Can you ever have too many pincushions??
#151
I've seen some nice ones using dollar store frames, cookie cutters or small jam jars for the base. Also those small dvds would make a nice flat base. I go to a lot of yardsales and pick up candle holders to use too.
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#153
Wow - you have quite a wonderful collection. How long have you been collecting? I love the little owl and the teapot amazes me. Gotta try that one! My SIL collects them too. She is a retired Home Economics teacher and she also bakes fancy cakes, so for her BD I made her a little cake on a pedestal pincushion that she loves. My DH and i found the glass pedestal at an antique barn. I sewed a cylinder in white satin, filled it with saw dust, and embellished it with ribbonwork, then attached it to the pedestal. A fun project!
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#156
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
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wow some really great pincushions. i don't collect them but certainly enjoy looking at all of the wonderful creative ones others come up with. i made an owl one that i fell in love with so that's the one i use. i have received some in swaps and i have created some for other swaps. i am creating some christmas themed pincushions and a panda pincushion for upcoming swaps. will post those pics once i complete them.
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#158
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I have 2 regular size pincushions, which I was forever losing. So, I decided to make one that would be impossible to lose. I found a print in my stash of spools of thread and threaded needles, cut it into six 7" squares, and made a big block-shaped pincushion that is impossible to lose sight of! I put a small bag of gravel in the bottom to give it stability, and filled it with polyester. I love it. It holds lots and lots of pins, and I never misplace it!
I need one like this - even though I don't see any legs on the ones I have, they seem to wander off!
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