I have been meaning to make one of these for some time now. I sew all the time, but I don’t have a pincushion, just a little plastic box that the pins I bought came in. I have seen a number of cute tutorials out there to make your own pincushion, so when I saw this little mason jar on sale at Joann’s the other day, I knew just what to do with it!
What you need:
- Mason jar (any size you want)
- Small scrap of fabric
- Quilt battin
- Felt
- Embellishments (ribbon, buttons, flowers, etc.)
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Remove the lid from your mason jar and separate the flat piece of the lid from the screw piece.
- Take the inner circle from the lid and use it to trace a circle on the felt.
- Cut out the felt circle.
- Take your scrap of fabric and center the flat lid on it. Cut a piece of material out that will accommodate the lid and the batting.
- Take your batting and ball it up under the lid. Then, take your fabric and wrap it up and over the batting and secure with your fingers on the other side of the lid. While holding the fabric secure, push the flat lid with the fabric and batting through the screw part of the lid.
- Trim any fabric that is in excess. Hot glue the remaining fabric to the lid of the jar. Then, hot glue the fabric circle over the glued fabric.
- Add any embellishments to the jar you want. I used a piece of ribbon and a resin flower. Add pins and you’re done!
Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week! I am off to Vegas for a girl’s trip with my Mom! Wish me luck! If I win big, maybe I’ll share! 😉
