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This little pumpkin makes an adorable little autumn pincushion! Diane from Butterfly Threads Quilting shares a tutorial at Craftsy showing how you can make one. They’re quick to make and are the perfect spot to park your pins and needles… Read more ... 
A waist cincher belt is a versatile accessory for costume making. Tovah from Professor Pincushion shows how you can make your own waist cincher belt. It’s the perfect finishing touch for a wide range of styles of costume, from romantic… Read more ... 
Who loves these itty felt cactus pinushions, with their sweet smiles and little flower blooms? Delilah from Deliliahiris has a free pattern for making them. They’re just big enough to hold a few pins and needles, like you’d use for… Read more ... 
This llama makes the cutest pincushion! Trimcraft has a free pattern and tutorial on their blog The Craft Blog. You can stitch him up from craft felt using only hand sewing. You can use him in your sewing room as… Read more ... 
Glenis from Gee’s Projects shares a free pattern and tutorial for making this sweet bunny pincushion. There’s a beautiful bunny embroidery design framed framed in layered borders of fabric. She has a free embroidery pattern for the bunny design and… Read more ... 
This felt toadstool pincushion make a cute place to hold your pins. It’s worn around the wrist so you can keep your pins handy while sewing. Cintia from My Poppet Makes shows how you can make one from inexpensive… Read more ... 
If you look closely at the mitered square design on this pillow you can see that it’s actually made from striped fabric. Tova from Professor Pincushion has a video tutorial showing how you can make it. Using striped fabric allows… Read more ... 
Sarah from Sadie Seasongoods has a great idea for putting your vintage fabric to use! She used a vintage berry print and some berry baskets to create the cutest bookends ever. And as much as I love them as bookends,… Read more ... 
This felt cactus would make a happy addition to your desk or kitchen window! It would also make a mighty cute pincushion, don’t you think? Melissa Gaggiano shares a tutorial and pattern at My Poppet. It is such a fun… Read more ... 
Three fabric peas sewn up into a pea pod pincushion! It’s a free pattern from Bustle and Sew and it is adorable! Each of the little peas is stuffed to hold pins. You could use the three stuffed peas… Read more ...