Prickly PEAR

Create this pincushion from your sewing stash

- CHERYL OWEN

YOU WILL NEED

• Access to a photocopier
• Tracing paper and pencil
• 15 x 15cm square of red spotted, striped and patterned cotton fabrics
• 8 x 8cm square of brown cotton fabric
• 8 x 6cm rectangle of green cotton fabric
• 4 x 6cm rectangle of bonding web
• Rouleau turner or safety pin to turn the stalk through
• Wood shavings or sawdust
• Sheet of scrap paper for funnel