For the last two years the English Speakers of Karlsruhe or ESoK have done a Secret Santa party. It's nice to get together with as many of us as can make it once a year and share a bit of Christmas cheer. This year I was given the name of a fellow crafter and sewer so I decided to use a fabric remnant that I was given in Paris to make a fancy pin cushion jar for her. It ended up being a pin cushion on steroids though because I couldn't get a Mason jar in Germany and so I had to use a different kind. And because I made the poof too big. Because who doesn't like an oversized poof, right?? Whatever.
This it the final result:
It's really quite easy and all you need is the following:
- fabric remnant that is at least an inch bigger in diameter than the lid you are covering
- a Mason jar, or in my case whatever jar is available
- cotton balls or cotton wool
- scissors
- a hot glue gun with at least one stick of glue
- a pen
First you lay out the fabric wrong side up and center the top on it with wrong side up and trace a circle around it like this:
Then you cut out the circle. Once the circle is cut out, you start gluing the edge of the fabric to the edge of the top leaving a hole of about 1 inch, like this:
Then you push the cotton balls into the hole until you have a sufficient amount in their to make a functional pin cushion. It should look like this:
Then you glue it the rest of the way shut. If you, like me, do not have access to a Mason Jar, then you glue this pin cushion directly to the top of another jar.
If you are one of the lucky ones and do have a Mason jar, then you should follow this tutorial, as I did, from this point onward. http://www.momtastic.com/diy/168161-diy-mason-jar-sewing-kit/
Since I was making a Secret Santa gift, I filled the jar with sewing notions and decorated it with a ribbon. Ta da! Homemade, thoughtful, Secret Santa gift that took about 30 minutes to make and all with things I had on hand. :)
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