Pincushion & Pouch
TUTOR: MARIA COOK
Explore Japanese inspired hand stitching techniques with these two clever projects.
Make these pincushions for yourself and gifts for friends using a trick of turning two squares into a 3D pyramid. Make it in a larger format and fill with beans for a doorstop. The Japanese style pouch uses a quick technique and draws in with a small cord. You’ll want to make these over and again.
Skill level: suits all levels
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CLASS REQUIREMENTS
Pincushion & Pouch with Maria Cook
One-day Class: Friday, April 11
Class times: 10am to 5pm
Students need to bring:
- Small amounts of lightweight fabric. This can be scraps, vintage, lightweight furnishing fabric but you must be able to pass a needle through 2 layers.
- Filling for a pincushion
- Needles for hand sewing – good quality
- Sewing thread to match fabrics
- Embroidery thread to embellish – six stranded or whatever is in your stash
- Tape/braid/cord/ribbon of your choice. Maria suggests 4mm-wide – she often recycles the tape from swing tags
- Sewing scissors
- Cutting equipment such as rotary cutter, small cutting board and ruler. The tutor will also bring one for shared use.
The tutor will have some specialist fabrics available and crushed walnut pincushion filling for sale.
No sewing machines will be used in this class – all handwork.