I love pincushions! I wouldn’t say I have a collector-type personality, but if I did, I would collect pincushions! They make me smile.
This is a quick and easy no sew pincushion idea made using a small canning jar. I found this little canning jar at a local thrift shop and snatched it right up. Perfect for my first canning jar pincushion!
What you need:
-canning jar with a ring top
-fabric
-card stock
-cotton balls
-hot glue gun
-scissors
-optional: Die cut machine, circle die or circle punch
1. Remove the ring from the lid. Using the lid, trace a circle on the backside of your fabric.
2. Cut the fabric around the traced circle using scissors, adding approx 1″ radius on all sides.
3.Layer the cotton balls and lid on top of the cut circle. (I used 3 cotton balls).
4. Place the fabric, cotton balls and lid into the ring.
5. Press the lid down so the cotton balls and fabric form the pincushion on the other side. Adjust the fabric so there is an even amount of fabric all around and there are no creases.
6. Fold the fabric over the lid and secure using a hot glue gun. (You can probably do a cleaner job with the hot glue gun than I did. I have a real love/hate relationship with glue guns and haven’t quite mastered how not to have a globby mess! And burn my fingers!)
7. Good thing you can cover up the inside of the lid with a piece of card stock or fun foam circle cut to fit. I used a 1 3/4″ circle punch to cut out the card stock and used the glue gun to attach.
8. Fill the jar with buttons or other goodies to add color and screw on the lid!
9. Decorate the top as desired and add pins. You are done!
Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Tea Shop
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Rose Red
Accessories: canning jar, Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric, cotton balls, glue gun and glue sticks, 1 3/4″ circle, large and scallop oval punches, Crop a dile, pink thread, various buttons
