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10-27-2011, 03:32 PM
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I do not own a pin cushion :( At first I thought I didn't need one. Then I see so many cute ones on here. My pins ARE getting dull! I guess I have an inner phobia about having to stuff something.
10-27-2011, 04:03 PM
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Pincushions are quite easy to make...or you can buy them already made. I have at least a dozen of them....some I have made, some others have made for me, and have a magnetic one also. Just got a new one last weekend from a friend in Halloween colors...so guess now I will be needing more seasonal pincushions :)
Maybe you can find someone to do an exchange with.
Maybe you can find someone to do an exchange with.
10-27-2011, 05:14 PM
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I have magnetic ones from the fabric store, and a metal bowl and a few made ones. One is a pincushion on a doll leg. It is a porcelain leg with the pincushion on the top, it is cute, that is something to do with a doll part.lol In high school we used the wrist pincushion and I ran across it the other day in some sewing stuff, it was antique looking! Took me a long time to learn how to use a magnetic one, kept poking my wrist with pins.
10-27-2011, 05:26 PM
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I've sewn for years and I must admit that I'd never made myself pincushions until this year, now I can't stop. I did the cute little one that someone showed here where you sew 2 squares together to make a little roundish shape. I also decided I really needed a thread catcher/pin cushion by my machine after seeing pictures of the many nice ones on QB. I use them all the time and the thread catcher really saves the carpet from thread snot.
10-27-2011, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sadly those magnetic ones will DULL your needles...but they are handy aren't they?
I've used magnetic dishes for years... I've never heard they dull the needles
10-27-2011, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bluteddi
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sadly those magnetic ones will DULL your needles...but they are handy aren't they?
I've used magnetic dishes for years... I've never heard they dull the needles
10-27-2011, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MoMoSews
I do not own a pin cushion :( At first I thought I didn't need one. Then I see so many cute ones on here. My pins ARE getting dull! I guess I have an inner phobia about having to stuff something.
10-27-2011, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sadly those magnetic ones will DULL your needles...but they are handy aren't they?
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