Hello!
Welcome back - if you've missed the first three, this is a 4-part mini series within-a-series
where I try and reuse a bunch of scrap fabrics that I have in my "Style Pile".
In the last 3 episodes, we made a fox plushie, an eyemask, some embroidery hoop art, all
out of scrap fabrics, and in this episode we'll be making a pincushion that sits on
your wrist.
So, let's get started!
The fourth and final project is going to be a wrist pin-cushion!
So to make this, I grabbed some of this brown, floral fabric, again – apparently I have
a LOT of scraps of this fabric – and I traced out a circle on it, using the embroidery hoop
from the previous tutorial.
For reference, the diameter of the circle is about 5 inches.
And then I cut this circle out.
Now what I’m gunna do next is to do a long basting stitch around the edges of the circle,
and for that I’m going to use a needle and thread.
Now a basting stitch is a LONG running stitch, that looks like this.
And after I stitched around the edges, I left my needle threaded, and I pulled on the thread
carefully… so that this happened.
I’ve ended up with a little round pouch, with an opening at the top.
And into that opening, I’m going to be putting in small shredded fabric scraps as filling,
just like I did for the plushie, until the pin "coshion"... coshion?
Until the pin CUSHION feels nice and firm.
And once it was, I pulled the thread tight to close up the hole, and I sewed it closed
by doing some more stitches around the hole, like this.
Annnnd when it was all closed, I tied off the thread with a few knots.
And this is the main part of the pincushion!
Now, I wanted to turn it into a wrist pin cushion, so, one that’ll sit on my wrist
like a bracelet while I'm sewing – and because I don’t wanna stab myself with pins while
I’m wearing it on my wrist, I need something in the way… this old jar lid should work
well!
I’ve also seen a tutorial where people can glue it to the top of a jar lid, and put sewing
stuff inside, which is also a really cute thing you can do – but that’s not what
I’m doing today.
So next I spray-painted the lid black, so that it looked less like an old pesto lid,
and then I measured a piece of elastic around my wrist, added an extra inch to this, so
it would be comfortable, and then I sewed this elastic piece into a loop.
Then I put the elastic around the lid like so, and I got a hot glue gun, and I put a
big glob of glue into the centre...
…and I used way too much hot glue gun because I don’t know what I'm doing.
I have a confession to make.
I have never used a hot glue gun before.
This is my first time ever using a hot glue gun.
I know, right?!
What kind of DIY channel even is this?
YEAH, okay.
Slap it on in there.
This will work.
I made sure the elastic got glued down in the middle, with the pin cushion on top.
Then I pressed it down hard and I prayed to the hot glue gun gods, and.. it worked - all
good!
Everything is glued into place, and this is what it looks like finished!
So yeah - I find wrist pin cushions really useful because they move with me when I move
around my sewing room, because they're literally... stuck on my wrist.
And it means I don’t forget where I left my pins!
I also glued a smaller version to the top of my sewing machine, because I’m always
wishing that I had somewhere to put pins while at my machine… well, now I do!
Anyway, I hope this mini series gave you all a little bit of inspiration for making something
out of scrap fabric pieces, or super old worn out clothes, instead of just throwing those
things all away and adding more unnecessary waste to our landfills.
Also, these 4 projects make great gifts, they are simple and easy to do, and they'll make
you feel like you've done something good for the world.
Also, I found through making this mini-series that working with a limited amount of fabric
really pushes you to be more creative with what you've got, and I really enjoyed making
all these projects for that reason.
It really kicked my sewing brain back into gear!
And I really think I'd like to try and do more scrap fabric tutorials in the future
- especially as my scrap fabric pile... well...
I mean, even after 4 episodes, it still - it still looks like this!
I hardly even made a dent in it.
*sigh laugh* So...
I guess that means plenty more tutorials to come.
Make sure you're subscribed to my channel to catch all of my future videos, and thank
you all so much for watching, and if you haven't done it yet go and check out the other 3 episodes.
I hope you're all having a great day and I'll see you all next time - bye!
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