These are the pin cushions that I made for the members of the Tuesday Night Quilters’ group. Back in November when we were working on our hexagon table toppers, I noticed that not everyone had nice thin pins that are suitable for quilt piecing. I decided that I would give everyone a package of Clover Quilting Pins for Christmas. It didn’t seem right to give pins without a pin cushion to go with them so I made each person their own pin cushion. This is a picture of the completed pin cushions.

If you are interested in making your own pin cushion, the directions can be found by following this link:

http://whipup.net/2006/03/01/stickin-it-to-the-pincushion/

The only tips that I would add to these instructions are:

1. An old CD makes the perfect sized circle template for this project.

2. I traced my circle onto a square of quilting cotton and then I sandwiched my cotton square with my wool square and sewed the two pieces together – right sides together following the pencil line. After I was finished sewing on the pencil line that I drew for my circle, I trimmed the seam allowance down to 1/4″ away from the sewn line. It is much easier to sew your circle shape before it is cut out and then trim it down to size than to try to keep two circle shapes together as you sew your circles maintaining a 1/4″ seam allowance.