Create your own pretty and practical pincushions with step-by-step designs for the cute and quirky or the vintage and chic
Whatever your crafting experience there's sure to be a project to try, with hand-sewn and machine-stitched pincushions to suit your skill level
Work with a range of materials including seed beads, buttons, rick-rack, ticking, felt, and ribbon
Pincushions are all the rage, with hundreds of sites dedicated to them online, including fan clubs, blogs, forums, and swap clubs
Introduction 6
Pincushion Pets 8
Little ladybug 10
My dinosaur 12
Wide-eyed owl 15
Patchwork tortoise 18
Big-eared bunnies 21
Mrs Mouse 24
Home-sew hedgehog 27
Quirky But Cute 30
Spiky cactus 32
Matryoshka dolls 34
Bottle-cap pincushion 37
Chubby alien 40
Day of the Dead 42
Beaded pincushion pot 44
Retro Style 46
I love sewing 48
Pretty teacup 50
Crazy patchwork 52
Christmas tree 54
Pincushion stack 56
Bargello butterfly 59
Yo-yo cushion 62
Stitch sampler 65
Perfectly Practical 68
Cupcake jar pincushion 70
Dressmaker's watch 72
Needle-and-pin book 75
Fabulous finger ring 78
Pincushion with pockets 81
For your sewing machine 84
A great gift 86
Good Enough to Eat 88
Doughnut pincushion 90
Pumpkin patch 92
Toadstool pincushion 95
Slice of cake 98
Summer strawberry 102
The perfect pear 105
Peas in a pod 108
Techniques 110
Templates 117
Suppliers 126
Index 127
Acknowledgments 128
Overview
Create your own pretty and practical pincushions with step-by-step designs for the cute and quirky or the vintage and chic
Whatever your crafting experience there's sure to be a project to try, with hand-sewn and machine-stitched pincushions to suit your skill level
Work with a range of materials including seed beads, buttons, rick-rack, ticking, felt, and ribbon
Pincushions ...