nanna-up-north

Never again will I put needles in my pin cushions. I pulled all these out of my tomato pin cushion today. The needles with thread were the ones I had put in the cushion. All the rest were buried inside..... Those are some big needles that were buried.... the tiny ones I use could be lost forever. So, never again. I guess I'd better get busy making some needle cases.

pokeygirl

I have done this same thing. LOL

tessagin

Well now I might find some of my lost needles. But most of mine had 2-3" of thread. Oh well I'll still check!

Boston1954

I have a magnetic holder for needles. The pins have one also. I gave away all my tomatoes.

Onebyone

It's fun to open up an old old pincushion. Lots of needles made from good steel inside.

roguequilter

i love your pincushion...looks like we have the same fun need to sort and organize the pins by color!

nanna-up-north

Oops. I guess my OCD is showing again

minstrel

I've done that too. :-/

JustAbitCrazy

How did you get them out? Did you cut the pincushion up to retrieve them? That's alot of lost needles!

nanna-up-north

No, I didn't cut the pincushion. I just squeezed it till I felt a needle and then used pliers to grab hold of it and pull it out. I have some really skinny pliers.