| Hat Pin Cushion Free Craft Project ~ Compliments of Craft At Home |
Material:
Cardboard (inserts from stocking packaging work great)
Fabric Scraps
Ribbon Scraps
Ruler
Compass
Needle and Thread (thread colour is not important)
2 inch Styrofoam Ball
Batting Scraps or Fibrefill (batting works best)
Miscellaneous Embellishments (Ribbon Roses, etc.)
Hot glue gun and sticks
How to:
These are very easy to assemble... it's explaining how to do it, that I found difficult. Please refer to the diagrams below
often during assembly and you should be able to make these easily.
You can make these with or without the needle holder. The needle holder simply includes an additional disk section that
closes to protect the needles and your hands. Begin by cutting 4 (2 if you don't want to make the needle holder) circles
measuring 4 1/2 inches from lightweight cardboard. The green section in diagram 1 is my cardboard circle. You can cut
the disks using a compass or a bowl or glass that measures approximately 4 1/2 inches across the centre of the circle.
Lay one cardboard circle on top of a fabric scrap and cut around the circle adding approximately 1 inch around the entire
circle (referring to diagram 1, you will see that you need a little additional material to cover the cardboard circle). Repeat
cutting fabric scraps to cover all 4 pieces of your cardboard. I used 2 different fabrics for this. One colour for 2 circles and
another colour for the other 2 circles. Though the photo is not clear enough, I used a darker fabric on the inside disks
and a light fabric on the out side disks.
Cut an additional circle (this will be the pin cushion section of the hat), using your cardboard as a template, but cut the
fabric approximately 2 inches larger, all the way around your circle. You do not need to cut a perfect circle for this, as the
edges of your cut circle will be hidden, once the hat is assembled.
Cut your styrofoam ball in half. You will require only one half to make this hat. Cut batting to the size of each cardboard
disk (do not cut larger than the disk, but to fit one side of the disk only). Cut an additional piece of batting to fit the
styrofoam ball half. Again, enough to cover just the rounded part of the styrofoam ball and not the flat cut edge of your
ball.
Sew a gathering stitch (straight in and out stitch, without securing either end of thread to the fabric) around each circle of
fabric (5 pieces in total).
Place one piece of batting (you can secure this with a little glue if you prefer) on top of one cardboard circle, place one
fabric circle on top of the batting and turn the edges of the fabric to the opposite side, pulling your gathering stitch (as
shown in diagram 1). Tie or secure your gathering stitch with a little glue. Repeat for all of your 4 1/2 inch cardboard
disks.
Lay your batting piece for the styrofoam ball over the rounded section of the ball. Place your fabric section on top of the
batting and once again, fold the fabric edge to the flat side of your ball, pulling the gathering stitch and tie or secure your
gathering stitch with glue.
Now that you have all sections of your hat covered with fabric, you can begin to assemble it. You need to create a hinge
for the hat to open and close without separating. Hot glue in place a small piece of ribbon to the wrong side (view shown
in diagram 1 is the wrong side) of 2 disks. If you have chosen to use 2 different shades of fabric, glue the ribbon the
disks that have the same fabric (you can see the hinge at the centre of the diagram 2).
Glue a matching ribbon strip to two disks (this ribbon will be your needle holder section). The ribbon will be placed right
side up against the fabric disks used for the inside of the hat and secured with glue on the wrong side of the same disks.
Diagram 2 shows how your 2 disks should look once you have completed this step. To create a tie closure, glue a small
ribbon piece to the oposite end (directly across) of where you glued your hinge ribbon (see diagram 4). All of these
ribbon ends will be hidden, once completely assembled.
Using hot glue (you can sew this if you like), together the disk you just added ribbon to and a disk that has no ribbon
added. Keep the glue very close to the edge of the circles, without allowing the glue to be visible. Repaeat for the other
two disks. You will end up with two complete disk sections, with fabric covering both the front and back of your disks and
all ribbon ends will be hidden between the two disks. Your ribbon hinge will hold these 2 sections together. Refer to the
diagrams below as they are provided to help with the clarity of my instructions.
With hot glue (you can sew this if you like) secure your covered styrofoam ball to the top centre of your hat. Again,
keeping close to the edge of your ball.
Glue a small piece of ribbon or lace around the edge of the styrofoam ball. This ribbon will not only add a decorative
feature, but will hide the join of the styrofoam ball where it is attached to the disk. Diagram 3 shows the placement of the
ribbon.
For this hat I made two bows from the same ribbon (one being slightly smaller than the other), and a matching bow from
silk ribbon (green). Refer to the main photo and diagram 3 for placement of the embellishments. All embellishments are
attached at the hinge section on the top of the hat. Before attaching your bows to the hat, lay them out, as you would
like them to be assembled. This way you can make any adjustments before you attach them.
Beginning with the largest ribbon bow, I placed the second matching ribbon bow on top, placing the green ribbon bow on
top of both of these ribbon bows and then adding a final ribbon flower with a white pearl to the top, I glued these all in
place on the hat.
Thank You Katy! Katy suggests using old CD's instead of cardboard for the disks. A great idea!
