My 2nd Pin Cushion – It’s Round!

I’m back with my 2nd Sewing make! This time, I tried a different pattern from YT here. It worked fine on my Varmax mini sewing machine and I’m really happy how this machine is performing. Check out this post where I introduce it.

I hesitated to share this project, because I’m not absolutely in love with it but, I decided to post it. After all, this is my sewing journey so I should document the highs and lows, the successes and not so successes! 😀

I bought my fabric from my local Dollar Tree, they’ve extended the choices and it is very good 100% cotton. There’s so many colors, patterns there and I had a lot of fun shopping there. So, let’s talk more about my project.

What I did Well

Let’s begin with the aspects I’m proud of:

I followed the video tutorial and the steps seemed easy to follow. I rewatched it several times to ensure I understood, but it wasn’t challenging or beyond my capabilities.
I sewed the circles on my machine and the stitches turned out beautifully.
I’m really enjoying my mini sewing machine and eager to keep learning!

What I can do Better

Now, let’s discuss what I’ve learned and areas for improvement:

I should have opted for a brighter, more colorful fabric. The one I chose is mostly white with pastel pink lines, which I find a bit too light and somewhat dull for this project.
I left a small opening to stuff the cushion with polyfil, but I still need to practice stitching it closed by hand… a work in progress! LOL
If I decide to make this again, which I will, I want to make it larger. This time, I used a coffee mug to trace my circles on the fabric, but perhaps next time I should use a saucer. I didn’t account for a 1-inch seam allowance all around.

I took a couple more pics, I still think it turned out super cute and it holds my adobrable pins!

My 2nd Pin Cushion - It's a Circle ~ BellaArt Creatives

Because of my stitching on felt and cards, I have a lot of embroidery threads so I used DMC deep red to sew around all the corners including the buttons. I usually stitch with 3 strands and so I did that here. There’s a button on the top and bottom center of the cushion.

What I’d like to Learn Next

Learn my Machine. I want to continue learning the capabilities of my mini sewing machine so I’ve been pouring through lots of YT videos, I need to feel comfortable and confident when sewing. Right now any little thing I do on it scares me cause I don’t want to break it! Time will help.
Hand Stitching. This is really important I’m finding out and so I want to really understand how to blind stitch. It comes in handy for making things like pillows and these pin cushions!
Enjoy the journey. I’m a perfectionist and hard on myself way too much. “This is not a race”, I keep telling myself. “Take your time Kim”, I say and I need to do that. It’s not my job, it’s my hobby and it should be fun.

So, how do you think I did? Leave me a comment below! Thank you for Reading!

If you want to shop this post, I have a few links below to some of the products I used. The buttons were from my stash.

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