Hello again, today I am going to be making a pin cushion. To me, pin cushions are the lovely quick projects you can make in between larger projects of when you can't think of something else to make, and I love them!
What you will need:
Helmar Premium Craft Glue, scissors, needle and thread or sewing machine, fabric, lace, embellishments and a vessel to house your pin cushion.
To start with I cut a piece of my desired fabric into a circle about 1.5 - 2" larger than the size of the vessel, I used an image from an old pillowcase. I am using a beautiful Maling lustre ware dish for my pin cushion, it is not in perfect condition so it can now have a new life :) I then stitched two gathering stitches around the outside of the fabric.
After gently pulling the gathering stitch up I filled the fabric with fibre fill and tied the threads together.
Using my Helmar Premium Craft Glue I attached a pretty vintage lace to the sides of the fabric in a place where I feel it will peek out around the pin cushion. Be sure to face the lace in the right direction ;)
I then used more Helmar Premium Craft Glue to attach the pin cushion to the dish.
A couple of pretty flowers were made by gluing pearls to petals and then once again using my Helmar Premium Craft Glue, I attached them to the cushion.
Now I have a pretty, little and whimsical pincushion to keep on my desk.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Helmar Blog today and I do hope you found this tutorial useful, take care :)
Jeanette xxx
