Pincushion Cushion
Stitch a cute pincushion shaped cushion for your craft space!
Posted by Cat Morley
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I've had the idea to make a cushion shaped like a pincushion for my craft room for ages and finally decided to make two while brainstorming an idea for my crafty friend's birthday!
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You Will Need (13 things)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Red Fabric
- Pins
- Sewing Machine
- Thread
- Paper for templates
- Fabric Scissors
- Green Felt
- Green Embroidery Thread
- Embroidery Needle
- Small Buttons
- Silver Thread
Steps (20 steps, 90 minutes)
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1
Cut a circle template from paper, slightly larger than you'd like your final cushion to be and cut it out.
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2
Cut out two circles from the red fabric using your template.
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3
Place the two circles on top of each other and pin around the outer edge.
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4
Sew around the outline of your circles, leaving a small opening at the top.
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5
Sew over your line again with a zigzag stitch to prevent fraying.
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6
Trim off extra fabric from around the edge with fabric scissors.
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7
Make a paper template for the green sprout at the top of the pin cushion.
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8
Use your template to cut two sprout shaped from green felt.
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9
Cut out two small pepper shaped pieces from the red fabric and pin around the edges.
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10
Stitch around the pepper.
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11
Turn the cushion inside out and stuff. Stitch the opening of the tomato closed and stitch the sprout to the top of the tomato using green embroidery thread.
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12
Stitch green lines down the tomato from just under the sprout to the bottom, ending in the middle.
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13
Bring the line back up from the bottom, up the other side and back underneath the sprout.
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14
Knot off and leave a long tail coming at the top of the sprout.
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15
Repeat on the reverse side and then stitch one final line down the middle of the cushion. Pull your lines tight to give the cushion a tomato shape.
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16
Pleat the three tails into a braid and cut a leaf shape from green felt. Cut a hole in the middle of the leaf an slip it onto the braid.
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17
Stitch the pepper closed, placing the braid inside the pepper and stitching in place.
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18
Using silver thread, stitch some small buttons around your cushion to look like pin heads.
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19
Stitch a small line under each pin and knot off.
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20
You're all done!