Need: Workhorse pin cushion
01-14-2013, 08:47 AM
#51
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*LOL* They not only still use cow magnets, you can buy them on Amazon!
Cow Magnet
Cow Magnet
Made me smile also as my mother (and my x husband) worked at a magnet company that made cow magnets. I still remember the first time that I heard of them. What?????? You gotta be kidding but of course, they weren't. I still have a couple of them. I was a "big city" girl and knew nothing about cows except that was where milk or beef came from. LOL. Do they still use them?
01-14-2013, 10:18 AM
#53
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That's what I was going to suggest! I even through my metal feet in there when changing back and forth so they don't slide off or get covered up.
01-14-2013, 10:29 AM
#55
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My favorite pincushion came from a trip to the Dollar store where I bought a sugar container with a lid and a glass bowl to glue to the top. The container holds my notions and small scissors and the bowl is my pincushion either with a magnet or a pinchsion glued to the center of the bowl. It works nicely in the small space of my end table for handsewing while watching TV or by my machine.
01-14-2013, 12:26 PM
#56
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Oh my goodness, I love this clever idea!
My pin cushion ... is not a pin cushion!
Just the lid from a tin box with a cow magnet in it. Magnet sticks to the tin tray. Pins to the magnet. The low edge allows for easy access for retrieving the pins and I somewhat aim the pins and the magnet grabs them! If I need to take it anywhere then the bottom of the tin box can easily be added for travel. And bonus, the edge keeps my stitch ripper from rolling away.
Just the lid from a tin box with a cow magnet in it. Magnet sticks to the tin tray. Pins to the magnet. The low edge allows for easy access for retrieving the pins and I somewhat aim the pins and the magnet grabs them! If I need to take it anywhere then the bottom of the tin box can easily be added for travel. And bonus, the edge keeps my stitch ripper from rolling away.
01-14-2013, 07:06 PM
#58
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Sewmamasew.com has a pin cushion that really works. The filling is rice and most of us have that in our cupboards. I just used fabric I had on hand. I liked it so wll I made thereof them. The only thing I had to buy was so shelf liner from the dollar store. These help keep the cushion even more solidly in place. I have a computerized machine so I can't have a magnetic pin cushion next to the machine.
01-14-2013, 11:56 PM
#59
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I got a Ewesful wool pincushion from J. Hittle http://jhittlesewing.funoverload.com...ls/page_1.html and it's a favorite. I got the one with a magnetic bottom, which sticks very well on the inexpensive steel baking sheet I put next to my sewing machine to corral all my supplies. $6.64 currently, but they have a $6.90 shipping fee if order is under $100.... There are other sizes of Ewesfuls also. I have not checked where to find them elsewhere.
01-16-2013, 06:22 AM
#60
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If no Harbor Freight near, try Walmart auto section or even hardware store...cheapest prices there too.......
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