DIY Wrist Pin Cushion from Scraps | Style Pile #21

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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