Finishing tutorial for a small round pincushion

How to finish this little embroidered round pincushion designed by me.    

Materials required:

Linen - I used 25 count dublin lugana

DMC thread

Fabric

Lightweight interfacing

Fabric glue

Cord trim 

Tiny swarovski crystal or button for the centre

Sewing thread 

Finishing tutorial for a small round pincushion

You may use this design for your own personal use, please do not make up for resale on Etsy or any other sales website - please respect my copyright.     

Cut around any round object that is the size of pillow that you require

Fold pillow in half and tack stitch lines,

fold in half again stitching tacking lines until it looks like this   

You are now ready to make the spider web roses

Thread the needle using one strand of DMC thread folded in half

and thread through the needle

This gives you a loop to thread through on the back of the pillow and holds the stitches in place  

Stitch one stitch like this....

stitching into the centre make a five star stitch......  

like this.

bring your needle up between two of the stitches and weave under

and over each of the stitches, going around in a circle

continue going under and over until the flower is formed

the spider web roses should now be positioned like this.....

stitch some little green vines and leaves using an outline stitch

and small chain stitches for the leaves

cut a circle of fabric the same size  

iron light weight interfacing to the back of each piece  

place the circular object on the interfaced side of the stitched

piece and draw around it - this will be your stitching guideline 

Place the stitched piece and the fabric piece right sides together and  stitch by hand or machine along the pencil marks, leaving an

opening to fill with stuffing.

Trim within about 4 millimetres of the pencil line.

Turn right side out and press with an iron

your opening should now look like this

stuff the pillow with a filling of your choice - I use polyester filling

slip stitch the opening closed - the glue is for attaching the cording later

Thread your needle using the loop method above - you should have two strands of thread, stitch from the centre, taking the thread to the back and come up through the centre point, space the stitches as shown in the photo. 

You will need plenty of thread on your needle for this step.

( sorry I forgot to photograph this step - if anyone has a problem please let me know)  

   

you will need fabric glue and cord trim for the edge

If you click on the photo below you can see I have overstitched on the cording at the edge to give it more definition.

Glue a small swarovski crystal to the centre on both sides

 

You should now have a lovely little tuffet pillow that would make a lovely gift, I designed and stitched this set for a friends birthday.

Copyright - Lynn B

So there you have it, one finishing tutorial for a round embroidered pincushion.