PIN CUSHIONS
10-14-2010, 09:54 AM
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Wow.................. Woopy Thanks guys I have plenty to choose from here. You must think I am a right plonker. I have not fully sorted out this forum yet. But I shall definately remember the search button.
10-14-2010, 11:29 AM
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You can make pin cushions that look like darn near anything.
From giant buttons to tea pots to loaves of bread or a favorite car you owned as a teenager, or even one that looks like someone you disliked in high school and want to stick pins in...NO-- that is a joke. Kinda. Or a basketball if you played it, or a sewing machine, or even a pile of fabric that looks like your stash sewed together. Use your imagination, and above all, have fun. Have joy in doing this and make things that make you smile.
Right now I'm making one that looks like a cheeseburger and will glue it on a small, yard sale saucer. I love making mini cheeseburger cookies, and this amuses me. Doesn't take much to amuse a childish mind, and I'm having much more fun in my second childhood than the first one that was so long ago I can't remember much about it, or don't want to.
From giant buttons to tea pots to loaves of bread or a favorite car you owned as a teenager, or even one that looks like someone you disliked in high school and want to stick pins in...NO-- that is a joke. Kinda. Or a basketball if you played it, or a sewing machine, or even a pile of fabric that looks like your stash sewed together. Use your imagination, and above all, have fun. Have joy in doing this and make things that make you smile.
Right now I'm making one that looks like a cheeseburger and will glue it on a small, yard sale saucer. I love making mini cheeseburger cookies, and this amuses me. Doesn't take much to amuse a childish mind, and I'm having much more fun in my second childhood than the first one that was so long ago I can't remember much about it, or don't want to.
10-14-2010, 11:41 AM
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I make simple 4-1/2" squares (4-patch, quarter square triangles, half square triangles), then cut a 2" strip to go around the square and sew the ends together, sew 1 square and a 4-1/2" square of batting to one side of the strip (right sides together with the batting on the wrong side of the square), then sew a 4-1/2" square with a square of batting to the other side of the strip, leaving a gap to turn the whole thing right side out. Fill with crushed walnut shells, whip stitch the gap closed. Sew a button on the top and bottom squares using a long needle and waxed thread (or dental floss) pulling tightly so that you get that "pouffy" look.
I get the crushed walnut shells at a pet store. I find it in the bird supplies. It is abrasive, so will act the same as an emery strawberry and smooth your pins and needles.
I get the crushed walnut shells at a pet store. I find it in the bird supplies. It is abrasive, so will act the same as an emery strawberry and smooth your pins and needles.
10-14-2010, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluphrog
I make simple 4-1/2" squares (4-patch, quarter square triangles, half square triangles), then cut a 2" strip to go around the square and sew the ends together, sew 1 square and a 4-1/2" square of batting to one side of the strip (right sides together with the batting on the wrong side of the square), then sew a 4-1/2" square with a square of batting to the other side of the strip, leaving a gap to turn the whole thing right side out. Fill with crushed walnut shells, whip stitch the gap closed. Sew a button on the top and bottom squares using a long needle and waxed thread (or dental floss) pulling tightly so that you get that "pouffy" look.
Does that work for keeping the pim sharp?
I get the crushed walnut shells at a pet store. I find it in the bird supplies. It is abrasive, so will act the same as an emery strawberry and smooth your pins and needles.
Does that work for keeping the pim sharp?
I get the crushed walnut shells at a pet store. I find it in the bird supplies. It is abrasive, so will act the same as an emery strawberry and smooth your pins and needles.
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