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Showing posts with label pincushion. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

Pincushion Jar Tutorial

I can't believe it's already mid-October! With just a couple of months until the holidays are really upon us, I decided I should get started on my crafty gifts.  I saw these pincushion jars floating around the web in the last year and wanted to put together a tutorial for my version.  They're easy to put together and are a great gift for your crafty friends.

Time:
5-10 minutes.  They come together really fast!

Supplies:
Mason jar - I use 8oz or larger so that it's a decent size to hold sewing notions.
Fabric scrap, cut a few inches larger than the jar lid
Handfill of polyfill/toy stuffing
Small piece of decorative paper
Glue gun


1. If you haven't already, cut your fabric scrap into a circle a couple of inches larger than the jar lid.  I recommend cutting a little larger than you expect as you can always cut back the excess.  Also, trace the inner lid piece onto the decorative paper.  Cut out.


2. Now, take the fabric scrap and place over the main jar lid.  Push stuffing into fabric, and cover with the inner jar lid.  



Pull fabric tightly, adjusting the fill as needed until the pincushion shape is formed.


3.  Cut off excess fabric, so that there is just enough to glue down and seal the pincushion lid.  Using the glue gun, pipe glue onto inner jar lid and press fabric down.



4.  Once the fabric is glued down, apply glue to top of fabric and apply decorative paper.  


Your jar is now complete!  Give as is, or fill with fun items for a craft gift.  You can make a sewing kit by throwing in some little scissors, basic threads, needles, etc.  Other uses could be filling it with buttons, zippers, or other sewing notions.


I'll be posting this on the Crafty Christmas Club blog.  If you haven't been there, it's a great site where people post their holiday tutorials.  Tilly (from Tilly and the Buttons) launched it last year, and it's back for this holiday season.  Go check it out!


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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

How cute is this kitty?!

The Sew Weekly is hosting a giveaway for 30 days of pincushions during the month of April.  Today's giveaway is a super cute Lucky Cat Pincushion.  Seriously - how adorable is this?

Lucky Cat Pincushion

To enter for today's giveaway, I'm linking back to the No Sew Hat Pincushion Tutorial.  The link teaches you how to make your own hat shaped pincushion.  The tutorial looks so easy, and if you're a hoarder like me (well, just a craft hoarder... I mean, doesn't everyone have felt lying around their house?), then you're pretty much ready to make this easy pincushion!

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