Pincushion Dip Bowl

Yesterday Karen from Sew Many Ways showed some clever ways to use a plastic lunch container. One of those containers had a hole in the middle and Karen put loose pins in the middle of her bowl. This is a thrift store find I recently bought that I was going to post as soon I took some photos. I commented to Karen that I just bought a similar bowl, but in ceramic and put a pincushion in the hole and other sewing tools in the space around the hole. So Karen as the saying goes, Great minds think alike.

My ceramic bowl find from a thrift store.

It was from Crate & Barrel originally.

A felted pincushion I made over a year ago fit just perfectly in the hole indentation. I guess it was meant to be.  I can place the presser feet and bobbins I am using in the space around the pincushion. I hot glued the pincushion in place to keep it from moving around as I use it.

Aerial view, lol.

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Sewing Supply Caddy



I designed and made this sewing caddy myself. I wanted something to carry supplies with me when I went to my applique and other quilting/knitting groups. I added an exterior pocket with an applique.




This is how it looks all opened up. I made 8 zippered pockets that I designed like those pencil pockets for notebooks. I used a mesh fabric instead of using plastic, so you can still see inside. I added beaded zipper pulls that I made too. The fabric pockets weren't as sturdy as those plastic pencil poickets though, so I sewed some snaps onto the pockets and snap them to hold them in place while it's being carried upright. I  also wanted to use fabric so that it would last, rather than using plastic gallon or quart size Ziplock bags, that would eventually get holes in them and need to be replaced.



Closer view of the pockets.

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