Emery pouch with pins marking the opening.Ĭlip the corners and press the hem. I used the shortest straight stitch my sewing machine has in order to minimize the likelihood of emery escaping between the stitches. Pin along the raw edges and sew with a 1/4” seam allowance, leaving a 1.25” gap along the top edge. The final size of the strip was 3” by 6.5”.įold the strip in half lengthwise to make a 3 “ by 3.25” rectangle. I trimmed the ends of the fabric strip until it was just right. The pouch formed by the 3” by 7.5” fabric strip ended up being a little bit too long to fit in this pin cushion. My goal with this project was to add an emery filled pouch to it. My favourite pin cushion is 2.5” wide by 2.25” deep by 2” thick. Emery inside inner plastic bag Make emery pouch I estimated that a rectangular slip of fabric 3” by 7.5” (folded in half and sewn with a 1/4” seam allowance) would make a pouch large enough to hold all 4 ounces of the emery. Since the emery was packaged in a small plastic bag, I was able to wrap the plastic bag in some fabric and estimate how much fabric would be needed to hold all of the emery. While this emery is non-toxic, care should be taken to wash your hands after handling it. The instructions state that we need to create a small sack to hold the emery and then that sack and batting are used to fill the pin cushion. It’s packaged inside a small plastic bag which is inside a larger plastic bag with some instructions and information about the history of emery.
The Yarn Tree brand of “Emery For Pin Cushions” is pure aluminum oxide.
#Pin cushion upgrade#
(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) I ordered a package of “ Yarn Tree 4333 Sewing White Emery for Pincushions-4 Ounces” so that I could upgrade one of my pin cushions to an emery filled one. I’ve heard that an emery-filled pin cushion keeps pins sharp. In my previous post ( Common Sewing Tools2) I mentioned that I’ve noticed that some of my pins are dull.