30-minutes so you can whip one up while catching an episode of your favorite TV series.
