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How to sew a needle bar with your own hands, original and convenient
Anyone who deals with sewing and embroidery, beads and lace weaving, be sure to think about how to sew a needle cushion. This seemingly small accessory makes the life of the needlewoman much easier, makes the storage of needles and pins safer, and makes it easier to find the right needle. In addition, the original model can decorate a desktop or corner, immediately showing: a craftswoman lives here!
How to sew a needle bar with your own hands?
There is a huge variety of beds available. However, since the main purpose of this device is to hold the needles and pins, the base part of the product is a resilient pad or tape made of a sufficiently thick material. Most often, needle beds are made in the form:
- just pads;
- rigid pillows;
- soft material in a box or case;
- option with a wrist mount;
- tape, strip or pad for mounting on a wall, work basket: box, chest of drawers, closet.
How to sew a needle cushion for a needlewoman?
Thus, needlewomen have a lot of options for the most convenient placement of the accessory. For example, when sewing on a sewing machine, you can attach the needle bar directly to its body, and for weaving lace, the best place is on the roller or its base.
How to sew a needle bar: fabric and padding
It is customary to use relatively dense fabrics to tighten the needle bar, which are not damaged by frequent stitching of the needles. So, knitwear, especially synthetic, is poorly suited for this purpose, dense jeans or plain weave fabrics are also not always convenient, but felt, natural or synthetic, cloth and felted products are very convenient.
Fur should not be used for covering, as the needles can be lost in it and cause injury.
You can use any filler to fill the pad, you just need to make sure that the packing density is sufficient to securely fix the needles and pins.
How to make an original pincushion?
It was already mentioned above that the pin cushion can become an unusual decoration of the workplace. To do this, when sewing, you should include imagination and common sense. For example, the size of the pillow should be such that the needles do not sink in it, and the decor should not interfere with the pinning. Therefore, it is not advisable to use beads, sequins, shells, beads for decoration.
The base for the product must be strong enough and resistant to accidental impact, stable and not too heavy. In the video presented, one of the options for a convenient combined accessory for needlewomen is considered – a needle bed with a base – a container for small items.
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