My Farm Girl Pincushion Tutorial!

I love pincushions and as 

far as I'm concerned…

 I can never have too many:)

I thought it would

 be fun to show you

a few things that you can

make with some of my 

6" Farm Girl blocks…

so tonight I'm showing you the 

Farm Girl Pincushion 

that I just made.

Ready - Set - Sew!

First…You need to make a 6" Farm Girl block:)

This one happens to be Apronstrings…

from page 8 of my book 

Farm Girl Vintage

I chose to use this block 

because we are

making it this week 

on our first

Farm girl Friday's:)

After you have sewn your block…

Cut 2 -7 1/2 squares 

to use for the back of your pincushion.

(I used 2 different fabrics, but they can be the same)

Fold them in half with 

wrong sides together like this…

and press.

Now place them together 

with folds towards the center...

and place block right side down

in the center.

Make sure the center seams of block

 line up with the folds where they 

meet in the middle like this.

Pin into place.

This is what the back looks like.

Stitch 1/4"all the way around

 the edge of your block…

and backstitch where the folds meet

 on the back to secure nicely.

This is what the back looks like

after the stitching.

Okay…now trim

 backing fabric edges even with block.

DO NOT

turn right side out yet.

Take a small ruler and measure in

1" on the corners.

Mark a line like this...

On all four corners of the back...

As well as the front.

Pinch corners up together like this

so that your marked line is straight...

and the seam allowances are opposite.

Stitch across on marked lines…

several times to secure:)

(the back lines should line up with

the front lines before stitching)

Trim off excess leaving about 1/4" seam allowance.

Your corners will look like this…

super cute…right?

Okay…

after you have trimmed

all 4 corners…

turn it right side out like this:)

This is what the back 

or I guess I should say

"bottom"

now looks like.

I love how the corners are

 squared up nice and neatly!

Now for the stuffing:)

I just started to sew

 a small whip stitch

as I went along.

I stuffed it firmly

especially in the corners…

but I left a little room 

for the button in the center.

I chose a cute 1" aqua flower button.

(by Riley Blake Designs of course)

I used Perle Cotton #5

for strength and a doll needle

because they are super long!

(these are from Hobby Lobby)

Then I chose a yellow button for the back

and double threaded my needle …

and knotted the end.

I inserted needle into one of the holes

making sure the button was exactly centered.

I came up to the front and into the bottom 

of the aqua button and back down 

into the other buttonhole.

Make sure it is centered on top as well.

Then I came back down into the 

other hole of the yellow button like this.

Then I cut off my needle so that

I could hand tie a knot.

I pushed down in the center

before tying it off securely

several times….

And trimmed off the ends like this.

You can see the button goes down

from the side view:)

And there you have it!

A pincushion perfect for any Farm Girl:)

I loaded mine up with pins

And put it on a vintagey stand

that I made with a thrifted

square glass dish and 

a short glass candle holder.

I love the way that it turned out

using my Apronstrings block…

and I can think of several other of

 my Farm Girl blocks that would make

a fun pincushion as well!

 I'll see you again 

on Friday morning…YeeHaw!

xx

Lori