r ranson wrote:Let's talk Pin Cushions!
Which got me thinking, what do I need from a pincushion?
I bought a bunch of these basket pin cushions when dollar stores had just started. I gave away a bunch as presents that year. The one I kept for myself served me well for over 30 years, but it was sun bleached and starting to look sad. When I disassembled and remade, I took pictures for my FB friends (a couple of them received those long ago gifts).
I took the original apart. It looked like factory floor sweepings was the filler. Yuck. The fabric was just a circle. I cut new fabric, stuffed with cotton batting, and tacked shut with a doubled thread. I decided glue wasn’t needed. The cotton batting had been bought to line a costume for hubby, but we lined the ironing board instead. We will get more mileage out of the ironing board. The oval cut-aways worked wonderful in the old basket.
Basically it cost zero in materials to fix this pin cushion.
I have another basket and some more “innards” to make another pin cushion, but I have set that aside for awhile.
Remember to be careful if you take apart an old pin cushion. I found several needles “lost” inside.