{"id":42872,"date":"2018-08-04T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2018-08-03T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T03:28:07","slug":"using-pincushions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/using-pincushions\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Pincushions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was back in the workroom on Sunday and the pincushions caught my attention. I thought that I would share the way I work with them.<\/p>\n<p>I have two pincushions that I use. I keep one next to my sewing machine and one on my cutting table.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42819\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329224541835764512302170105579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329224541835764512302170105579-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gerre's special rectangular pincushion\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329224541835764512302170105579-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329224541835764512302170105579-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329224541835764512302170105579-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerre&#8217;s special rectangular pincushion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I could move one pincushion from one place to another, but I received a second pincushion as a gift and thought of a new system.<\/p>\n<p>When I start with pinning things together, I often pin on my ironing board or cutting table. It is very convenient to have the pins handy.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I added some WonderClips to the side. I needed them handy on the cutting table.<\/p>\n<p>The rectangular pincushion is on my cutting table right now.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42822\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329230161042580668060470684009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329230161042580668060470684009-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pinchushion - wool felt (gift from A\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329230161042580668060470684009-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329230161042580668060470684009-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15329230161042580668060470684009-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinchushion &#8211; wool felt (gift from A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the pincushions sits next to my sewing machine. As I sew I have pincushion handy to put pins in as I remove them.<\/p>\n<p>The wool felt round one is currently next to my sewing machine.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my system. I hope it helps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was back in the workroom on Sunday and the pincushions caught my attention. I thought that I would share the way I work with them. I have two pincushions that I use. I keep one next to my sewing machine and one on my cutting table. I could move one pincushion from one place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/using-pincushions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Using Pincushions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-42872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-453","tag-tools"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}