Need: Workhorse pin cushion
#42
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Merritt Island, FL
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Made me smile also as my mother (and my x husband) worked at a magnet company that made cow magnets. I still remember the first time that I heard of them. What?????? You gotta be kidding but of course, they weren't. I still have a couple of them. I was a "big city" girl and knew nothing about cows except that was where milk or beef came from. LOL. Do they still use them?
#44
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Rural Oklahoma
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My favorite pin cushion is made from pattern McCall's 2452. It's about 7" across. The pin cushion fabric is lined with batting. You then stuff it with fiberfill and pour about a cup of cat litter in the middle. It's great and the cat litter seems to sharpen the pins. Love it!
#45
I put all my tools on my right side and I'm always pulling my scissors off the pin tray. one of those aggravations that doesn't bother me enough to change.
#47
Sometime ago, I made up a tutorial for a "pincushion and attached scrap bag "and placed it in the tutorial section of Quilt Board - therefore, you can type into the search space pincushion and attached scrap bag and you will see step by step instructions and pictures to make yours. I have made about 85 of these, and those recipients have told me this is their favourite pincushion.
I do not have any extras left over, and it costs about $15 - $20 to mail them to homes in the USA (due to the weight), so not cost effective for me to make them and send them to USA folks, as it would cost you upwards of $40.
I do not have any extras left over, and it costs about $15 - $20 to mail them to homes in the USA (due to the weight), so not cost effective for me to make them and send them to USA folks, as it would cost you upwards of $40.
#48
I'm 69 & remember making the tuna can pin cushion way back when I was in Girl Scouts. I think we stuffed the bottom of the tin & the lid with old nylons. The lid was left attached to the can & then thin colored foam was cut to cover all sides. Lace trim was glued around the edges. Funny, I had a flashback to these when opening a can of tuna last week.
#49
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
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The pin cushion I liked the best was: the base was made by a furniture manufacture and was a round with a well of about 1/2inch in the middle . Intl this well fitted a polystyrene ball cut in half. Cover with velvet. It was great. But if you pushed pins into the same place too often made a whole. Have base but cannt think how to or what to use for top.
#50
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Made me smile also as my mother (and my x husband) worked at a magnet company that made cow magnets. I still remember the first time that I heard of them. What?????? You gotta be kidding but of course, they weren't. I still have a couple of them. I was a "big city" girl and knew nothing about cows except that was where milk or beef came from. LOL. Do they still use them?
Yes, indeed ... they are definitely used in livestock still.
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