Such a pincushion is a simple and original craft. It is also important that you can show your imagination in its decoration!
A pin cushion is a utilitarian thing, but it is much more pleasant to use a bright and original pin cushion than a simple piece of foam rubber.
To create a small round needle bed made of felt, you will need felt of different colors, padding material (foam rubber, holofiber, cotton wool, other material from what is at hand), colored threads, a needle, scissors, and a tailor's meter.
How to sew a needle bar
1. Make a pattern for the needle bar. The base of the needle bar looks like a small barrel, so you will need to make a round blank and a rectangular one. It is worth carefully measuring the length of the rectangle to make sure that it was equal to the circumference of the base of the "barrel" (round blank).
Needle bed base pattern:
Options for patterns of flowers for decor:
2. Cut out two circles and a rectangle from felt. Use neat stitches to sew them, leaving a small gap for the padding. After placing the padding inside the needle bar, sew the gap.
3. From felt of a different color than was taken for the base of the needle bed, cut out an arbitrary number of flowers and a couple of leaves. Sew on each flower with a couple of stitches, placing them as close to each other as possible to create a kind of flower bed. Do not fill the center of the top of the needle bar with flowers.
Helpful Hint: Determine in advance how you will decorate the pincushion. If you want to do something similar to the craft that you see in the top photo, then first you need to sew the needle case itself, and then decorate it with flowers. If your needle bed is decorated with embroidery, then the decor is performed first and only then the details are sewn together.
By the way, if you do not know how to embroider or do not want to decorate the needle bar for a long time, you can simply sew small bright buttons on the side of it, different in shape and size.
