I found this interesting object in a thrift store for 69-cents. Too darling to leave behind.
So it came home with me. To become a pincushion.
First try went…badly. What was I thinking?! Wrong shape. Wrong size.
Second try, however, turned into this!
YAY!
I am pretty sure I could make a pincushion every week for a year and not get tired of it. Which is funny, because I really don’t use pincushions much. I have a metal magnetic tray.
Wedding Dress Blue 
LOL! I use a magnetic tray too! But when I’m hand sewing I have a little toy cat holding a pin cushion – a gift from my brother, so it goes with me wherever I travel on holiday/vacation! Plus a cathedral window quilt that is gradually getting larger that I like to work on.
Haha! It turned out so cute. I, too, love making pincushions, but hardly ever use one. They’re just so fun (and a quick finish) which might have something to do with it.
Very cute!
Second try is perfect! Wonder if there is a market for cute pin cushions?
I really like pin cushions, but they need some heft to them so they don’t wobble when I stab them. Of course, I have 4 magnetic pin holders that I use the most, but I do have a pin cushion on my ironing board as well…a darling hedgehog I received as a gift last month, and a beautiful chicken on my dresser to hold safety pins there.
There’s a market for everything, including cute pincushions! I like that you made the colors of fabric match the colors on the sundae dish. That’s really cute, but I kinda see where you were going with the first one, too. You need to find an ice cream cone bowl for that one!
You do make some cute pin cushions. I was the recipient of one a few years back when I helped out with a finishing project around Christmas time for you. Can’t recall but, I believe it was a quilt binding for either you or one your daughter Miss Sparkle Jane was working on. We met up at Penney’s in the New Gate Mall and you gave me a sweet little flower pot pin cushion. I use pin cushions all the time. I try to keep away from the magnetic ones because my sewing machine has a computer in it. Thank you again… it is used all the time. Jean