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Learn how to make a simple pincushion using an old thimble and a bit of wool.

This pincushion doesn’t need to be used – it could be given as gifts or hung on some yarn for a cute necklace.

Pin cushions are seriously one of my favorite things. They are so simple to make and you can explore so many options to incorporate. One of them- the thimble.

We put some of these together in a sewing group I go to and I couldn’t keep it to myself. I have to share because I love how it turned out ...

I first posted about this thimble twelve years ago, this is an updated version of that original post, I have more information now and pictures as a result of my recent trip "back home". I wear this gold thimble on a chain around my neck, it was a gift from my grandmother many years ago, before I was a quilter (amazingly there was such a time!). I had it made into a pendant a while back, when I

I first posted about this thimble twelve years ago, this is an updated version of that original post, I have more information now and pictures as a result of my recent trip "back home". I wear this gold thimble on a chain around my neck, it was a gift from my grandmother many years ago, before I was a quilter (amazingly there was such a time!). I had it made into a pendant a while back, when I