Cardboard (inserts from stocking packaging work great)
Fabric Scraps
Ribbon Scraps
Ruler
Compass
Needle and Thread (thread colour is not important)
2 inch Styrofoam Ball
Batting Scraps or Fibrefill (batting works best)
Miscellaneous Embellishments (Ribbon Roses, etc.)
Hot glue gun and sticks
How to:
These are very easy to assemble... it's explaining how to do it, that I found difficult. Please refer to the diagrams below
often during assembly and you should be able to make these easily.
You can make these with or without the needle holder. The needle holder simply includes an additional disk section that
closes to protect the needles and your hands. Begin by cutting 4 (2 if you don't want to make the needle holder) circles
measuring 4 1/2 inches from lightweight cardboard. The green section in diagram 1 is my cardboard circle. You can cut
the disks using a compass or a bowl or glass that measures approximately 4 1/2 inches across the centre of the circle.
Lay one cardboard circle on top of a fabric scrap and cut around the circle adding approximately 1 inch around the entire
circle (referring to diagram 1, you will see that you need a little additional material to cover the cardboard circle). Repeat
cutting fabric scraps to cover all 4 pieces of your cardboard. I used 2 different fabrics for this. One colour for 2 circles and
another colour for the other 2 circles. Though the photo is not clear enough, I used a darker fabric on the inside disks
and a light fabric on the out side disks.
Cut an additional circle (this will be the pin cushion section of the hat), using your cardboard as a template, but cut the
fabric approximately 2 inches larger, all the way around your circle. You do not need to cut a perfect circle for this, as the
edges of your cut circle will be hidden, once the hat is assembled.
Cut your styrofoam ball in half. You will require only one half to make this hat. Cut batting to the size of each cardboard
disk (do not cut larger than the disk, but to fit one side of the disk only). Cut an additional piece of batting to fit the
styrofoam ball half. Again, enough to cover just the rounded part of the styrofoam ball and not the flat cut edge of your
ball.
Sew a gathering stitch (straight in and out stitch, without securing either end of thread to the fabric) around each circle of
fabric (5 pieces in total).
Place one piece of batting (you can secure this with a little glue if you prefer) on top of one cardboard circle, place one
fabric circle on top of the batting and turn the edges of the fabric to the opposite side, pulling your gathering stitch (as
shown in diagram 1). Tie or secure your gathering stitch with a little glue. Repeat for all of your 4 1/2 inch cardboard
disks.
Lay your batting piece for the styrofoam ball over the rounded section of the ball. Place your fabric section on top of the
batting and once again, fold the fabric edge to the flat side of your ball, pulling the gathering stitch and tie or secure your
gathering stitch with glue.
Now that you have all sections of your hat covered with fabric, you can begin to assemble it. You need to create a hinge
for the hat to open and close without separating. Hot glue in place a small piece of ribbon to the wrong side (view shown
in diagram 1 is the wrong side) of 2 disks. If you have chosen to use 2 different shades of fabric, glue the ribbon the
disks that have the same fabric (you can see the hinge at the centre of the diagram 2).
Glue a matching ribbon strip to two disks (this ribbon will be your needle holder section). The ribbon will be placed right
side up against the fabric disks used for the inside of the hat and secured with glue on the wrong side of the same disks.
Diagram 2 shows how your 2 disks should look once you have completed this step. To create a tie closure, glue a small
ribbon piece to the oposite end (directly across) of where you glued your hinge ribbon (see diagram 4). All of these
ribbon ends will be hidden, once completely assembled.
Using hot glue (you can sew this if you like), together the disk you just added ribbon to and a disk that has no ribbon
added. Keep the glue very close to the edge of the circles, without allowing the glue to be visible. Repaeat for the other
two disks. You will end up with two complete disk sections, with fabric covering both the front and back of your disks and
all ribbon ends will be hidden between the two disks. Your ribbon hinge will hold these 2 sections together. Refer to the
diagrams below as they are provided to help with the clarity of my instructions.
With hot glue (you can sew this if you like) secure your covered styrofoam ball to the top centre of your hat. Again,
keeping close to the edge of your ball.
Glue a small piece of ribbon or lace around the edge of the styrofoam ball. This ribbon will not only add a decorative
feature, but will hide the join of the styrofoam ball where it is attached to the disk. Diagram 3 shows the placement of the
ribbon.
For this hat I made two bows from the same ribbon (one being slightly smaller than the other), and a matching bow from
silk ribbon (green). Refer to the main photo and diagram 3 for placement of the embellishments. All embellishments are
attached at the hinge section on the top of the hat. Before attaching your bows to the hat, lay them out, as you would
like them to be assembled. This way you can make any adjustments before you attach them.
Beginning with the largest ribbon bow, I placed the second matching ribbon bow on top, placing the green ribbon bow on
top of both of these ribbon bows and then adding a final ribbon flower with a white pearl to the top, I glued these all in
place on the hat.
Thank You Katy! Katy suggests using old CD's instead of cardboard for the disks. A great idea!
| Diagram 2 Inside of hat |
Diagram 3
The outside of the pin
cushion
The outside of the pin
cushion
| Diagram 1 |
| Diagram 4 |
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