Craft: Make your own sewing jars

Keep one of these jars on hand to fix a fallen hem or mend a tear in a jiffy.

Oct 10, 2014 10:53am
By Alice Arndell
These handy little sewing kits are simple to put together and look fabulous. They also make a great gift for students or flatters, or to grace your desk drawer at work for sewing-related emergencies.
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Craft: Sewing jars

Materials:

Preserving jar with a screw-top lid Felt or contrasting fabric Pen or pencil Compact disk Fabric – ironed Scissors Glue gun and glue sticks Cotton balls Small sewing kit

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Craft: Sewing jars

Step 1. Remove the screw-top lid from the jar and use the disc-shaped inner lid as a guide to trace a circle on the felt. Then using the compact disc as a template, trace a circle on the fabric for the pincushion top. Cut out the circles.

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Craft: Sewing jars

Step 2. Place the inner lid bottom-side up directly in the middle of another piece of the fabric. Put a dab of hot glue along the rubbery edge of the lid’s rim and press the edge of the fabric on top. Continue around the edge, bunching it up as you go.

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Step 3. After going three-quarters of the way around, stop gluing and start stuffing between the lid and the fabric with cotton balls. It needs to be quite tightly packed.

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Step 4. Once the pincushion is full, use hot glue to stick down the last of the fabric to the lid. Glue the felt circle that was cut out earlier over the bottom of the lid to hide where the fabric has been stuck down.

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Step 5. Press the pincushion firmly back into the outer lid or ring. Fill the jar with the contents of the sewing kit and screw on the pincushion lid.

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