So I went a little crazy with the pincushions today. But aren't they cute!
Okay, let the craftiness begin. Look around your house and find a vessel. I ended up going with some thrifted tea cups and jars. And I'm eyeballing the empty cat food cans in my recycling bin!
For the tea cup or baby food jar you'll need:
- small tea cup or baby food jar with lid
- fabric
- poly fill
- scissors
- needle and heavy duty thread
- hot glue gun (high heat)
- ribbon
If you are using a baby food jar or a tiny tea cup you'll cut your fabric circle about 5 1/2 in diameter. If you're using a larger cup you will have to adjust the size of your fabric circle.
I find that heavier fabric like flannel or wool works best because after it's stuffed, it's less lumpy-looking than regular cotton.
Thread your needle with heavy duty thread. (It was my experience that regular thread broke easily.) Knot one end and sew a running stitch around your fabric leaving a long tail at the end.
Pull the running stitch closed as you stuff it with poly-fill. Stuff firmly and squish it around until it is the shape you want. Be careful not to over-fill as your thread may break as you're pulling it closed.
For the baby food jar apply hot glue to the top of the jar lid. Press the fabric ball firmly in place and hold for several seconds.
Hot glue ribbon around the outside and voila!
For the tea cup apply hot glue to the inside the cup being careful not to come up too close to the top or the glue will overflow and be visible on the outside of the cup. For this tea cup I hot glued the cup to the saucer so it's a handy tray for my other sewing supplies. Like my seam ripper which I need by me at all times!
For the canning jar pincushion you'll need:
- canning jar with ring and lid sealer
- cardboard
- fabric circle about an inch larger than your lid sealer
- scissors
- poly fill
- hot glue gun (high heat)
For this blue pincushion I used flannel fabric and cardboard but it was too thick and the lid wouldn't screw onto the jar. So I switched to a thinner card board and cotton fabric and it worked!
Cut out a cardboard circle the same size as the lid sealer. Place some poly fill on the cardboard and wrap the fabric around it, gluing it down. Then pop it through the the ring, glue the lid sealer onto the cardboard and then screw on the jar.
Now I have more pincushions than I have pins...
