Pin Cushion

Before I started learning how to sew, the concept of having pins / pin cushion is just a myth to me somehow. Sure it's cute and all but why is it needed again? Then once I got into sewing thanks to Ayana and Ayana's aunt, having a pin cushion when sewing a project is CRUCIAL!! So I started searching Etsy for one and saw some cute ones and then realized... Why don't I just make one? Isn't it the whole point of sewing so you can make something yourself instead of buying? LoL... So after some googling I found this awesome tutorial for a biscornus style pin cushion. Although it still took me quite a while (about 2.5 hours) since I am such a newbie in sewing, the result was awesome and I am very proud of my homemade pin cushion :D Yay!!

Some extra tips from ultra beginners like me:
- I used a medium width straight stitch for stitching Valcro onto cotton twill tape.
My poor little beginner machine just would not go through the two thick pieces on the tightest straight stitch. Also to loosen the tension a bit seems to help too.

- I changed the fabric size from 3.5" to 4"
4 is easier to divide in the middle and the larger the easier to sew hehe...

- Step 12 about filling the cushion fairly solid using fibrefill is really important!
This would prevent the pins from poking through the cushion if it is not filled enough. Quite important consider this cushion is supposed to sit on your wrist... I ended up opening mine back up to stuff more :P I guess I learned this the hard way...