I like to start off the year by having the girls create a pincushion because I think it makes perfect sense. Not only is it something useful for each meeting, but it also it an easy 1st project, which the students can feel confident about making. Even though we make a pin cushion every year and I have some of the same girls in the club all of their 4 years, I do a different one each year. You can never have enough cute pin cushions!
This year, I had the girls make canning jar pin cushions. I have actually made a few of these myself. There is no sewing involved and they are very cute, and very easy. The girls can keep their needles, buttons, and thread in the jar as well.
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| A baby favor pin cushion jar I made |
The girls were very excited to begin their first project! I had a stack of fabric, some scissors, hot glue guns, fiberfill, ribbon and cardstock handy. I used this tutorial as a guide and created my own pincushion jar prior to the meeting. I used a large jar and filled mine with colorful spools of thread. The girls followed my directions step by step, and within 30 minutes, we had a beautiful array of canning jar pincushions! I took photos of each one. Some of the girls proudly took their pincushions home to show their moms, but most left them behind, ready to use for their next project.
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| My Sewing Club pin cushion jars. My sample is the larger one. |
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| Student pin cushion jar |
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| Student pin cushion jars |
