maviskw

After finding 27 needles and 16 straight pins in an old pincushion, I have a different place for my needles. Now if I want to put a needle into a pincushion, I put it in at the side in such a say that if it gets pushed way in, it will come out the other side. Works slick.
A few weeks ago, I was sewing something for my daughter and started playing with her knit pincushion. (It is strips of garter stitch, sewn into a circle, folded in half the long way, and tucked into ever larger circles. The first strip is only about 1 inch long, and four or five circles make a pincushion of 8 or 10 layers on each side and is a really cute pincushion.) She was surprised at the number of pins I found in there. Those circles can be taken apart easily and put back together again. The circles are not sewn together.

maryfrang

At least your hidden needles were safe. My usually end up hidden in the carpet of a chair arm or seat. Och.

PenniF

Did it...and after a few finger jabs found 14 NEEDLES hiding in there. Took a few minutes and whipped up a little quilted needle case. Not doing THAT again.

purplefiend

I like the magnet type pin holders, can't use the mechanic's bowl magnets near my computerized machine. I'm afraid I'd ruin it.
Sharon

judykay

I am sure my pincushions are filled with needles. Many times I find them accidentally when trying to pull out a straight pin. At first I thought it was just my hand made pincushions that were the problem then I discovered my tomato ones also like to play hide and seek.

soccertxi

I was teaching a young friend to sew this summer. I brought out my pin cushion and she proceeded to push all the pins all the way in...and the needles too! I took it away from her and brought out a dish of pins. She might get poked now and then, but I don't lose my needles! I could not get her to understand how much trouble it is to have them pushed all the way in.

IBQUILTIN

I have a little teapot cushion that don't put anything in but needles and just put the point in just enough to hold

momsbusy

I did that too. I thought that putting each size into a separate section of my tomato cushion and marking the size with a sharpy would be efficient storage until someone pushed all of them into it. Not fun.

MargeD

Been there, done that more times than I care to count. I keep forgetting that the thread can come off the needle, then it's look for the needle in the pin cushion. I think I need to make a needle case too, as I'm always misplacing my needles. You're not alone.

maggie_1936

I usually leave some thread in the needles so I can find them