A few weeks ago, in a bid to boost my flagging crafting mojo, I signed up to participate in a pincushion swap, hosted by the House of Pinheiro, as I love pincushions and think you can never have too many. I really wanted to combine my love of all things vintage with sewing so this post is called vintage pincushion or how to make a pincushion from a vintage egg cup.
The only rule of the swap was that you needed to make the item yourself and use fabrics and notions from your stash. This wasn’t a problem as my stash is so plentiful! I used a vintage egg cup and made a little fabric pincushion to fit inside. I had plenty of colours to choose from as the design of the egg cup was very colourful.
I had a lovely fat quarter called ‘Seed Head’ which was a reproduction from a patchwork coverlet, bought after visiting Quilts 1700-2100 at the V&A a couple of years ago. I made a simple ball which I then stuffed and placed into the egg cup.
A really simple pincushion mixing my two favourite hobbies – thrifting and sewing! My partner has a rather fabulous business making millinery and blogs at Of Millinery & Motherhood. She made me an exquisite miniature hat, decorated with a feather and red, white and blue buttons which I love.
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Caroline Young
June 26, 2012 at 4:28 pmThat’s so pretty and such a simple idea 🙂
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