How To Make Your Own Pincushion
Make your own cute pincushion with some small pieces of felt, embroidery thread and some stuffing!
You'll need some felt, embroidery thread, scissors, pencil, a needle and some wadding or toy stuffing.
1 - Cut out two rectangles - mine are about 4 inches by 2.5 inches.
2 - Draw two flowers on different colour felts - one small and one larger one.
3 - Cut them out.
4 - Cut a length of embroidery thread, separate out two strands and tie a knot in one end.
5 - Thread your needle.
6 - Sew the flowers onto one of the main rectangular felt pieces.
7 - Secure your threads on the underside.
8 - Separate out another four threads from your embroidery thread.
9 - Stitch the two rectangular pieces of felt together with a blanket stitch. The first stitch starts between the layers and the rest go through both.
10 - Stitch most of the way around your rectangles but leave a gap so that you can put the stuffing in.
11 - Stuff the cushion with stuffing / wadding.
12 - Close up the gap by continuing the blanket stitch.
13 - Secure your threads when you are done.
14 - Fill with pins!
Learning to make your own pincushion is a great speedy sewing project which will come in handy for your own sewing and is also great to give away as a gift. Make your own today!
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