Mondays Armchair Activity

Happy Monday, I hope you are enjoying the first full week of March...  still can't believe we are into March already, how scary!

Anyway today, for Mondays armchair activity, I bring you a really easy puggy pin cushion (or any other shape you fancy really!!

So choose which ever fabric you would like to work with. I am using one the the prints I did for my cushion fabric which didn't turn out so well but you can use plain fabric or something you have drawn yourself, and you can even make it into any shape you fancy.

Pin the two sides of your fabric together ready to be sewn together. I will be using a simple blanket stitch which I am going to attempt to explain below;

Start by anchoring your thread, just do a stitch over and over again basically.

Once you have anchored your stitch, take the thread from the top of the fabric and push it through the bottom of the fabric to the top... as seen above.

Before pulling the thread tight, put the needle (holding the loose end of the thread) through the loop and now pull tight.

Continue doing this over and over, keeping sure all the spacing is roughly the same.

Grab some stuffing and pop it all inside your nearly complete pin cushion.

Now all you have to do, is finish sewing your pin cushion up, tie a knot in the end and then trim off the ends of loose thread and there you have it, your lovely Monday pincushion. Its quick and easy and you could even use scraps of fabric, meaning nothing gets wasted, jolly!!