I like to have all my pins and needles separated by size and color so I created this organizer to do that perfectly – and everything used to make it can be found around your house right now – you can make something functional out of scraps and trash!
Materials:
One small egg carton (or a large egg carton cut in half) | Six 5.5 inch square pieces of fabric | A small amount of stuffing | sewing thread | glue
Start with your empty egg carton, make sure it’s clean!
Cut six 5.5 inch fabric squares – they can be from different fabrics or the same. This is where you can use that stash of fabric scraps you’ve been saving!
Place a small amount of stuffing in the center of each square and gather the ends so that you make a little ball. Tie it off with sewing thread at the bottom. If you don’t have any stuffing around the house, you can use loose wads of scrap fabric or recycle stuffing from an old pillow!
Spread a thin layer of glue onto the sides and bottom of each of the egg cups in the carton. Press one of your fabric balls into each cup. Let the glue dry.
Stick your sewing pins and needles into your new organizer! You can shut the lid when it’s not in use to keep out curious little paws and fingers.
About the Author: Rachel crafts a life in Tucson, Arizona where she spends her time sewing, blogging, and taking photographs. She also loves animals, biking, and visiting her local yarn store!
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Oh, that is too, too cute – and extremely clever!
Then I clicked and went over to Rachel’s blog and saw something about stuffing pincushions with lavendar… I’ve got some of that, too!
I’m off to find an egg carton and PLAY!!
how adorable!!!
WOWWWW with *ggg*
Happy to have found someone else that likes to organize his needles and pins… ;-) AND to recycle.
Pleeease, let me put you to my linklist.
*hugs*
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