Summer has begun officially and school's out so we are in the garage fixing and testing sewing machines. We haven't been able to ship out any sewing machines for charity for two years now, so we had quite an accumulation. We decided to start with servicing and testing those machines as we met a lady who has connections to ship them out to developing countries! Jake serviced a good dozen machines and I tested 11 of them so far. I decided to make some pin cushions as that's a great small project to tackle different machines that have various presser feet sizes. So, my pin cushion jar is full again! Here are the pin cushions I made:
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These three pin cushions were in a magazine I bought earlier this year. I had the tops completed but finished them finally this week. These are quite large so they hold a lot of pins. We were given some emery shavings and I googled that for use in pin cushions. Two of these have emery in them. We'll see if the pins get sharper or not ☺! It makes for a very heavy pin cushion!
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Some selvage pin cushions were in order for Canada Day yesterday.
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Canadian houses
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I had a baggie of small scraps in these vintage florals...such happy pin cushions!
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My huge glass canister is filled up again!
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I might have room for a couple more ☺.
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Makes me want to make some also. Where did you get the shaving from?? Sounds like a great idea.
ReplyDeleteHi Patti: They are addictive :-). We bought a sewing machine from a junk dealer who was cleaning out a house. He also found four double sized baby food jars of these shavings in the sewing room. He gave them to me as well. I googled it and found a place on etsy that sells it for pin cushions, but it's quite expensive and shipping is pricey too, so these will likely be my only emery ones. I usually use crushed walnuts.
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