Bottle Cap Pincushions

[athomemom]

I found a tutorial on Flickr that makes bottle caps and felt into very cute pincushions. I decorated mine with a little bit of embroidery. Here is the first one that I tried . . . it is super simple since I didn´t like how it came together.



The second one was a bit more intricate, with vines and flowers.



Let me know what you think!

[hngoodlett]

These are cute. I think I saw that tutorial as well. I really like the little flowers.

[angeltreats]

That second one is gorgeous, I love the embroidery.

[RachelKristin]

very cute, i really like the second one

[katiekutthroat]

i dig the little flowers on the second one.

[BeatnikChick]

I've been wanting to make one of these... how easy would you say it was to make?  They both are cute, dig the color of the second one a lot, the flowers are done so nicely.

[athomemom]

I've been wanting to make one of these... how easy would you say it was to make?  They both are cute, dig the color of the second one a lot, the flowers are done so nicely.

They were very easy to do. I had some difficulties with the first one because I just cut the strip for the side without a pattern and it ended up crooked. Also, since I used contrasting thread, it was really obvious when I made a mistake. The brown one worked far better, stitching with the same color thread and then decorating.

Another tip: For the gathering of the top bit, make sure you use really strong thread, I broke the thread THREE times on the first one and twice on the second. Very frustrating.

I´m hoping to do one a night for a month, so I´ll have little gifts to give away on my blog and to friends.

[Dona Leonor]

really nice !! Great job !! love the one with the flowers !

I also wanted to make a tiny pincushion so I made a bottlecap one but then I wanted to make a tinier one so  I used a plastic lid from a milk container instead... :-)

[BeatnikChick]

I've been wanting to make one of these... how easy would you say it was to make?  They both are cute, dig the color of the second one a lot, the flowers are done so nicely.

They were very easy to do. I had some difficulties with the first one because I just cut the strip for the side without a pattern and it ended up crooked. Also, since I used contrasting thread, it was really obvious when I made a mistake. The brown one worked far better, stitching with the same color thread and then decorating.

Another tip: For the gathering of the top bit, make sure you use really strong thread, I broke the thread THREE times on the first one and twice on the second. Very frustrating.

I´m hoping to do one a night for a month, so I´ll have little gifts to give away on my blog and to friends.

Thanx for the tips... I'm planning on making one of these really soon... Just need the felt... =)

[kittykill]

The second one reminds me of a yummy bon bon. Great job!