I found this cute bobbin holder at an antique mall. The paint is chipped and it doesn’t really serve a good purpose in my space, but I have a hard time passing up old sewing accoutrements. I’m thinking about painting it another color, but in the meantime, I made this goofy pincushion top for it. It’s not the best construction (I even used black thread) but I just wanted to test out the idea. I did use some precious marbled fabric that I made, which maybe I should have saved for the second iteration.
The bobbin carousel pincushion inspired me to make something that I did need – a second Carry-All Pincushion. Here’s the first one I made way back in 2015. It sits next to my main sewing machine and holds things like a hump jumper, seam ripper, tweezers, snips, needles, and of course, pins. This new one will sit next to my secondary machine that I mainly use for topstitching.
I’ve had this heavyweight striped fabric in my stash since 2014. It’s thrifted yardage from Savers that I used in some of my first sewing projects. I kinda wish I still had this laptop sleeve but the tote is still with me. It’s a little too heavyweight for this project, but I made it work. I do wish I’d added more blue rickrack.
Oh hey – there’s that original pincushion above! I’m also remaking my sewing machine covers to include pockets to hold the tables and knee lifts. Making them has gotten me back into block and screen printing and it’s exciting! Hoping to finish them over winter break.