How to… Make Walnut Pin Cushions
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Here is a super easy little walnut pin cushions to make. Perfect for small stocking fillers or a little gift to a crafty friend!
Materials: Walnut halves, fabric scraps, ribbons/ brocade, PVA glue
A hot glue gun would also be handy for this, but PVA works just fine.
You could make these REALLY lovely and fill them with lavender – maybe a bit fiddlier, but imagine all the lovely lavender scent each time a pin pricks it!
1) Crack your walnut in half – check our little walnut boat post for best tips of how to do this.
2) A piece of fabric that will fit over the opening of the shell + about a 1-2cm boarder.
3) But some fabric scraps as stuffing under the piece of fabric, bunch the fabric up and squeeze into the shell.
4) Cut a piece of brocade, ribbon or lace as a trip. Wrap it round and with lots of PVA glue secure in place.
Done. Spread a little pin cushion love!
Fancy more walnut crafts? Check out this walnut crafts post:
For some Walnut Boats, little Walnut Babies and Walnut Mice racing!
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Very cute!
Thank you!
Oh I love them!! Perfect pincushions (and Borrowers stools!)
Thank you, Liz.. I did think you would like them!! And oooh yes.. Borrowers would like these too
soooo cute : ) we found some discarded walnut shells a few months back, now I know what to do with them!
hm, discarded in the squirrel way not in the rubbish way!
Perfect! And how nice that the squirrels did all the work for you!
These are so cute!
Adorable and great to see you again on craft schooling Sunday!
Yes, sorry, it has been a while – have had a stupidly busy few months! Back to normal now!!