Cookie Cutters: Not Just For Cookies Anymore! Post # 27: Ladybug Cookie Cutter Pin Cushion
In just one afternoon your decorative pins and your ladybug pincushion can be ready for gifting!
Cookie Cutters: Not Just For Cookies Anymore! Post # 27: Ladybug Cookie Cutter Pincushion
It’s not too late to make a last minute special gift for Mother’s Day. All you need is a metal cookie cutter, a little fabric, a metal pot-scrubber and a few other craft materials you probably have on-hand!
This is one cookie cutter craft item that somehow did not make it into the series yet. I was quite sure I had included a link to a tutorial, but in searching I do not see this mentioned! That is about to be rectified.
There are numerous tutorials on making cookie cutter pincushions and several on using a metal pot-scrubber to make a pincushion, but to my knowledge there is not one that combines both.
The metal scrubber will function to keep your pins & needles sharp.
This would be a great way to display a vintage cookie cutter and if you use vintage material, trim and buttons from you stash inherited from your grand-mother, this would make a wonderful memory craft!
Materials
- Metal outline cookie cutter
- Fabric
- Button or other embellishment
- Lace and other trims
- Metal pot-scrubber
- Heavy cardboard
- Decorative pins(link to tutorial below)
Also Needed
- Needle and embroidery thread
- Fabric glue
- Chopstick
- Scissors
Costs: I had all material on-hand from other projects. I had the metal pot-scrubbers because I was making some teacup pincushions (17 to 25 cents per scrubber) . This is a $1 and up project.
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate. Minimum sewing.
Time To Complete: An evening. This would be a great rainy day activity or a great project for your tween. Knock out lots of these in a day to have on-hand for last minute Christmas gifts that look anything but “last minute”.
https://buggalcrafts.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/vintage-look-a-like-minihat-pins/
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- Photo 1: Assemble supplies. Choose a fabric that will not show holes when pins are inserted and removed.
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- Photo 2: Mold the wire pot-scrubber to fit the cutter. I used one and a half scrubbers to make this one. But the bigger scrubber shown in the first photo fits inside the ladybug cutter perfectly!
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- Photo 3: Find the center of your fabric and sew a decorative button on there. I used embroidery thread as it is stronger than ordinary thread. If using a button with holes, leave short ends of thread visible on the right side of the button.
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- Photo 4: While you have your needle and thread go ahead and secure the fabric to the scrubber. I found this prevents the fabric from shifting and keeps the center of your fabric in the center!
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- Photo 5: Trim the fabric to fit around the pot-scrubber with about 4 to 5 inches seam allowance.
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- Photo 6: Check the positioning of your center by wrapping the scrubber with the fabric and pushing it in the cutter from the bottom. Adjust fabric as needed.
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- Photo 7: Remove the fabric ball from the cutter (it was easier for me to sew it this way) and turn it over. Then run a gathering stich around the edges and pull tight.
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- Photo 8: Tack the excess fabric down.
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- Photo 9: Insert the fabric ball into the cutter and turn the pincushion over. If needed insert a chopstick into the hole in the gather and push the pot-scrubber into the corners of the cutter.
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- Photo 10: Trace and cut a piece of heavy cardboard to make the bottom of the pincushion. If you don’t have any cardboard heavy enough, simply glue two pieces together. If you want the bottom to extend a little beyond the pincushion side (as done in my example), trace the outside of the cutter and if not, trace the inside of the cutter. Then cut fabric for the bottom of the cutter about two inches wider than the cardboard shape. I used part of a leg from a cut-off pair of blue jeans (“use it up!”).
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- Photo 11: Glue the fabric to the cardboard cutting notches in the fabric edges as needed so that it fits snuggly around the cardboard.
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- Photo 12: Apply lace to the bottom of the cutter. I glued the overlap of the lace to the cutter edge. I did this before I determined the pincushion needed a cardboard bottom to prevent the decorative pins from sticking through the bottom. But I really like how it looks when finished so put this in as a step. Do this before you glue on the bottom. You can simply glue lace or ribbon around the edges of the cutter.
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- Photo 13: Apply glue sparingly to the bottom of the pincushion and to the cardboard side of the bottom. Place the pincushion on top of the fabric covered bottom and hold the pieces together for one minute to allow the glue to set.
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- Photo 13: Apply glue sparingly to the bottom of the pincushion and to the cardboard side of the bottom. Place the pincushion on top of the fabric covered bottom and hold the pieces together for one minute to allow the glue to set.
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- Photo 14: Decorate the top of the cuter with rick-rack if desired. I tacked it down with fabric glue. Insert decorative pins and your ladybug pincushion is ready for gifting just in time for Mother’s Day.
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