Little jar pincushion (with sewing kit)
I’ve been on a bit of a pincushion kick, and I’m not close to being done with it. This one tops a mason jar, so it doubles as storage. You can use them as gift — consider a mini sewing kit. Just put some supplies inside the jar. You can use any size of jar that you please.
I also classified this under “no-sew” projects because you don’t technically have to use gathering stitches — you could just use a glue gun and fold the fabric over — but I find it gives a better result to use gathering stitches.
Supplies
The process
Your jar should come apart into three pieces.
Trace your flat lid and cut out a circle for your inner piece. This piece will cover up the messy looking part, so trim just a little bit off all the way around so it’s a bit smaller than this lid.
Cut out several layers of batting the shape of the circle and also some fluffy bits of scrap batting.
Trace a big circle for your pincushion top. I used a pot lid. I ended up trimming about 1/4″ all the way around.
Using a long stitch, baste all the way around the circle. This will form your gathering stitches.
Pull your bobbin stitches to gather.
Stuff your batting inside.
Stick the lid on top of the batting.
Stick the padded lid inside of the threaded part. Secure the threads. It should be puffy on the other side.
Use the hot glue gun to secure the gathered part to the inside of the lid.
Use the glue gun to glue the inside piece over the ugly gathered part.
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