How to Make a Cake Pincushion
 

That's beautiful!!!

That is really beautiful

I have always loved this pin cushion, thank you for the tutorial. Somehow I don't think mine will come out this beautiful, but will give it a try!

I remember when you made this..thanks for sharing..looks like you did a great job on the PDF!

this has got to be the most beautiful pincushion I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing the instructions!

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your instructions.

Awesomely beautiful! Ladies are so creative on this board. I love seeing the different ideas and finished products. Thank you for being there!

That's beautiful!!!
Thanks for taking the time to do this.:)

That is darling

I LOVE it! Good directions, too. Would you object if I made it to sell at our church craft sale?

Thanks for sharing the tute. Your "cake" is absolutely beautiful. I'd love to see pictures of what some of our members make now. Anyone up for the challenge?

Thanks so much for sharing the instructions. This is the most beautiful pincushion ever.

its so pretty. Thank you for shareing. I've already printed it out.

Thank you for sharing the tute! You are very generous.

that is so pretty.

Wow, you did a great job with your pdf file. Thanks. I love the dish you used for your cake stand.

Thank you for the wonderful comments everyone! To answer some of your posts:

Of course not Lynn! Go right ahead! Anyone could have made this up by looking at it.

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Originally Posted by sewbeadit (Post 5208060)

I have always loved this pin cushion, thank you for the tutorial. Somehow I don't think mine will come out this beautiful, but will give it a try!

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They all will be beautiful! this is an easy and fun project!

Pam you are not the only one who would LOVE to see others make a cake of themselves! I mean make a cake for themselves... LOL. ;) That would be awesome!
If anyone makes one, please either post it here or post it on your own thread and send us the link!

And the last few:

Pink Glass Cherry Blossom Saucer:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261020767237?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

Pink Glass Saucer with Lace Design Edge:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400294930208?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

Ruby Glass Saucer:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360453485908?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

Pink Glass Pedestal Plate:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380437244636?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

Adorable! Downloaded easy. So creative;)

Thanks for the tute. That's absolutly beautiful, I hope mine comes out half as pretty. Great job on the tute and pin cusion cake.

It is so beautiful, it looks good enough to eat. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Seriously, it is the prettiest pin cushion I have ever seen.

Oh my gosh that is so gorgeous, i don't think i can make one as nice as yours, but i will give it a go, thank you sew much for sharing. And your PDF was awesome, thank you

beautiful pincushion and great tut. thanks so much for sharing.

It is beautifful. have just challenged our guild to do pincushions for our Christmas party so going to add this one to show as an example as dont want them to make traditional pincushions

Thank you. Great tute.

Thanks for the wonderful directions and picture of the darling pincushion cake. I'm thinking that my granddaughters would love the cake as a toy for their play kitchen, but no glass plate! Any ideas of how to make the cake into a birthday cake and put the candles on it? They just love blowing out candles. Making a tube and putting a little yellow 'flame' on it would be no problem, but how to attach the candle to the cake and make it stand up is what I'm trying to figure out. Thanks.

I am continually surprised at the level of creativity and imagination of the (mostly) women on this board. This cake is so beautiful and makes such a statement. And the instructions are very well done...easy to follow and boy, the diagrams look very professional. I think I could "bake" one of these, following the excellent instructions. Thanks so much for posting your beautiful pincushion and sharing the directions.

Beautiful pincushion. You won the battle with pdf too. Thanks lots.
Cleodaisy

thanks very much for sharing will certainly give this a try.

Well Thanks again for all the kind words everyone! i was trying to make the directinos look like what you would see in a store bought pattern.

Janis you had an interesting idea:

That is quite a quandary! The only thing my brain could storm was to use polyfill for the filling and make the cake top with two layers. In the outermost layer, you could position grommets to insert your fake candles through. Here is a picture of grommets so you can see maybe why i thought of them. Just curious Janis... what did you decide to use to make the candles and flames?

Lara, thanks for the eye candy! Just what I need, another vintage thing to start collecting. Actually, I have many vintaqe plates in my home, I will have to rummage through them.

I saw this and fell in love with it..I was at Goodwill today and found a cut glass saucer that had a lip on it..so I got it, brought it home and glued a 4" glass candle holder to it and I have a beautiful little cake stand, so now all I need is some white satin...can't wait to get to fabric store to get some..I have made several of the dress form pincushions that are glued on to the candle holders...love them too...so guess where I'm going after church tomorrow...Hancocks here I come...LOL

My sister was a cake decorator for years and she made my wedding cake. This really hit home with her due to that she used to decorate cakes and now makes the most beautiful crib quilts with high quality fabric. Many thanks for sharing this picture and the pfd pattern.

Buzzingbumble, I thought that the candle could be a simple tube of fabric with a little yellow flame cut out of fabric and treated with the Joann Taylor fray stop, or at least that's who I thinks makes it. (its the kind in the gray packaging that the tube has to be heated and then shaken before using. its great stuff as it drys clear.) I was wondering if I could make a fabric rose and fasted the candle in that and then fasted it to the top. The stitching would be hidden by the petals of the flower. Do you think it might work? I really don't want to have anything that would rust or be hard in the cake, so I wouldn't put any pipe cleaner in the candle, but could stuff it tightly with fiber fill.

Beautiful pin cushion. Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial PDF. I can't wait to try this one. A few of my friends will have special gifts this year (if I can get it right)!