PINCUSHION Tutorial

Yeasterday I made 6 pincushions in less than 1,5 hours. It's so easy to sew and a perfect little gift for a quilter. :-)

I will show you how to sew the pincushion....

First you have to choose four different, coordinating fabrics....

cut them in 3 " stripes.....

For one pincushion you need 2 squares 3 X 3 " from 4 different fabrics,

8 squares....

sew together two different squares (chain-piecing) and than the other combination of colours...

iron the seam-allowences all to the same side...

Now you have to sew a four-patch with two same colour-combinations.....

I'm a lazy girl, so, again chain-piecing..... :-)

on the four seams all around open two stitches...

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Now you have to sew the two four-patches together, lay them out like above, the red square will be sewn to the strawberry square....

When sewing them together let at both sides 1/4 ".....

go all around, sewing the squares together....

Don't forget to stop 1/4 " before the corner...

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leave the last seam open and turn the pincushion inside out...

stuff the pincushion ....

stuffed and ready to be closed....

close the last seam by hand...

sew a button on each side , pulling together the middle of the pincushion.

Enjoy and have fun... :-)