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11-08-2018, 08:51 AM

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Onebyone

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I bought a zirkel magnetic pin cushion and made a pincusion cover to fit it. No stuffing needed. You can do that with other magnetic pin cushions. The pins are easier to pick up on a fabric cover instead of the hard surface.

11-08-2018, 10:15 AM

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Queenbarbiej

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Thank you everyone for your suggestions. The suggestion of using a magnet I a wonderful idea. That would give it some weight on the bottom plus it will help pick up loose pins.

11-08-2018, 06:46 PM

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thrums

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Originally Posted by Onebyone

What a great idea. Thanks.

11-08-2018, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NZquilter

I thought I read somewhere that many years ago women used the hairs that got caught in their hairbrushes as pin cushion stuffing. Apparently the natural hair grease helped keep the pins and needles sharp. Seems smart to me. I've been intending to try it for sometime, but always forget. I'm losing so much hair lately, I should try!

ETA I wouldn't give that pin cushion away as a gift though, lol!

It seems like that it would take a lot of time to collect what much human hair. Hmmm

11-08-2018, 10:18 PM

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I use bird gravel, too. Adds some weightiness to the pin cushion.

I would use caution with the walnuts shells if there are food allergies. Last year a Canadian man died from inhaling dust from "sand" blasting as tallchick describes. Here's the CBC link with a news article.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...site-1.4368171