Pincushions

Wool Tomato Pinkeep

I love making these tomatoes so much and thought a strawberry on top was the perfect choice. This was made using beautiful hand dyed red and green wools from Blackberry Primitives. I added a few black pins, a beautiful antique glass swirl pin and a silver heart in hand charm. It’s firmly stuffed/filled with 2 1/2 - 3 cups of crushed walnut shells to keep your pins and needles sharp. The pink strawberry is firmly attached to the tomato. It is approximately 4 1/2” tall. Kindly asking $95.00 and $10.00 for travel fare. I have three green and five red tomatoes available.

$95.00

Large Make Do or Primitive Pincushion with Bakelite and Mother of Pearl Button

***SOLD****My third make do (or primitive pincushion) is made of 3 types of fabric/homespun. I have stuffed this tightly with premium fiber fill and hand stitched some embroidery stitches on the seams. On top is a piece of eco dyed lace and a vintage what I believe is a Bakelite with mother of pearl center button. The make do is mounted on a large wooden thread spool. I have attached 2 overdyed wool strawberries all beaded with vintage beads, small thread spool simply attached with a large rusty safety pin and a small string of vintage mother of pearl buttons. The bottom of the make do is trimmed with wide ric rack. The base is 2 1/4” wide, the make do is 5 1/2” wide and total of 7 1/2” tall to the top of the make do itself. The strawberries are 2 1/4” each. Shipping I’m sorry will be more because of the weight and size. Kindly asking $80 plus $10 shipping. I will refund any overage of a $1 or more. Thank you so much for stopping by.

$80.00

SOLDLarge Primitive Wool Make Do/Pincushion with Glass Button

My second make do (or primitive pincushion) is made of overdyed and as is wools. The wools are beautiful rusty, reddish, orange brown colors and even though I took pictures outside the colors may vary in person I have stuffed this tightly with premium fiber fill and hand stitched some embroidery stitches on the seams. On top is a piece of eco dyed lace and a vintage glass and silver button. The make do is mounted on a large hog scraper that has a wooden handle and metal base. I have attached 2 overdyed wool strawberries all beaded with vintage beads, small thread spool simply attached with a large rusty safety pin and a small string of vintage mother of pearl buttons. The bottom of the make do is trimmed with chenille ric rack. The base is 4” wide, the make do is 5 1/2” wide and total height of 8” tall to the top of the make do itself. The strawberries are 1 3/4” and 2 1/4”. The base is a bit wonky so I have added a small make up sponge to the bottom to keep it straight. Shipping I’m sorry will be more because of the weight and size. Kindly asking $85 plus $10 shipping. I will refund any overage of a $1 or more. Thank you so much for stopping by.

$85.00

SOLDLarge Primitive Wool Make Do/Pincushion with Vintage Button

My first make do (or primitive pincushion) is made of overdyed and as is wool. The wools are beautiful rusty, reddish, orange brown colors and even though I took pictures outside the colors may vary in person. I have stuffed this tightly with premium fiber fill and hand stitched some embroidery stitches on the seams. On top is a piece of eco dyed lace and a vintage (what I believe is a Bakelite) button. The make do is mounted on a large hog scraper that has a wooden handle and metal base. I have attached 2 overdyed wool strawberries all beaded with vintage beads, small thread spool simply attached with a large rusty safety pin and a small string of vintage mother of pearl buttons. The bottom of the make do is trimmed with chenille ric rack. The base is 4” wide, the make do is 5 1/2” wide and total of 7” tall to the top of the make do itself. The strawberries are 2” and 2 1/4”. Shipping I’m sorry will be more because of the weight and size. Kindly asking $85 plus $10 shipping. I will refund any overage of a $1 or more. Thank you so much for stopping by.

$85.00

Little Poka Dot Pumpkin Pin Cusions

For those of you who missed out on these sweet little pin keeps, I have made 10 more, used all my vintage "salts". While antiquing I found these sweet vintage wooden "salts". Perfect to make a sweet little pumpkin pin cushion! I have painted the wooden salts black and have added rusty orange poka dots. Then lightly antiqued. The pumpkins are made from some beautiful over dyed velvet, from Fiddlestix Designs. I have added crushed walnuts and real wool to keep your pins sharp, securely attached to the wooden salts. Then I have added some black pins and a little pumpkin charms Topped with a real dried stem. These sweet little pin cushions measure 3 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches tall. I have 7 to offer. Each sold separately. Shipping is included in the price. 4 sold

$29.99

Pumpkin Mouse Pinkeep

It’s almost fall, Y’all! I love the autumn weather and all of its beautiful colors! Fall in New England is absolutely gorgeous and so inviting that I had to put aside my summer stitching to create just for this season. These sweet little mice were first on my list. The cotton fabric is a perfect shade of orange with tiny little X’s. I added a green wool leaf, a few black glass-head pins, an owl charm, a mother of pearl button and an antique corsage pin. I couldn’t resist adding a tiny mohair mouse with a little orange bead on his tail. The pumpkin stem is a real stem from my garden. The entire pinkeep sits firmly in an antique zinc mason jar lid. Kindly asking $75 and $10 for travel fare. Please note...I have several of these available with all different stems so you may get one that looks a little different from the pictures.

$75.00

**SOLD THANK YOU*Sweet Green Tomato Pinkeep

I love making these tomatoes so much and thought a strawberry on top was the perfect choice. This was made using beautiful hand dyed green wool from Blackberry Primitives. This one is a little smaller than my red tomatoes. I added a few black pins, a beautiful antique glass swirl pin, and a silver heart in hand charm. It’s firmly stuffed/filled with 2 1/2 - 3 cups of crushed walnut shells to keep your pins and needles sharp. The pink strawberry is firmly attached to the tomato. It is approximately 4 1/2” tall. Kindly asking $85.00 and $10.00 for travel fare.

$85.00

Sweet Red Tomato Pinkeep

I love making these tomatoes so much and thought a strawberry on top was the perfect choice. This was made using beautiful hand dyed red wool from Blackberry Primitives. I added a few black pins, a beautiful antique glass swirl pin and a silver heart in hand charm. It’s firmly stuffed/filled with 2 1/2 - 3 cups of crushed walnut shells to keep your pins and needles sharp. The pink strawberry is firmly attached to the tomato. It is approximately 4 1/2” tall. Kindly asking $95.00 and $10.00 for travel fare.

$95.00

Velvet Heart

Made from a vintage piece of red velvet that I dyed a bit with coffee this sweet heart is reminiscent of bygone Valentine's Days. A piece of repro red print cotton backs the heart of velvet while 2 vintage mother-of-pearl buttons adorn the front. It makes a lovely pincushion as it is stuffed with wool homegrown in my state of Pennsylvania to keep your pins from rusting. The heart will also make a lovely addition to a bowl or basket. It measures 7 1/4 inches tall and 5 1/2 inches wide. This is the last of my red velvet so I cannot take orders. There are two available. I am kindly asking $30 each which includes the cost of shipping.

$30.00

Sold, thank youMerry Christmas Girl Pinkeep Drum

I have wanted to stitch this sweet little girl since the minute I saw her! She reminds me of a sweet vintage Christmas card from the 1960’s. It is 4.5” across x 2.5” high. I used a beautiful red holly print Christmas fabric for the bottom and side and embroidered a bright red herringbone stitch around the top. I added several glass head pins, a vintage button, and a snowflake charm. It is firmly stuffed with wood shavings and crushed walnut shells to keep your pins sharp. Kindly asking $95.00 and $10.00 for travel fare.

$95.00

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