June,
What a darling idea for a pincushion. I love thrift stores and garage sales so guess I'll start looking for tea cups and saucers now too. Oh my poor hubby. :roll:
I do know not to use poly batting in the pincushion and was thinking about the tomato and strawberry pincushions with sawdust ( or something like that) in them, but I believe I'll try the suggestions here: sand and steel wool. I'll have to let y'all know which I prefer when I get them done.
Thanks for the site link.