Dress Form Mannequin Pin Cushion

It's amazing how many cute and clever pin cushions there are to be had and to be made. I did a quick search on making pin cushions and was blown away by the variety. Amazing. I'm always so impressed with all the clever people designing new projects.

I stumbled across these dress form pincushions last week and had to give it a try. The video explaining how to make them is done by identical twin crafters. They are so cute.

The process is very quick and easy if you can sew at all. With some down to earth pinning I think even a novice sewer would find these pretty easy to sew. It’s just a matter of sewing the shoulder seams then sewing on the 2 curvy sides. Normally curve sewing is a pain but with judicious pinning this went very well.

Cutting out the foam core board was the hardest thing about this project. Finding the candlesticks took the most time. Such a straightforward sewing project with such an awesome result. I just love the dress maker form pin cushion.

Forgot to take a picture as soon as I added the flowers and you’ll notice that one of the dress forms is missing. It was chosen already and has a new home. A flower definitely completes the look though.

These are the perfect gift for a sewer or even someone who just enjoys fashion though they don’t sew. Best of all, they’ll think you slaved for hours making this awesome dress form mannequin and it really took less than an hour.

With candlestick in hand and fabric decided, I think this took about half an hour from start to finish.

Here’s the link to the tutorial and pattern over at DIY Dish: Dress Form Mannequin Pin Cushion

I definitely have enough pin cushions now! Between the dress form pin cushions and tea cup pin cushions I will have plenty of places to hold pins and needles.