Originally Posted by leiladylei54
My seamstress sister always swore by human hair to fill her pincushions. She said that the oils from the hair helped to keep the pins fro rusting. So she would ask the family to keep their hair clippings to fill her pincushions.
Oh yes! When I was about 14 my grandmother helped me make a pincushion with my own hair in it. Can't remember if any of hers went in it. I just found it the other day (I am packing and pitching 40 years' worth of stuff for a move to NM.) and it still had pins and needles in it. NO RUST and still sharp. In fact, I am using one of the needles to finish the binding on a quilt which I need to hurry up and finish before I hit the road to NM. Wow! Brought back memories.