Little bit of information on sewing.
@amadeo (111938)
United States
March 1, 2018 12:20pm CST
Hello everyone.Back from lunch.We went out for Chinese.
The other day @JamesHxsatic wrote a post on his wife making her sewing needle sharp.I have a basket full of strawberries pin cushion
These are very early and popular during the Victorian era.
one of our collectible in our earlier years.
We also had a collection on tomato type pin cushion.
The strawberries here were filled with sand or emery to keep the needle sharp.
this is how they sharpen their needles.
It works very well.
The photo is mine.This is our collection.
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@snowy22315 (179768)
• United States
2 Mar 18
That is neat. I didn't know they were filled with sand.
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@jstory07 (139354)
• Roseburg, Oregon
1 Mar 18
That is a lot of pin cushions. I do not even have one. I hate sewing and always have.
When I used to use my mother's sewing machine the bobbin would jump out and spin around the floor. After putting it back and the thread going all over I quit never to go near a sewing machine again. Those sewing machines go crazy near me.
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@Marilynda1225 (82598)
• United States
1 Mar 18
That's a really unique collection of pincushions. I also didn't know that was how to keep needles sharp
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Mar 18
Until Anne and I talked about it, I did not know that needles even needed sharpening. I think she has some cushions like those as well. Quite a collection you have there.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
1 Mar 18
@JamesHxstatic thank you.They are also colorful
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@spiderdust (14761)
• San Jose, California
1 Mar 18
I have a tomato pincushion too.
I read a tip years ago that if you needed to sharpen a needle on a sewing machine, to sew a few stitches into a piece of sandpaper.
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@Olixiamonty (14)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 18
I enjoyed being taught this is school it’s a very practical life skill, your collection is amazing my friend!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 18
I learned how to sew a button on when I was in the Army. That's about the extent of my knowledge!
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 same here.We had to learn how to sew.They gave us one of those kit there.
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@josie_ (10034)
• Philippines
2 Mar 18
Prior to @JamesHxsatic post, I was not aware needles can be sharpen. they're cheap and we just buy new one. Now I learn something new with your post. It looks like the Victorian era type of pin cushions are more practical compare to our present kind since a needle sharpener needed to be "invented".
@deba12 (2946)
• India
7 Mar 18
Your collection is really commendable. Thanks for sharing the idea with us. Sawdust can also be used to sharpen pin cushions.