![]() Thanks for the inspiration and tutorials, Lori! Even better, these would make perfect gifts for a Ladies Only weekend. I can toss this little gem into my cosmetic bag for travel and never have to worry about losing a button again. I went a step further and added a few safety pins and two needles pre-threaded with tan and black thread to convert it to a portable sewing kit. Once dry, add pins and presto! A tiny portable pin cushion you can pop in your pocket. Use a glue gun or quick-drying craft glue to glue it into the bottom of the egg and allow it to dry completely. Stuff it with quilt batting and pin or tie it into a ball. To make, cut a 4″ circle of a color-coordinated fabric for each egg. The fabrics are remnants from my fabric basket. Those glittery Easter eggs are from WalMart. For real! They could not be cuter, so of course I had to try it. She made a tiny travel-size pin cushion out of plastic Easter eggs. Okay, before I let you go I have to show you one more cute pin cushion idea I saw on Lori’s Instagram feed. And you don’t have to worry about the stitching showing on the back because the metal covers it. Pulling the buttons tightly and stitching them down at the back creates that cute tufted cushion detail. Using tiny white buttons from the craft department at Hobby Lobby, I used embroidery thread to attach them at intersecting lines on the argyle print. The last small detail, and I do mean small, is the button tufting on the cushion. It can be hot-glued into place, but I opted for a ribbon so I can use it as a candle holder or blog prop at any time. To keep the cushion in place, I opted to stitch a color-coordinated ribbon to the back of the cushion and tie it to the chair. The back of the cushion gets a light stuffing and then the top is stitched shut. The seat gets twice as much batting so the pins have something in which to rest. ![]() A quick stitch across the width of the cushion helped divide the seat from the back. Stitching around three sides, I then turned it right-side-out and stuffed the ‘seat’ with batting. ![]() To start, I measured the width and length of the chair. Not pictured – loose quilt batting (a.k.a.
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