Steps to making your Pin Cushion

1. Lay fabric good side up on the table. 2. Fold fabric in half. Wrong side up.
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3. Cut pattern out using paper scissors

4. Lay pattern, properly, over fabric. 5. Pin pattern, properly, in place. 6. Cut fabric along the three cutting sides, using fabric shears and cutting cm larger than the pattern. 7. Remove the pattern from the fabric. 8. Line up notches and place a pin in the fabric. 9. Measure sewing lines and mark them on the fabric, using a ruler and pencil crayon. 10.Begin sewing using the running stitch, starting at one of the two dots. 11.Sew along sewing line, at the corner start going down the side sewing line...do not go around the corner and do not sew to the very end of the first sewing line. 12.Tie a finishing knot when you have approximately 10 cm of thread left. 13.Repeat steps 10, 11 & 12 for the other side. 14.Trim corners, being careful not to cut the thread. 15.Trim tails (excess thread), do not cut knots. 16.Turn fabric right sides out.
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17.Push out corners, using the end of a pencil. This will give you nice corners.

18.Making sure you have a nice square product (not a triangle, house or any other shape), iron it flat. 19.Fill with fiberfill. 20.Pin it closed and whipstitch the opening closed, using really small and close stitches. 21.Write your name on a small piece of paper, grade your pin cushion using the rubric from below - explain why you graded it as you did, and pin the paper properly to your pin cushion before passing it in.

Value Preparation

Construction

3 points per section 1. Pattern placed at fold and pinning done correctly. 2. 1.5cm lines drawn on wrong side of fabric. 3. Cutting done carefully on table: care taken with shears, folded edge NOT cut, notch not cut off. 1. Hand- sewn neatly and carefully, 7 stitches per inch. 2. Matching thread used. 3. Seams straight & tight (stitching not easily visible). 1. Corners trimmed, turned right side out & pushed out. 2. Stuffed, and adjusted to fill out pillow evenly. 3. Seam uses small whipstitch stitches, close to edge, knots are hidden. 1 point 1. Student on task at all times (showed ability to work independently) & did not try to monopolize teachers time. Total /10

Finishing

In class