Saturday, February 2, 2013

DIY Pin-cushion with pin storage



     I'm making a dress using newspaper print fabric.  Sewing by hand for lack of a machine I of course got distracted and found another project to take a break.  In fairness making a pincushion would give me a practical advantage while sewing the dress!

     Heating a penknife over a candle I cut/melted a large hole in the plastic lid of an empty face cream jar.  I cut a circle of fabric around twice as large as the lid.  I had no stuffing so used a ball of fluffy wool, putting it in the center of the fabric circle and pushing through the hole in the lid.  I cut a round circle of cardboard and wedged it into the lid to keep the wool in.  I glued the excess cloth to the cardboard using PVA glue.



...then I got back to sewing my dress.

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