Pincushion and thread caddy
Issue #30
Holiday Craft-Off Winner: Felicity More
By Venus Zine Staff
Published: December 1st, 2006 | 12:00am
SUPPLIES
• 1/4 yard of fabric (I chose to use two different fabrics, so you would need 1/4 yard of each)
• one small bag of batting ($4)
• one package of pre-made bias tape ($2.50)
• eight spools of thread (90 cents each)
• one piece of chipboard (you can hijack this from the back of a pad of paper)
• 1/2 yard of ribbon or cord (less than $2)
TOOLS
• scissors
• rotary cutter (optional)
• white glue (optional)
• sewing machine and/or needle and thread
• straight pins
TOTAL COST: less than $15.70
SKILL LEVEL: need some know-how
INSTRUCTIONS
1. From your fabrics, cut two circles 9 inches in diameter.
2. Finish the edges in the bias tape (I used felt for my bottom piece, so I edged it with a wavy rotary cutter)
3. From your chipboard, cut one circle 4 inches in diameter.
4. Center your chipboard on the wrong side of the bottom piece. You might want to use a dot of white glue to help keep it in place.
5. Lay the top circle right side up on top of the bottom piece. Using large stitches, hand-baste the two together using the edge of the chipboard inside as a guide.
6. Machine-sew the layers together about 1/4-inch away from the basted stitches, leaving an opening about 1.5 to 2 inches long.
7. Stuff the batting into the pincushion, making sure to keep the cardboard on the bottom.
8. Hand-baste the opening closed near the chipboard.
9. Machine-sew the opening closed about 1/4-inch away from the basting stitches. Using the zipper foot or setting the needle at the far left side will make this easier.
10. Make eight sections for the thread spools by pinning the top and bottom edges together approximately every 3 1/8 inches. You will have eight sections the same size, and one section about 1 inch wide. Machine-stitch from the edge in about 1 inch for each section.
11. Thread the cord or ribbon from the 1-inch section into an adjoining section. Thread the cord through a spool of thread, and then continue into the next section. Continue like this until you’re back at the 1-inch section. Draw the two ends of the cord up and tie them together. You can tuck them into the 1-inch section or tie them in a loop to hang the pincushion.
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