Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I cut open old velvet pin cushions when I find them at thrift shops and yard sales. They are always filled with sawdust. I find a lot of needles inside them. The quality ones like they use to be made. Very seldom do I find any needles that are rusted unless they happen to be newer ones.
...... so it wasn't just my Mother who filled her pin cushions with sawdust!
I too remember her opening up the old ones and taking out all the needles.
She'd have a count for us all, as to how many she found.
In fact ... I still have needles that she had saved in her felt needle books!