Originally Posted by MargeD
I must have missed something, aside from the fact that the girl did not know what a pin cusion was - but I've never heard of using walnut shells for pin cushions. Is this something new and I've been in a cave somewhere for the last 50 years or so? My Mom always used hair because the natural oils in the hair kept the needles sharp and prevented them from rusting.
It was in a quilting magazine. I'd never even heard of crushed walnut shells. Everyone I know uses sand like you would use in sand boxes but I didn't want 50 pounds of sand so I thought this sounded pretty good. :)