I need to get a snake

This is whyI have this enormous bag of crushed walnut shells, perfect bedding for reptiles. Turns out two other good friends did the same thing, bought a big bag of this stuff. Yeah, we should have coordinated before hand – we didn’t.

Since none of us will be raising snakes as pets any time soon, why did we buy this? Because of pin cushions. Buying a much smaller bag from the craft dept. of Amazon was much more expensive, so I guess there are  a lot of pin cushions in our future.

The old fashioned tomato pin cushions, used to be filled with sawdust. Maybe they still are but these crushed walnut shells are the stuffing of choice these days. They give heft, weight and sharpen the pins as well.

I got to work on a large pincushion – workstation for a friends’ birthday.  Yup, first step was quilting the fabric.This is a pattern I found on Craftsy, it’s called the cublicle. It has flaps and pockets, very useful.I ended up combining the shells and fiber fill, had I only used the shells it would have weighed a ton, this way, it was enough weight to stay in place,  even work as a doorstop if needed, but it won’t break your back picking it up.Stuffed!Labeled!How it works, pins on top, needles on the side, scissors and rulers in the pockers.  I like this concept for needles, I can’t tell you how many needles I have lost inside pin cushions. they tend to slip in and live among the stuffing forever.Safety pins on the other side.  This was a birthday gift and yes, it was very well received. Now to my confession, I use the magnetic pin cushion myself, although it really is fun to make these!

Leah

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