Handmade Tea Cup Pin Cushion
We are going to make a Smart Girl pincushion using a recyclable tea cup and scrap fabric. You can find all kinds of cute cups at a thrift store to create your pincushion.
Your project budget won't even feel this one and your girlfriends will love them.
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I picked up my teacup at Goodwill for .49 cents and used scrap fabric in the studio. For the teacup cushion I cut the circle of fabric about double larger than the cup.
Quick Steps 2 Follow
You Will Need
1 Vintage Tea Cup
1 Fabric
Needle
Thread
Stuffing
Hot glue Gun or cement glue
1. Measure your cup and double your measurement to cut your fabric circle. You can use a round plate that is close to the size you need for a template, you do not have to be exact.
The first one I cut was too small.
2. Baste stitch around the edge, leaving long tails at the start and finish.
3. Pull your long ends on one side to gather into a pouch.
4. Stuff the pouch with your Polyfill. The firmer you stuff it, the more rounded your cushion.
5. Run a line of hot glue around the bottom of your tea cup and press your stuffed cushion inside of the cup and hold for a few seconds, allowing for the glue to dry.
This is a really Cool, quick and easy little project. I think that girls of all ages would enjoy making these for their friends or Mother, Grandmother, aunts, you name it.
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