Put a Stop to It

My hand-sewing needles often slip into my pincushion. To prevent this, before poking a needle into my pincushion I slide an earring back (a small plastic tube designed to secure a French wire earring hook) about three-fourths of the way up the needle.

-Rose Marie Baab

Wooster, Ohio

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