This heart pincushion is made with two pieces of cardboard that are filled with cotton and then edged with ribbon. The pins go into the sides and not the face of the cushion.
It can be made large for a table or it can be made into smaller shapes, as women in the past were likely to carry a pincushion on them for any necessary fixes to their wardrobes.
Is Both Simple and Handy
This little pincushion recommends itself in many ways; it is very easy to make either for placing upon the dressing table or for hanging over the post of the looking glass, or it can be made in miniature for the waistcoat pocket.
For the dressing table it should measure about four and a half inches across and one inch in thickness. To commence making it, two heart shaped pieces of cardboard should be cut out and smoothly covered with silk on which the simple design shown in the sketch has been worked in silks of some contrasting color.
Velvet ribbon about an inch in width is sewn to the edges of the two sides, and before the sides are completely fastened together the space between them is well stuffed with cotton wool, and lastly, to finish the cushion, it is edged all round with a silk cord.
When it is desired to hang the cushion up, then a loop of cord is easily added.
For the waistcoat pocket pincushion of this design, very thin cardboard should be used, and an old visiting card may be cut up for the purpose, and the cushion, when complete, should be a little larger or thicker than a half crown piece.
Initials might take the place of the floral design worked on the larger cushion.
Source: Carrizozo news. (Carrizozo, N.M.), 01 Sept. 1911.
