Giant Pincushion Sew Along Step 4: Machine Piecing

Giant Pincushion Sew Along Step 4: Machine Piecing

Construction 2 & Finishing

Your pincushion should look like this. All 6 hexagons sewn to {1} 6-point diamond.

Now starting with 2 neighboring hexagons  fold your piece right sides together as shown.

Pin the side and sew, remember to start and stop at the dots!

Continue sewing the hexagon sides.

The result will be like a bowl.

Take second 6-point diamond and lay it across the top of the 'bowl' to guide your placement.

Carefully rotate the 6-point so that one point is right sides together with a hexagon side and pin.

Sew from dot to dot.

 There is a lot of starting and stopping machine piecing this pincushion.

Continue to sew around the cushion, leaving one opening for turning.

*note* the 6-point diamond points do NOT touch each other.

If they do you will end up with this:

NOT good I can assure you LOL.

{that is where pincushion #2 ended up!}

Here's the cushion turned right sides out.

Stuff with polyfil.

Slip stitch the opening closed.

I used a Doll Makers' needle to sew my buttons to the center of the cushion.

A doll makers' needle is longer and stronger than a sewing needle. It can withstand the pressure of the thickness of the polyfil.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment and I will try to respond as soon as possible!!

p.s. I will post in a few days...how all of my 4 pincushions turned out...

yes there were 4.....and they didn't all end up pincushions either.

But I persevered as you will see.