Making Pincushions
03-09-2011, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Nolee
Originally Posted by debbieumphress
I love pincusshions and use all kinds of stuffings. Favorite is sand because it sharpens needles and is also heavier so it supports itself. I am watching for the teapot pincushion too.
03-09-2011, 06:27 AM
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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.
03-09-2011, 09:23 AM
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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!!!
03-09-2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by raggedyann
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!!!
some mice I made stuffed with fiber fill, the tie dye looking mouse is for another DGD .She showed up wearing a tie dye shirt the day I gave it to her...guess I picked the right one for her. both DGDs will be 3 this summer.
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DGD had to have an orange one
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03-09-2011, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Charleen DiSante
was wondering about sand, what about rusting needles? I read somewhere about wool???
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