This was a Christmas gift project I finished ages ago but held off on posting because I thought maybe I’d get around to creating a tutorial for it, but I’ve finally conceded that it may never happen.
I really don’t know how I sewed for so long without a pin cushion/thread catcher
I fell so madly in love, I had to make a few more as gifts for my sewing friends. Kathid had already provided me with the perfect fabric.
If you want to make your own, here are a few tutorials for similar thread catchers I’ve found:
And make sure you invest in emery to fill the pin cushion to keep your pins nice and sharp.
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That is such a great idea, I’ve always got a massive wad of threads and pins tangled together while I’m working on a project. Thanks.
what a great idea!! my husband would be thrilled not to find thread everywhere… and i’d love to get my hands on that fabric!
Oooh, I was just getting ready to sew a pincushion in a few weeks for my mom as a Mother’s Day gift, but I LOVE this much better. She always has threads and fabric scraps all around her sewing machine. And now I have to make me one too!
Just found your blog via UCreate. Love your site. I too am an avid runner and sewer. Just became a follower and hope you will stop by my blog to say “hi.”
I never knew about emery–thanks for the link!
And for what it’s worth–I like yours better than the tutorials you provided…
Smiles,
Dianne
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Thanks Dianne. Maybe someday I’ll get around to making a tutorial….
Pretty sure I got the cutest one. haha… I do love it 🙂
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Shhhh, don’t tell everyone!
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March 26, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I have never seen one of these! Such a great idea to have one. My thread is all over the table when I sew.
so how much emery did you use to fill one cushion?
Thanks love this idea. gonna make me one and one for a gift.
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March 29th, 2010 at 8:31 am
The amount of emery depends on how big of pin cushion you make. For mine, it was a 3″ x 5″ rectangle and I bought 3 cups to fill 4 cushions (and I had a little extra). If you made it a bit smaller, you could do 1/2 cup for one.
I’ve been meaning to make one of these, too. And guess what? I don’t have a pin cushion. How is that possible?! Well, I do have a mini finger ring one, but not a regular size one.
I really like yours. Maybe I’ll copy you 🙂
ditto Dianne. A tute for this would be awesome.
Sigh. I have threadcatchers by my sewing machines and I STILL end up throwing thread all over the floor. Probably a little less than I would without them, though. Maaaaaaybe.
Oh well. It gives me a reason to use my little Fuller Brush carpet sweeper. Keeps the vacuum cleaner from getting thread wrapped around all those rollers.
P.S. Great use for that fabric. I may have to make myself another one. Maybe a really really BIG one . . . that I can’t miss?
HaHa! I totally had to click on this to see what a threadcatcher is, and I still can hardly believe there is such a thing! I have been sewing since I was 4…*cough-cough* years decades now, and I have NEVER even heard of those!
Where do you get emery?
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February 23rd, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Etsy. I believe there is a link in the post.
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