{"id":69185,"date":"2026-01-12T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=69185"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:20:22","slug":"clippy-pincushions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/clippy-pincushions\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippy Pincushions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67321\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140724_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67321\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140724_wm-sm-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clippy pincushion for Carrie\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140724_wm-sm-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140724_wm-sm-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140724_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 85vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clippy pincushion for Carrie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sue has mentioned a few times that she loves my Clippy Pincushion.<\/p>\n<p>I decided that it was time to make a couple for her and Carrie. I hesitated because the pins have to go into the pincushion almost horizontally in order not to get stuck when you grab the item. I have never figured out a way to prevent that. Of course, I haven&#8217;t lined the largest pieces with foam or something either. Maybe I&#8217;ll try that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67319\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140722_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67319\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140722_wm-sm-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clippy pincushion for Sue\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140722_wm-sm-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140722_wm-sm-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250724_140722_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clippy pincushion for Sue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even if you just use this pincushion for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aqo5uM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WonderClips<\/a>**, it is super useful. I keep one in my travel <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/hildegarde-notions-trunk-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hildegarde Notions Trunk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I originally found the pattern in a magazine. Since then I have seen it in the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b59ViR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50 Little Gifts: easy patchwork projects to give or swap<\/a>**, compiled by Susanne Woods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue has mentioned a few times that she loves my Clippy Pincushion. I decided that it was time to make a couple for her and Carrie. I hesitated because the pins have to go into the pincushion almost horizontally in order not to get stuck when you grab the item. I have never figured out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/clippy-pincushions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Clippy 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":[558],"tags":[128,316],"class_list":["post-69185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69185","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=69185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69189,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69185\/revisions\/69189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}