katsewnsew, Thanks for the price! Not bad at all! All these pictures are making me want to make some!

I put the sand in a muslin bag that I then put inside the actual fabric for the pin cushion. I have never had a problem with it leaking .

Thanks to all of you that posted pictures. They are all soooooo cute! Makes my old, generic tomatoes from way back look so shabby. How creative you all are.

I haave used dried coffee grounds for years. Of course you could buy a coarse grind and sift out the small particles and make your piincushion. Your pins will not rust. I have had the same pincushion since I was 14. We were very poor and the school taught Home Economics to *th and 9th grade students. I made my own pincushion and haave recovered it many times since then. I am 67 years old. Some years I need to add a few new grounds. I cut two rounds and double sew them together leaving a small opening. I make use a funnel to stuff grounds in side. I sew it up and starting in center, I sew from top middle to bottom middle, up around the side to the top and back down around the side to the bottom and up to the top until the cushion is sturdy.

If you add some Lanolin to the fiberfill it will also keep your needles and pins sharp.

Cookie

Wow -- so much great info! Thanks everyone - and please, keep it coming -- especially the pictures.

fyi....i would ixnay using the sand and silica--if you read the outside of the bag of sand, it is a carcinogenic--there are big warnings on all of the bags of playground sand (except safesand and others like it that are way!!! expensive!!! and have to be specially ordered...) i did a lot of research on sand when we were filling my son's sandbox and i was horrified!!!

The sand I use is Crayola and states it is non-toxic. Mostly use it for weight.

I have a wool pincushion that a dear lady gave me as a gift. I LOVE IT. Sharp pins, and no rust, because of the lanolin in the wool.

those are cute! I may copy that. :)