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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make a super easy pin cushion
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that sharpens your pins
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you can use any container you've already
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got super easy to make
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so let's get started i'm christine of
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christinescroft.com and this channel is
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dedicated to crafting on a budget
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so what are you going to need to make
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you're going to need a good pair of
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a glue gun use a hot melt glue gun so it
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and obviously a little glue stick
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you're going to need a needle and thread
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which is my needle book which you can
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see how to make on another of my videos
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listed below in the description
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you're going to need a little container
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now i'm using a tiny container out of a
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but whatever size your container is
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something else that's a good two to
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three times the diameter
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that you're going to use as a template
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to cut round for your fabric
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okay so remember the small pots your
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container for your pincushion
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the other ones just to draw around the
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magic ingredient for making them
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sharpen your pins is steel wool so you
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want some nice fine steel wool
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some wadding or toy filling
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stuffing whatever you want to call it
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and some fabric a nice cotton
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is ideal and that's all you need
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so the first thing you're going to do is
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and cut out the circle to form your pin
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so whatever you're using for your
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template place it onto your fabric
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and draw around it obviously you want it
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as close to the edge as you can so that
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you waste as little as possible
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i use a sharpie so that it shows up well
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you can use whatever you like probably
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something that doesn't make quite such a
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it really doesn't matter because in this
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project you'll never see this edge it'll
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and out of sight so just cut carefully
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and you'll have that nice circle to make
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because you don't need a lot of fabric
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this is great for using up fabric scraps
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you may have laying around
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and you can make lots of different ones
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all different fabric scraps for
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so once you've got your circle cut out
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you need to get a needle and thread
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i've used a double of thread because i
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don't want it to snap
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put a knot in one end and then start
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working your way around the edge of the
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you're just going to run a little
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so that you can pull it up at the end so
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just keep working your way
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all the way around make sure you've got
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a good knot on the end of your thread so
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that you don't pull it through
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because that's really annoying having
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make sure your stitches are not too big
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but again no one's going to see this so
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the size of them and whether they're all
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exactly the same isn't that important
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so you can see as they're so round it's
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and starting to form our little
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shape that we're going to need
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once you get all the way around pull it
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but not all the way because you need to
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in there you can see it's just forming
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that nice shape and you can see
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approximately the size
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that your pin cushion is going to be so
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that allows you to prepare your filling
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yep you can see what it's going to be
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like so the first thing to do is to get
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and cut a small amount of it to form the
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center of your pin cushion
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so remember when you're thinking about
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the size you're going to put it inside
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the shape you've already made and you're
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going to put some wadding
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or toy filling around it so not too
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and then you can just press that up nice
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little ball you can see that's going to
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check it fits okay and the space around
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and then cut yourself a piece of wadding
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your steel wool it's just going to give
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edge to your pin cushion you can see
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i've used this for other projects i'm
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just going to cut a strip
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and wrap my steel wool in it
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take your steel wool press it into your
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and keep wrapping it around to form the
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and you can do this as many times as you
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need to to get the shape you're looking
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for you could even trim up the wadding
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and then place it inside the fabric
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and use your thread to pull it up tight
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and again you can keep adjusting it you
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can keep doing this until you're happy
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with the shape that you form
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you can tweak it you can push it you can
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take it out and have another go if
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but once you are happy with your shape
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pull it up really tight make sure it
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and then form a knot to fasten off you
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need to fasten your thread off
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so i recommend doing at least two or
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and then poking your needle into the
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so that it doesn't come undone
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if you're looking at this in horror
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remember this side will not be seen
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it's going to be glued into your
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so that's it you've got a super little
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adjust it make sure you're happy with it
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and try it for size in your pot now i've
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got a nice big top on a little pot
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you can make yours however you like so
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is to hot melt glue the two together so
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plenty of hot melt glue around the top
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of your container and then you can add
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some in the bottom you can put it up the
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sides but the important thing is to make
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sure you've some round the top
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and then quickly before it sets press
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your pin cushion in just hold it there
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press it in firmly make sure it glues
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and there you go you've got a pin
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that will sharpen your pins
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so remember you can make these in lots
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of different containers so there's the
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small one i've just made ideal to go in
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i have a larger one i've made in a
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and i also have one in a teacup which i
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have to confess is currently my favorite
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um i love having my teacup on the side
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and then i can just get my pins in and
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so i hope you've enjoyed watching this
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video and good luck making your own
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pin cushions in whatever containers
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please remember to subscribe below and
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and thank you for watching
