Originally Posted by
carrieg
Has anyone made a pincushion out of a vintage novelty planter? The ceramic kind that have an animal that you can put a houseplant in. I hope you know the kind I mean.
I saw some at a quilt show made into pincushions & I thought it was a great idea! I have an old one that belonged to my grandma. It's been years since it had a plant in it. Since she taught me my sewing skills, it would be neat to have it in my sewing room. I did a search here on QB for pincushions and found 40 pages!
I haven't made even a simple pincushion before, so to put one in a planter might be kind of tricky. I suppose I could make a sample first.
Beyond simple. I like using rolled up fleece trimmings, but scrap batting is fine. Cut the fleece as high as you need it, and then roll and put in planter. Put glue on the bottom before you put the fleece in. Cut a piece of fabric big enough to cover the fleece. Put glue just inside the lip of the planter. Place fabric over fleece and tuck in. done.