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*LOL* They not only still use cow magnets, you can buy them on Amazon!
Cow Magnet
Originally Posted by blueheavenfla
(Post 5784745)
Made me smile also as my mother (and my x husband) worked at a magnet company that made cow magnets. I still remember the first time that I heard of them. What?????? You gotta be kidding but of course, they weren't. I still have a couple of them. I was a "big city" girl and knew nothing about cows except that was where milk or beef came from. LOL. Do they still use them?
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I use the the magnet blow from harbor freight, love it
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Originally Posted by Tashana
(Post 5780166)
Go to Harbor Freight and for a few dollars you can buy a magneto bowl. I have two. Good things about it is that it has heavy rubberized bottom and holds many pins. I LOVE mine especially for pins.
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Going to spend some time this afternoon exploring this site. Thank you for sharing. Take care.
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My favorite pincushion came from a trip to the Dollar store where I bought a sugar container with a lid and a glass bowl to glue to the top. The container holds my notions and small scissors and the bowl is my pincushion either with a magnet or a pinchsion glued to the center of the bowl. It works nicely in the small space of my end table for handsewing while watching TV or by my machine.
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Oh my goodness, I love this clever idea!
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5780219)
My pin cushion ... is not a pin cushion!
Just the lid from a tin box with a cow magnet in it. Magnet sticks to the tin tray. Pins to the magnet. The low edge allows for easy access for retrieving the pins and I somewhat aim the pins and the magnet grabs them! If I need to take it anywhere then the bottom of the tin box can easily be added for travel. And bonus, the edge keeps my stitch ripper from rolling away. |
I use ground walnut shells in my pincushions. I get it at the pet store. Big bag for about 6 bucks
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Sewmamasew.com has a pin cushion that really works. The filling is rice and most of us have that in our cupboards. I just used fabric I had on hand. I liked it so wll I made thereof them. The only thing I had to buy was so shelf liner from the dollar store. These help keep the cushion even more solidly in place. I have a computerized machine so I can't have a magnetic pin cushion next to the machine.
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I got a Ewesful wool pincushion from J. Hittle http://jhittlesewing.funoverload.com...ls/page_1.html and it's a favorite. I got the one with a magnetic bottom, which sticks very well on the inexpensive steel baking sheet I put next to my sewing machine to corral all my supplies. $6.64 currently, but they have a $6.90 shipping fee if order is under $100.... There are other sizes of Ewesfuls also. I have not checked where to find them elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Tashana
(Post 5780166)
Go to Harbor Freight and for a few dollars you can buy a magneto bowl. I have two. Good things about it is that it has heavy rubberized bottom and holds many pins. I LOVE mine especially for pins.
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