In need for some sewing needle storage ideas? Elevate the classic pincushion to new heights with a sewing needle organizer! This sewing needle holder is super fast & easy to make and helps you keep track of your sewing needles at all times!
Needle pincushion
Hey, guys! Today I have a very quick sewing project/tip! It’s something I’ve done in less than 10 minutes (literally, no kidding!) but is a huge help in my sewing room: a sewing needle holder sewn into a pincushion!
I my sewing room set up I showed you the cabinet where I keep the supplies I use most often, sewing needles included. The cabinet is super handy, placed right under my sewing desk so I can easily and quickly reach my sewing needles, pins, thread spools and bobbins when I sew. My sewing needles are all stored in this cabinet, in their original cases, and I keep the cases stored in one of the rope bowls I sewed a while ago so they’re easy to identify in a pinch.
More quick sewing tips you’ll love:
- Half-square triangles pincushion
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- Cool bobbin storage ideas
- How to make your own hem gauge
- DIY seam guide
- How to turn a tube right side out without tube turner
But I thought I should go one step forward and make my life even more easy and my sewing a little faster (in addition to following these tips for sewing faster!). So I decided to make a little pincushion as a sewing needle holder. This sewing needle organizer is absolutely fabulous! It has a little handy dandy chart printed on for needle types and sizes and I keep this pincushion right on my sewing table, making swapping needles such a breeze! This is particularly helpful on projects with mixed fabric types where I need to use different needles for each fabric type.
Plus this needle pincushion looks so cute and makes your sewing room look pretty fancy and unique (not many people have this kind of pincushion, right?). And not to mention it takes just a few minutes to make, from cutting the fabric, printing the chart on and sewing! It’s truly that simple and quick, so why not make your own sewing needle holder right now?
I’ve made the chart available for free for my sewing newsletter subscribers but you can purchase it from here if you don’t want to join the newsletter!
Sewing needle holder
Materials:
- 2 pieces of fabric scraps (preferably cotton)
- sewing needle chart template
- inkjet or bubble jet printer with pigment ink
- pins
- matching thread
- sewing machine
- pressing iron
- poly-fill
Directions:
- Print the sewing needle chart template on fabric as indicated in this tutorial.
- Cut both the front and back fabric to size, leaving about 1″ allowance on all edges.
- Place the front and back fabric right sides together and pin all sides.
- Sew the pinned area with 1/4″ allowance, leaving a small gap to turn the fabric out in one side.
- Trim all seams to half and clip the corners as indicated in this tutorial (read clipping outer corners).
- Turn fabric right side out through the gap you left in one side and use this tip to push corners out and make perfectly neat and sharp corners.
- Smooth out all seams, press the gap inside 1/8″ then press the fabric well with your pressing iron.
- Fill the pincushion with poly-fill then hand stitch the gap or edge stitch with your sewing machine, pushing the poly-fill inside as much as possible to create room for sewing.
- Distribute the poly-fill evenly.
- Pin sewing needles to the chart on the pincushion.
If you liked this quick sewing tip, I would love to know it so please leave a comment below and don’t forget to rate this tutorial! Thanks!
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Great idea! However, if you replace the polyfill with emery or steel wool you would be cleaning and sharpening the needles every time you use them. Much like the little strawberry that use to come with the red tomato pin cushion.
Hi, Lynne! Thanks for your feedback! While this pincushion can be used as a needle sharpener, I wouldn’t recommend sharpening sewing machine needles at home as they might pose a threat when using them in the actual act of sewing with a sewing machine, due to improper sharpening. I always recommend replacing the needle after every project or after 10 hrs continuous sewing.
I sent a comment yesterday about the sewing needle pin cushion. Since I can’t see my question anymore I’m assuming (yeah, I know…) It was deleted and by reading reply people have left you either wont or can’t answer the question. Is the templet for this pin cushion included in the google drive?
Hi Sylvie. None of your assumptions are correct, I just didn’t happen to check the site or my emails since yesterday 🙂 Please see my response to your other comment!
I sent a comment yesterday about the sewing needle pin cushion. Since I can’t see my question anymore I’m assuming (yeah, I know…) It was deleted and by reading reply people have left you either wont or can’t answer the question. Is the templet for this pin cushion included in the google drive?
Hi! I subscribed to the newsletter, received email with google drive. But ni needle cushion. I checked the ebooks, printables and templat. Not there. Could you possible direct me?
Thank you!
Hi, Sylvie! I see you subscribed to the crafts newsletter instead of the sewing newsletter. The needle pincushion is available for the sewing newsletter subscribers so I just added your email to that group. You can now find the template in the google folder under the sewing free pattern, right at the top.
still can’t find free download for this project
I think this is a fabulous idea! Quick and simple. I am going to make several for my sewing friends! Thank-you for a really great idea!
Hi, Jeri! Thanks so much for your lovely comment, I’m glad you liked this simple idea! xoxo
I have subscribed for your newsletter, but cannot find where to find the free print-out for the Sewing needle holder pincushion – chart template. Is it hiding in a very conspicuous place, like right under my nose?
Haha! It’s kind of under your nose 🙂 We’ve sent you a welcome email with the link and password to the sewing library. The needle pincushion template is in one of the folders at the top of the library.
Thank-you very much! I will check this mornings emails!
And forget my last message. I’ll let you know if I don’t get it!