Pincushion

Do you like pincushion?

Do you have a pincushion?

Do you use pincushion?

Of course you will be using pinchusion if you are a sewist or a quilter.

I have seen a lot of the “tomato” pinchusion at the fabric or craft section of a store, like in Wal-mart or Hobby Lobby.

No ... I never bought one “tomato” pinchusion because I never have any use of them until ... I started learning to sew and to quilt.

But still I haven’t bought myself one because I made me a tiny pillow pinchusion, nothing fancy, but functional pinchusion. I used some scraps fabric and just sew them together and I filled it with bunch of rices. They are functional if you wonder ... :)

I google pinchusion and here is my finding ...

[pin-koo sh-uh n]

noun

a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.

I went to “asked” Wikipedia about pincushion and here what I found out ...

The recorded origins of pincushions date back to the Middle Ages of Europe. In the English language, they became known by many names: "pimpilowes, pimpilos, pimplos, pimploes, pin-pillows, pin-poppets". ... During the 18th century, weighted pincushions became popular among seamstresses. ... One popular design—a tomato with a strawberry attached—was most likely introduced during the Victorian Era. According to folklore, placing a tomato on the mantel of a new house guaranteed prosperity and repelled evil spirits. If tomatoes were out of season, families improvised by using a round ball of red fabric filled with sand or sawdust. The good-luck symbol also served a practical purpose—a place to store pins. Typically, the tomato was filled with cotton, wool, horsehair, or sawdust and the strawberry with emery powder, an abrasive to clean and sharpen the pins.

You probably know better then I am ... but no I just discovered these facts or information about pincushion.

If you are not a sewist or a quilter you probably don’t care much about pincushion.

Honestly ... I think pincushions are fascinating? Don't you?

Every sewist and quilter have their own version of pincushion. You don’t think so? Or am I kidding? Who have time to find out?

Well .... I was at this one half day sewing/quilting class and I was fascinated just looking at the different pincushions the ladies have in this class. They are sure looking nice and ready to get pinned.

A confession moment ... I am not always doing what I am suppose to do at my class ... a lot of times I will wonder around with my Nikon 3300 Camera and snap snap here and there ... anything that fancy my eyes.

So here we are ... some of them pincushions ...

How do you like these pincushions? Do you have one favorite?

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