A little treat from my cousin...
12-03-2010, 03:58 PM
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Our sewing classes at school make those to give as gifts and to use when they learn how to sew. They use a cap from a soda bottle, small bits of fabric cut in a 3 inch circle, narrow elastic cut just long enough so it fits around your finger, and batting. First gather up the way you would if making a yo-yo. Pull the yo-yo enough to gather i some and stuff the batting into the fabric, then pull tightly so it forms a ball shape. Hot glue the ball shape into the bottle cap making sure all the fabric edges go into the cap. Hot glue the two edges of elastic to the outside of the bottle cap. The kids embellish with ribbon so that the sides of the cap do not show.
12-03-2010, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by fleurdelisquilts.com
Our sewing classes at school make those to give as gifts and to use when they learn how to sew. They use a cap from a soda bottle, small bits of fabric cut in a 3 inch circle, narrow elastic cut just long enough so it fits around your finger, and batting. First gather up the way you would if making a yo-yo. Pull the yo-yo enough to gather i some and stuff the batting into the fabric, then pull tightly so it forms a ball shape. Hot glue the ball shape into the bottle cap making sure all the fabric edges go into the cap. Hot glue the two edges of elastic to the outside of the bottle cap. The kids embellish with ribbon so that the sides of the cap do not show.
12-03-2010, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DawnMarie
As a quilt guild, we got together and mass produced these little pin cushions. What a riot!
Anyway, we sold them during our quilt show for $1.00 each. It was quite the little fundraiser.
Anyway, we sold them during our quilt show for $1.00 each. It was quite the little fundraiser.
12-03-2010, 05:47 PM
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you are so right it is a finger pin cushion. they are so easy to make. you need a metal pop bottle cap or beer bottle cap, some fiberfill, a small circle of fabric a piece of 1/4 inch elastic and a hot glue gun.Cover the cap with fabric and glue it to the inside. measure a piece of elastic to fit your finger and glue the loose ends to the inside of the cap also. take a circle of fabric and sew the edge like you would for a yo yo, stuff with fiberfill and glue to the inside of the cap. and it is finished. I just guesstimate the size of the circle. Don't really have a pattern. but they are fun and fast to make.
12-03-2010, 06:24 PM
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We made them with 20 oz. pop bottle lids. I think we punched two small holes in the top of the lid. Then we put a piece of elastic through one hole, tied a knot, cut the elastic to a length that would accommodate a finger and another knot. Then, we put the other end of the elastic through the other hole and tied it. We used circles of fabric and stitched them like you would a yo-yo. Before pulling them tight, we stuffed them with polyfil and extra batting scraps. We tied them so they wouldn't come undone. Next, we hot glued them into the bottle caps with the opening down. To finish them off, we wrapped a piece of ribbon around the sides of the bottle cap and hot glued it in place.
It's pretty similar to what the other ladies have been posting.
It's pretty similar to what the other ladies have been posting.
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