What to use to fill "pin cushion

Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl

On 09/03/2010 20:09, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl


Maureen's very first effort at cross-stitch was in 1976 when she made a
pin cushion. The course was run by the Royal School of Needlework who
recommended stuffing the cushion with cotton wool (as used in medical
dressings). The 1976 pin cushion is still in daily use.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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On 3/9/10 3:09 PM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl

Don't use coffeee grounds, they will leach and stain, and be crumbly. You
could put potpourri, dried herbs - and have it be like a sachet. If you
really want to stick pins, needles into it - you should line/back the aida
with somethink like muslin, or plain fabric, then whatever you're filling it
with - if other than fiberfill - should be in it's own little sack - even
cheesecloth. Back to the if you're going to stick it with pins, I'd put a
layer of quilt batting around the inner think before closing it up.

Anyhow - I'd just say not the coffee, peas or sand. But with all your
garden stuff you must have some dried flower heads, or herbs. You can look
up for what used to go in old pomanders - things like cloves/cinnamon
sticks, etc.

Ellice

On Mar 10, 7:09*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews....

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,
You could try using your ORTS (you know, all those little pieces of
thread you cut off your stitching). If you haven't been saving yours
it may take some time but packed tightly they work very well.
Sandy

On 3/10/10 6:06 AM, " wrote:

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:47 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl

I think coffee grounds would leech through and stain. The traditional
stuffer (given you intend to use it as a pin cushion) is emery which
keeps the pins and needles sharp and shiny. I would think somewhere
like Nordic Needle would carry it, but haven't checked.

Great suggestion, Sheena. I'm sure that you can get it on-line, we used to
get it for the shop from one of the wholesale dist. Comes in a little bag
with a cardboard header. I've used it to completely fill a tiny thing, or
as the inner filling, wrapped with thin batting so as not to have sooooo
much emery - which is a little pricey and heavy.

Ellice

In message , ellice
writes
On 3/10/10 6:06 AM, " wrote:

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:47 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl

I think coffee grounds would leech through and stain. The traditional
stuffer (given you intend to use it as a pin cushion) is emery which
keeps the pins and needles sharp and shiny. I would think somewhere
like Nordic Needle would carry it, but haven't checked.

Great suggestion, Sheena. I'm sure that you can get it on-line, we used to
get it for the shop from one of the wholesale dist. Comes in a little bag
with a cardboard header. I've used it to completely fill a tiny thing, or
as the inner filling, wrapped with thin batting so as not to have sooooo
much emery - which is a little pricey and heavy.

Ellice


Sheep's fleece, when I was spinning and doing demos I used to sell bags
of fleece for pincushions. The lace makers used it a lot since the small
amount of lanolin in kept pins from rusting.
I used to wash it first in plain water so as not to take all the lanolin
out with soap.
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

www.allcrafts.org.uk

On Mar 9, 12:09*pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews....

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...

Cheryl

I use emery in mine...you can get regular or white...I go with the
white. I order it online..Nordic
Needle..I think. Then, besides pin cushions, they make cute little
paper weights.

just me,
Cathy from KY in CA

Emery is not typical to fill pin cushions. It's usually used in small
"strawberries" and is used to sharpen pins and needles should they need
it. Pincushions are typically filled with wool batting or sawdust.
Poly batting works as well, since wool batting is hard to find.

Dianne

wrote:
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:47 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

Cheap and cheerful please

I'm thinking I don't want traditional fiber-fil. I have thought about using
sand
Coffee grounds
Peas
Rice

Could be persuaded to try the new bamboo stuff if there are good reviews...

I'm going to use a lining under the aida...


Cheryl

I think coffee grounds would leech through and stain. The traditional
stuffer (given you intend to use it as a pin cushion) is emery which
keeps the pins and needles sharp and shiny. I would think somewhere
like Nordic Needle would carry it, but haven't checked.

Dianne Lewandowski wrote:

Emery is not typical to fill pin cushions. It's usually used in small
"strawberries" and is used to sharpen pins and needles should they need
it. Pincushions are typically filled with wool batting or sawdust. Poly
batting works as well, since wool batting is hard to find.

Dianne

If you want wool batting, go ask over at RCTQ -- tell em I sent you
:-). A bunch of folks over there use wool batting and the might just
have some bits & pieces left over that you could use. CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

On 3/10/10 2:50 PM, in article , "Tia Mary"
wrote:

Dianne Lewandowski wrote:

Emery is not typical to fill pin cushions. It's usually used in small
"strawberries" and is used to sharpen pins and needles should they need
it. Pincushions are typically filled with wool batting or sawdust. Poly
batting works as well, since wool batting is hard to find.

Dianne

If you want wool batting, go ask over at RCTQ -- tell em I sent you
:-). A bunch of folks over there use wool batting and the might just
have some bits & pieces left over that you could use. CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary


That's a great idea!

C