Pincushion Tutorial

Like mother like daughter... This is a pincushion I made for my mom for Mother's Day, and since she reads my blog, she will now see what she is getting!!

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

You see my Nana LOVED Poppies and since her passing my mom collects all things Poppy... Luckily for us they are California's state flower so this time of year they are everywhere!

You will need a few pieces of felt, and I used a icing cup from Pillsbury cinnamon rolls.

I also drew out a Poppy petal for my pattern.

I made my side strip 3/4" taller than the container.

Then trace the circle and cut 2 out, one for the top one for the bottom.

Sew the side up with a whip stitch

Next you need to sew the bottom circle on, use the same whip stitch, as you can see my traced circle was a little to big so I trimmed off the extra.

Bottoms on!

This is when I decided to sew beads on the side and didn't take a picture {sorry}

Now stuff the inside with a fiber fil.

Cut out 5 Poppy petals, arrange them in a circle and stitch together.

You now have a flower shape, I then cut out a little circle for the center and tied with embroidery floss...

Attach flowers to the top circle, I also added Poppy leaves.

Whip stitch the top on...

and... voila you have a happy fun pincushion!