Repurposing old undergarments is good for the environment. It also saves you money especially if you love to sew with leftover fabric. In today's sewing tutorial, you can make a pin cushion for your needles and pins. This pin cushion is made out of one cotton underwear. Here is the sewing tutorial.
Materials:
1 cotton underwear with lace
Thread
Needle
Scissors
Leftover fabric scraps from the underwear
Rice (optional)
Use old and clean cotton underwear to make your pin cushion. First, cut the underwear from the sides and on the center bottom of the fabric. If your underwear has lace and embellishments, save it for your pin cushion. Next, fold the fabric of the underwear in half. Trace a circle with a black pen or fabric marker.
Cut the fabric into a circle. You will have two circles. Second, sew the circles together on both sides. Leave one section of the circle open. Unfold the sewed circle and layer it with leftover fabric or rice.
By adding rice, your pin cushion will have some weight. This pin cushion was only filled with leftover fabric from the underwear. Third, continue sewing the circle and close each side of it. Then, sew the lace on the edges. Fourth, continue sewing the lace.
Fifth, sew any embellishments onto the lace. This project will take approximately twenty or thirty minutes if you are sewing it by hand. Also, if you use bright old underwear for this project, it will be easier to find your pin cushion. Below are a few links with more ideas to repurpose old undergarments. Have a good time sewing!
Repurpose Overlooked Items:
https://earthbuddies.net/repurpose-overlooked-items/
11 Things To Do With Old Underwear Instead of Throwing Them Away:
15 Superb Ways of Reusing Your Old Underwear:
https://ecofriend.org/15-superb-ways-of-reusing-your-old-underwear/
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What a cute idea and mini project to do -- I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so creative! I love repurposing old items instead of throwing them away. :)
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