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The Emporia => Embroidery and Embellishment => Topic started by: fajita on August 17, 2020, 21:38:27 PM

Title: Pin cushion
Post by: fajita on August 17, 2020, 21:38:27 PM: Made on the V3, then stitched closed by hand. I used a too thick stabiliser, hence the white edges. But it’s just for me so it’s fine.
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Post by: Lilian on August 17, 2020, 21:45:19 PM: That's cute @fajita :)
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Post by: Iminei on August 18, 2020, 07:34:55 AM: I was considering a teeny dress form pin cushion (https://www.emblibrary.com/EL/Products.aspx?Catalog=Emblibrary&ProductID=X14443) for the Access All Accessories Swap but knew the hand-sewn finishing would defeat me :(
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Post by: wrenkins on August 18, 2020, 09:35:43 AM: I love little houses. :loveit:
I've made them from Lego, Meccano, Bayko (the Bayko came out of my cousin's granny's house) anything I can get my hands on really. I even made him indoors a tea cosy in the form of a stone cottage (he used to make them) but I noticed this morning that the stuck on window pieces are falling off. :( I think I need one like yours now @fajita
@Iminei I don't know how tiny you want your mannikin but Debbie Shore does one with only about 1/4" of hand sewing that won't be seen. :)Pin cushion. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ImF1vok_EU) Personally I'd make the base heavier and the pole shorter but it's a start. Her dog cracks me up.
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Post by: Iminei on August 18, 2020, 10:30:06 AM: Did I hear her correctly ???

You need a couple of bits of fabric and a bit of dowelling about a quarter of an inch long ?????

Id hate to see her seam allowances
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Post by: wrenkins on August 18, 2020, 10:33:57 AM: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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Post by: Kad on August 18, 2020, 11:37:42 AM: Quote from: Iminei on August 18, 2020, 07:34:55 AM
I was considering a teeny dress form pin cushion (https://www.emblibrary.com/EL/Products.aspx?Catalog=Emblibrary&ProductID=X14443) for the Access All Accessories Swap but knew the hand-sewn finishing would defeat me :(

I made one using Simplicity 8532, I used a wooden barbecue skewer as the leg of the mannequin and despite the requirements list asking for 3/8 yd!!!! of each of two fabrics, got the pincushion and scissors case out of decent size scraps of patchwork cotton's.
The pattern also includes pattern weights, sewing machine cover / mat, scraps bag, needle case so is reasonable value for money.
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Post by: Kwaaked on August 18, 2020, 12:24:22 PM: I want a Hobbit house pin cushion.

Although I like yours fine, @fajita.
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Post by: fajita on August 18, 2020, 13:26:27 PM: Himself keeps threatening to build a hobbit house in the garden. It must be a ‘thing’.
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Post by: coffeeandcake on August 18, 2020, 19:52:25 PM: I'm thinking that a dress form pin cushion might feel a bit like a voodoo doll.
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Post by: Iminei on August 18, 2020, 19:53:14 PM: OOoohhh I know the face I want to paint on!!!
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Post by: Sara-S on August 18, 2020, 23:55:28 PM: @fajita that’s adorable. What did you use to fill it?
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Post by: fajita on August 19, 2020, 09:59:54 AM: @Sara-S thankyou. It has plastic beads on a cardboard base to give a little bit of stability, and filled with polyester toy stuffing. I had planned to fill it with nut shells, I do have a bag of them, but I can’t find them.
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Post by: wrenkins on August 21, 2020, 14:24:56 PM: Here's another one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtMUB8MJaM8) @Iminei. The only hand sewing is optional.