Great idea. Will make one as soon as I clear my machine. Is their any steel wool dust that might need to be vacuumed out of the bobbin area?

0000 steel wool is about the finest grade of steel wool.

Great idea!! thank you for posting

I think you did a wonderful job. Thanks for sharing this with us. With the way the economy is right now every cent counts for some of us.

Thank you for helping us sew better and save money too.
Your English is fantastic. You got your idea across just fine and the pictures helped.

Great job. Thanks.

no problem with your English. You did a great job . Pictures were great. It sure beats the little emory bags that used to be on the red pin coushions.

Very smart idea! I love it, i will try it!

Necessity is the mother of invention. What a great idea. I will definitely give this a try. THANKS!!!

Where do you get the steel wool?

Would that work on hand sewing needles,by pushing it in & out of the steel wool?

Yes, it works, but you need to press firmly the pad with your other hand, taking a hard care to don't hurt your fingers... I do it, but I don't recommend... :?

Thanks.I was going to buy a needle sharpener but now I Only need to get my steel wool out.By the way my english isn't good and I was born and raised here

This forum is full of great ideas, I will be trying this one. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much!!!

Great idea! I had trouble today with my pins! THANKS and your english is fine! :thumbup: ;)

Thanks so much for the TUT - very clever.

Super clever idea...your tute and your English are great! Thanks so much.

I was wondering the same thing.
Do you think it would shred and cause problems that way?

I like the sock idea, you just dump out the old and put in a new piece.

Does the steel wool rust, our house is very humid.

Wonderful english, my DD just said what other country has a class to teach their language, English is a hard one to learn.

THIS IS NOT A GREAT IDEA,Running a needle through steel wool is only going to dull the point more on its way in. The object of a very sharp needle is to penetrate to the side of the knitted fibers in your fabric. What you will be doing is creating a ball point needle. Which is great for woven fabrics like steel wool. They do make a pin cushion for deburring pins,but a pin does not have to be as percise as a needle. Especially when I see you doing this for a machine like a beautiful BERNINA 830!
The Facts.

Thank you so very much for this Great Tut, I'm going to make one and put it to some good use thanks to you. :-D :thumbup:

thanks for the great tutorial

Thanks for the great idea. It will help the costs of quilting. :-D

Great tute! Thanks for the idea. Am going to try this today.

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Yes steel wool rusts if it's wet. If you keep it dry, it'll generally last for a while. Guess how I know? LOL

Cheryl

Excelent idea I will try this today.....thank you

Sharong

This is great!! Thank you so much for the tip! I am going to try it.

Wonderful idea and thank you for sharing!
You must be a teacher. :)

Thank you. I can make this and it is not expensive.

I'm excited about this idea. I've have been putting off buying one from online for $10.00.

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You know I was kind of thinking of this myself. I don't think needles are expensive enough that I want to try this one out.

[quote=sfguimaraes]Well... I'm not confident if my English is enough to publish a tut... hmmm... let me try!

Your English if perfect! Please don't ever let that stop you in sharing something with us! Way to go and I will definitely try this.

I did the same thing, but I made a pin cushion. I began by filling a decorative ceramic planter about 3 inches tall with steel wool, adding fabric to the top, pushing it inside the rim of the planter and gluing between the fabric and the planter. Everytime I stick a pin in it or pull one out of it, it get's sharpened twice. And it's decorative. Should have taking a picture of it. We just have to remember to not let it get wet since steel wool rusts. Have been using it for years now. And it fits right inside my sewing drawer.

Wonderful! Now I don't have to worry about running to the store every time I start a new project. Funds are short now-a-days and it's nice to know I can recycle instead of throw out. Thank you.

thanks for the great idea!

Thanks for sharing this information and I will be trying this out as soon as I can get the steel wool.

Great idea, I love simple things that make life easier! Thanks so much for sharing this with us :)
By the way you do just fine with your english!!!

I have sharpend pins and hand needles many times by sticking through steel wool, but never thought of this idea! For those who mentioned they were afraid of this idea I want to say that yrs. ago in a craft class we made homemade straight pin sharpeners & holders to stick the pins in. We used canning jar lids as the base, put steel wool pads on top and covered them both with velvet, or velveteen. We then glued this to a small glass ashtray, or dish. I still have mine and I still use it! I have had no problem, it sharpens them all, over and over again. :)

[quote=OHSue] :-D :thumbup:

[quote=Justmetoo][quote=OHSue][quote=CANDY1]THIS IS NOT A GREAT IDEA,Running a needle through steel wool is only going to dull the point more on its way in. The object of a very sharp needle is to penetrate to the side of the knitted fibers in your fabric. What you will be doing is creating a ball point needle. Which is great for woven fabrics like steel wool. They do make a pin cushion for deburring pins,but a pin does not have to be as percise as a needle. Especially when I see you doing this for a machine like a beautiful BERNINA 830!
The Facts.


You know I was kind of thinking of this myself. I don't think needles are expensive enough that I want to try this one out.

Ladies it works, ")