It is a cold and rather snowy day here in Ohio. I have been keeping myself busy with trips to Joann's and spending a wonderful Saturday with family.
Yesterday I was cutting out a purse pattern (what else would I be doing???) I had 4 pincushions sitting on my ironing/cutting table which is nothing new as I hate to 'hunt' for pins. I want them right where I can get to them. But as much as I love my pincushions, I have to keep moving them out of the way. To say the least I was frustrated. So, I had a small brain storm. I took a piece of scrap fabric, pressed it and pressed about 1" of all the edges of the fabric toward the wrong side. I then layered it with 4 layers of batting and rolled it into a long tube. This can be tricky, and you may need another pair of hands. I had to ask hubby to help me. I then used rubberbands to keerp the tube closed and hand stitched the long end of the pincushion.
I used some Velcro circles I had on hand and placed them on the hand sewn closure. I then added the other side of the Velcro along the back side of my cutting table. Presto!!!! I had a stationary pincushion!!! You have to remember I made this on the fly and it isn't perfect or pretty. But it works for the time being.
Here are the pictures: (Click on them to make them bigger)
Happy Quilting!!!
June
