• Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter

Creative Cynchronicity

  • Home
  • CELEBRATE
    • Christmas
    • 4th of July
    • April Fool’s Day
    • Autumn
    • Back to School
    • Canada Day
    • Easter
    • Family Day
    • Father’s Day
    • Football Friday
  • COOK
    • Egg recipes
    • Chicken
    • Casseroles
    • Canning
    • Canadian recipes
    • Burgers
    • brown bag lunch
    • Breakfast ideas
    • Breads
    • 4th of July
    • Beef
    • Barbecue
  • CREATE
    • CB Chat
    • paper art
    • Fabric Art
    • duct tape
    • DIY Gifts
    • Craft Wars
  • TRAVEL
    • London and Beyond
  • WELLNESS
  • Cyn’s Month
  • CONTACT ME
You are here: Home / CREATE / Make a Handy Flower Pincushion

March 13, 2014 By Cyn Gagen 8 Comments

Make a Handy Flower Pincushion

Filed Under: CREATE, Mother's Day, Spring Tagged With: Pincushion

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

We’ve had a few spring-like days but not nearly enough for my liking! I decided that if nature can’t provide me with some flowers right now, I’ll just make one of my own.  Since I’m doing quite a bit of sewing these days, I made the flower in the form of a handy-dandy pincushion.

This makes a great handmade gift idea for Mother’s Day or any occasion as a special gift to someone who likes to sew. It pops right into the top of a spool making it a really useful way to keep both your needles and thread right at hand!

Flower Pincushion

Supplies Needed:

To make one of these yourself, this is what you’ll need:  a spool of thread, a needle, some felt, tacky glue, a golf tee, a small amount of polyester stuffing, and a pair of scissors

Instructions:

To make the flower petals, I found it easiest to begin by cutting rectangles of the felt roughly the size that I wanted the petals to be. I folded each one in half lengthwise and cut one end to a bit of a point.

Make a couple of pleats at the bottom of each petal and run your needle and thread through to hold them in place. Don’t worry if they don’t stay perfectly pleated right now – once you add all of the petals and tie it off, it will be just right.

Repeat for each of your petals, adding each one onto the needle and thread.  When they’re all attached, tighten up the thread to hold the pleats in place and tie off, making a knot to secure.

Making the Center of the Flower

For the center of the flower, cut out a circle of felt. I used a different shade of yellow to add a little contrast. You need to make the center big enough to hold a little bit of stuffing. This part becomes the pincushion.

 Run a stitch around the outer edge of the circle.  Pull the thread to start gathering it and stuff in as much stuffing as you can fit in.

Assembling the Pincushion:

Put some glue all over the head of the golf tee and press it down into the stuffing. Tighten up the thread as much as you can to gather the circle. Let this dry thoroughly before using.

Once the center is dry, you’re ready to use it.   Simply put the golf tee down through the center of the flower and into the spool of thread. You can add a bit of glue or make a few stitches to hold the pincushion part to the petals if you’d like.

When you’re sewing, move the pincushion to the appropriate spool of thread and have both where you need them. This would make a great gift! Add one to an Easter basket or give one as a Mother’s Day gift. Or make one as a stocking stuffer for Christmas time!

Previous Post: « Make a Carrot Bunting #Spring #SpringHOA
Next Post: Top 10 Reasons to Attend the BConnected Conference »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Shannon says

    March 18, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    This is just too cute. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  2. Holly Muldowney says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:31 am

    SO adorable!!! I need to make one!

    Reply
  3. Wanda Tracey says

    March 19, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    This is such a cute idea and definitely suited to my needs as I am always nominated to hem somebody’s new pants or jeans,etc.I like it and it’s pretty simple to make too.Thanks for posting this .

    Reply
  4. Sonnet @ SohoSonnet Creative Living says

    March 24, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    This is adorable!! I would love for you to share at our Link It Or Lump It Party!! http://www.sohosonnet.com/link-it-or-lump-it/link-it-or-lump-it-sunday-link-party-31/

    Reply
  5. Raina DelRio says

    March 27, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    This is so cute! My daughter is just learning to sew and this would be great for her to make for small gifts!

    Reply
  6. Angie says

    March 29, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    This is so cute! I’m stopping by from Serenity Saturday – Thanks
    Angie

    Reply
  7. Amy W says

    March 29, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    This is such a cool pincushion! Thanks for sharing at our link it or lump it party.

    Amy @ http://www.delineateyourdwelling.com

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. 13 Handmade Gifts for Under $5 - Creative Cynchronicity says:
    December 14, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    […] Spool pincushion […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

ABOUT CYN

Copyright © 2023 Creative Cynchronicity - All Rights Reserved · Privacy Policy · Networks