Things for Boys

Sewing, baking and making

Pincushion and Thread Basket

by 10 Comments

Cathedral Window Pincushion and thread basket

I’ve made up a few of these sets and they’re lots of fun! The pincushion is as close as I’ve ever gotten to quilting and I can see why people get addicted. I know I’ll never have the patience to do a whole quilt, so the pincushions will have to do for the moment. This is a great scrap busting project.

Cathedral Window Pincushion

I’d recommend sewing the button on before you stuff the pincushion. It’s much easier when you can get to the needle through the back. The pincushion is stuffed with tiny scraps of wool. I chopped it up into tiny pieces. It’s meant to be good for the pins.

This is the tutorial I used to make the thread basket/scrap bag.

The only change I made was to use 8 x 10″ pieces for the bag so that it was a little wider. It sits on the table next to my machine. Did you notice my label on there? I keep forgetting to add them to things when I sew.

This set was for my Sister-in-law’s birthday. I hope they make sewing a whole lot happier for her!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ohh i love the little basket! been meaning to make a large one to hold napkins for the kids at the dinner table.

    Reply

  5. Thanks for the inspiration – I was looking for a project to do as a birthday present for my Gran and came across this via Craftgawker! I’ve had a go and while my version isn’t quite as perfect as yours, I don’t think I’ve done a bad job:

    (I’ve used your post and piccy to show my inspiration but I’ve linked back and attributed it to this blog so I hope thats ok! I can take it down if its not!)

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.