Pumpkin in a miniature cauldron pincushion
October 10, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, tutorial
It’s pumpkin time! If you can’t grow the real thing in your garden, you can make tiny pumpkins that are wonderful little pincushions!
I’ve been making all kinds of pumpkin-ie things in the studio,
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and over the next
few days,
you’ll be seeing
more about
that!
Today, I’ll
show you how
I made the tiny cauldron
pumpkin pincushions.
Tomorrow, I’ll show you
how to make the
Jack O’Lantern
pumpkin pincushion.
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A couple of weeks ago
I found a bag full of
cute miniatures at a
garage sale.
There were 2 little
cauldrons in the bag,
that were perfect for
a photo shoot for some
of my designs. (You’ll be
seeing them soon)
When I was working on the Goddess of Upcycling Doll, I stuffed a scrap of orange fabric that I was upcycling into one of the wee cauldrons, and ding! a light went off in my head….
I thought… oho! this would make a great pincushion!
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I guestimated
what size circle
of fabric I would
need to make
a yo-yo circle
to fit the cauldron.
I used a
cd as a template
to cut out a circle.
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Then, I made a
yo-yo, by
folding a hem and
stitching
around the edge.
Before I pulled
up the gathers
tightly, I stuffed
it firmly.
The cd size circle made a ball that fit the larger cauldron perfectly! I didn’t even have to glue it in- it just wedged in nicely.
The smaller cauldron needed a smaller ball, so I cut out a 3 inch/7.5 cm diameter circle, and made a yo-yo circle ball for it.
Voila! Two wonderful little pumpkin-ie cauldrons to keep my pins from vanishing!
That’s rather magical, wouldn’t you say? And, besides! It’s another great upcycle! YAY!
noreen hello love those tiny pumpkins..you know i was thinking of learning how to make mini gardens..what ya think..oh by the way i bought a spoolie and will be making curtains with it …
Hello Brenda
Thank you
Mini gardens sound wonderful
Enjoy your spool knitting!