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Lol ....... Tam...... I eat lots of tuna also. I just love all sorts of pincushions and I want to try the steel wool suggestion.
Those are really pretty Lisa, and I love the colors too.
Jenny has one sitting beside her sewing machine in one of her tutorial. It resembles a large cupcake .... I like it but cannot remember exactly what it looks like. Maybe she will share it in one of her new tutorials....hint hint hint.
Hi Ladies, if you use crushed walnut shells in pin cushions be sure you do not gift it to someone with nut allergies. Both my 55+ sister, and 30+ niece have nut allergies and it would take them a long time to solve the mystery and misery of a walnut shell filled pin cushion. dmt
Yes the whole pin cushion is filled with the shells or steel wool. I like the steel wool because I THINK it keeps the pins sharp. I also have taken a ad magnet for the fridg... maybe a pro or college sport schedual or pizza joint so you keep their phone number close, & gentle peeled the ad off. There's plenty of sticky left on the magnet & stuck it to the flat neck space on the sewing machine. So as I'm sewing i can just slide the pins out of the seam & drag them on to the magnet. Found it lots easier then trying to stick the pin cushion. Have to keep my eyes on the sewing needle!!!! The tuna can also works with a magnet glued to the inside bottom. Don't stuff it just use it as a "cup" to toss them in. You can still pretty up the outside of the can. Remember magnets don't work on brass. Pins & needles must be steel.
Oma
Some of the newer machines can be pretty well fried by putting a magnet too close to their electronic parts, if you didn't mind gumming up the outside with adhesive. Mom's old Kenmore, on the other hand, probably has enough metal to make a new car, and could handle having a magnet stuck to it. Just be careful with the magnets, even the big ones they use for holding pins.
I have a pincushion that I was given as a gift, it is a goat. Super cute!
I'd check the web for fun patterns. I have seen a bunch of them.
I thought so too earlier but you CAN use a fridge magnet no problem, - I do.
More on this subject:
http://ak.buy.com/PI/0/500/217373355.jpg
Quote: This pin place/scissor spot is a magnetic spot for your sewing machine that attaches with a suction cup. It easily grabs your scissors; pins and needles without you having to take your eyes off your work. Safe for sewing machines; sergers; computer or monitor (microchips are not effected by magnetic fields; magnetic storage devices such as diskettes are vulnerable to magnet fields); die-cutting machines and much more! Made in USA.
My pincushions are many, mostly the "tomato"-type but also pillows etc.
I make the tomato ones by sewing all around right sides together pretty fabric/fleece. I then cut an opening in the fleece where a thread will cover later, turn it and stuff with wool yarn before closing it with some stitches and do the thread wrap bit.
Some I embellish with a button, others just knot frayed up.
Some old images from my blog.
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http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pPAnPO0Fw9o/Sk...nal%5B7%5D.jpg
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*Hugs*
:icon_popcorn::icon_hihi: LOL....dmt--- Not Even CSI Miami or CSI VEGAS could figure this one Out!Quote:
Originally Posted by dmt148
~ This is how it'll :icon_stunned:gooooooo......
:icon_popcorn:
Then it'll be sent to :icon_surprised:COLD CASE...
and becomes a TV Episode called: "Sometimes I Feel Like a NUT"
and since they can't solve the Case either.. It becomes a GAME!Yeahhh,That's It!
a Game called NUT-A-CLUE? (Get it! Not a Clue...:icon_idea: smart Huhhh)
and the game will include little playing/moving pieces BUT ONLY 1
Yes... ONE..... is a miniature "PINCUSHION"(trade marked exclusively by dmt who sold the rights to Mattel and becomes a "Billionaire")
This piece will become Everyones Favorite (like the Hat in Monopoly) but you have to Win it with a dice throw to play with it) and nooo one will know That!
that......"That little piece" was ACTUALLYyyy....
The CLUE (weapon- used) to WIN The G-A-M-E!
And FINALLY the Missery I MEAN!! The Mystery:icon_razz: is Solved....
and everyone can go back to Quilting their UFO's....
:icon_eek:U-F-Ooooo'ss!!! :icon_rolleyes:
Awww:icon_doh: don't even get Me started with UFO's!!!:icon_rolleyes: I Gotta Stop drinking so much CAFE...and staying :icon_sleep: Up sooo Late!.
;):icon_razz::D:
Hi Mari, those are awesome cushions..... thank you for sharing them with me.... great colors too
here are directions for the cute little chicken pincushions. http://www.quiltingworks.com/cabin-f...in-cushion.htm
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Originally Posted by bverste
CHICKENS!!!
Awww That is Too CUTE!!!
Thank-You ~bverste
Look what i found... this is from a newsletter sent to me with all sorts of re-cyle,sew,you name it.............but this one was just this week, so here's the link,,,
http://www.allfreesewing.com/?task=s...erm=pincushion
enjoy!!!