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Free Pincushion Patterns

American Patchwork & Quilting Editors Updated December 28, 2021
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Use our free patterns to fashion quick and easy pincushions for yourself and your sewing friends!

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Color Wheel

Color Wheel

For a sweet, scrappy pincushion, appliqué wedges in a rainbow of assorted prints and wrap the finished project in a novelty ribbon.

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Plus Pincushions

Plus Pincushions

Compose a duo of pincushions featuring plus signs in varying sizes.

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Buzzworthy

Buzzworthy

The bees and blooms on these appliquéd and embroidered wool pincushions prove spring has sprung.

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Bright Bloom Pincushion

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Practice your embroidery with a flower pincushion featuring both machine- and hand-stitched embellishments.

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Pretty Pincushion Stack

Pretty Pincushion Stack

These quick-to-make pincushions are cute enough to give individually or as a towering set of three.

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Pyramid Pincushion

Pyramid Pincushion

Foundation-piece tiny triangles into a pincushion that has geometric appeal.

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Big & Bold

Big & Bold

Don't spend time searching for your pincushion. Make a jumbo, tufted cushion in bright, lively prints and finding it will be a cinch!

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Blooming Batik Pincushion

Free Pincushion Patterns

Use a black-and-white batik as a foundation to showcase beautiful and bright colors. A Dresden Plate block blooms like a flower from the center of this pincushion.

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Fresh Picked

Fresh Picked

Felted wool pincushions will be the hit of the party when given as take-home favors.

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Singer Featherweight Pincushion

Singer Featherweight Pincushion

Use scraps to create a Singer Featherweight sewing machine on an oversize pincushion. Let a Nine-Patch block represent a quilt ready to be sewn.

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Build a Block

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Utilize your stash to create an oversize Courthouse Steps pincushion from 1"-wide strips.

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Dresden Pincushions

Dresden Pincushions

Machine-stitch a trio of cute-as-can-be pincushions with Dresden stars on top. Pick your favorite fabric scraps, a bit of rickrack, and buttons, then tie it all together with solid white.

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Wool and Whimsy

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Love to work with wool? Bring garden-fresh blooms to any sewing table with folk art wool pincushions that you can stitch in an afternoon.

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Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions

Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions

Quilters who finish more make more. And for quilters who love to decorate theirhomes , these small projects fill that desire perfectly. This magazine features an array of 20+ new and favorite patterns. The hardest part will be deciding which one to make first!

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Folk Art Felt

Folk Art Felt

Quickly hand-stitch a trio of whimsical felt pincushions.

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Wild Flowers

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Snip, stitch, and stuff. Soon you will have a garden of flower pincushions.

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Budding Beauty

Budding Beauty

Use fusible and dimensional appliqué techniques to add textural petals.

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Posy Pincushions

Posy Pincushions

Create these pincushions as gifts for quilters. To personalize them, select bits of ribbon, rickrack, and fabric from a memorable event or choose trims in colors that complement a sewing room decor.

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Go Nuts

Go Nuts

Make a bunch of acorn-inspired felt pincushions and needle books, then squirrel them away for holiday gifts.

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Darling Duo

Darling Duo

Welcome the season into your sewing room with bluework pincushions used alone or as a pair. Hand-embroidered pine branches, snowmen, and trees create the letters.

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On Pins & Needles Pincushion

On Pins & Needles Pincushion

Bold fabrics, bright buttons, and colorful ribbon elevate practical pincushions to new heights.

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Patchwork Pincushion

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Cut and piece 5-inch precut squares to frame an appliqué panel and create a patchwork back for a handy pin keeper.

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Holiday Pincushion

Holiday Pincushion

Stack a set of three pincushions for a cute addition to the holiday sewing frenzy.

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Wristband Pincushions

Wristband Pincushions

Use felted wool scraps to appliqué sunflower pincushions to wristbands for fellow quilters and needlework artists.

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Scrappy Pincushion

Scrappy Pincushion

Bright fabric scraps make up a merry Log Cabin pincushion.

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Tie-On Pincushion

Tie-On Pincushion

Ideal for tying onto a sewing basket, these tiny pincushions are great gifts for your quilting buddies.

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Spring Hats Pincushion

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Wool pincushions pose as spring hats, making them perfect party favors for a Mother's Day luncheon or sewing circle. Or make several for yourself and keep one in each of your sewing baskets.

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    1 of 27 Color Wheel
    2 of 27 Plus Pincushions
    3 of 27 Buzzworthy
    4 of 27 Bright Bloom Pincushion
    5 of 27 Pretty Pincushion Stack
    6 of 27 Pyramid Pincushion
    7 of 27 Big & Bold
    8 of 27 Blooming Batik Pincushion
    9 of 27 Fresh Picked
    10 of 27 Singer Featherweight Pincushion
    11 of 27 Build a Block
    12 of 27 Dresden Pincushions
    13 of 27 Wool and Whimsy
    14 of 27 Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions
    15 of 27 Folk Art Felt
    16 of 27 Wild Flowers
    17 of 27 Budding Beauty
    18 of 27 Posy Pincushions
    19 of 27 Go Nuts
    20 of 27 Darling Duo
    21 of 27 On Pins & Needles Pincushion
    22 of 27 Patchwork Pincushion
    23 of 27 Holiday Pincushion
    24 of 27 Wristband Pincushions
    25 of 27 Scrappy Pincushion
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    27 of 27 Spring Hats Pincushion

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