Little bit of information on sewing.

By Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

United States

March 1, 2018 12:20pm CST

Hello everyone.Back from lunch.We went out for Chinese. The other day @JamesHxsatic wrote a post on his wife making her sewing needle sharp.I have a basket full of strawberries pin cushion These are very early and popular during the Victorian era. one of our collectible in our earlier years. We also had a collection on tomato type pin cushion. The strawberries here were filled with sand or emery to keep the needle sharp. this is how they sharpen their needles. It works very well. The photo is mine.This is our collection.

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@Icydoll (36717)

• India

1 Mar 18

Your collection is awesome my friend

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@Icydoll thank you.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

2 Mar 18

Wow, Buddy that's a lot.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@JustBhem no I do not sew.This is just a collection that we collect many years ago.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@JustBhem yes it is.How are you doing there.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

2 Mar 18

@amadeo I'm fine here, sometimes not and I used to it already. So, you like sewing?

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@youless (112113)

• Guangzhou, China

2 Mar 18

This is a big collection

Unfortunately I am not so good at sewing.

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@youless (112113)

• Guangzhou, China

2 Mar 18

@amadeo When I was a child, I ever sewed for my doll but that's all.

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@youless it is a big collection.Never learn?

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@youless I see.

@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

2 Mar 18

I never thought sand could sharpen needles. That's an interesting piece of info

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@shadi thank you.Sand and emery

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

1 Mar 18

Lovely collection of pincushions. My Mom had one shaped like a tomato too.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@marlina thank you.I bet she has the older ones?

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

1 Mar 18

@amadeo I guess it was the older type, but maybe my sister has it now.

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@marlina I see.

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@DianneN (246819)

• United States

1 Mar 18

What a great idea! Love those pin cushions, too. I have a variety of pin cushions filled with needles and pins. Too bad I don't sew. lol

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@DianneN Are they different shapes there on the pin cushion?

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@DianneN (246819)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@amadeo I have a tomato, a strawberry, and others buried at the bottom of my sewing basket. lol

@snowy22315 (169965)

• United States

2 Mar 18

That is neat. I didn't know they were filled with sand.

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@jstory07 (134460)

• Roseburg, Oregon

1 Mar 18

That is a lot of pin cushions. I do not even have one. I hate sewing and always have. When I used to use my mother's sewing machine the bobbin would jump out and spin around the floor. After putting it back and the thread going all over I quit never to go near a sewing machine again. Those sewing machines go crazy near me.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@jstory07 that is sort of hilarious there.

@Marilynda1225 (79730)

• United States

1 Mar 18

That's a really unique collection of pincushions. I also didn't know that was how to keep needles sharp

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@Marilynda1225 yes.the sand and the emery there.

@JamesHxstatic (29242)

• Eugene, Oregon

1 Mar 18

Until Anne and I talked about it, I did not know that needles even needed sharpening. I think she has some cushions like those as well. Quite a collection you have there.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@JamesHxstatic thank you.They are also colorful

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@JudyEv (325758)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

What a lovely collection you have! I didn't know they were filled with special substances to keep needles sharp.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@JudyEv yes they filled them with sand or emery.

@spiderdust (14741)

• San Jose, California

1 Mar 18

I have a tomato pincushion too. I read a tip years ago that if you needed to sharpen a needle on a sewing machine, to sew a few stitches into a piece of sandpaper.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@spiderdust yes that is a good idea there.

@Courage7 (19633)

• United States

1 Mar 18

So nice that collection and colorful too. I did not know about the sand either.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@Courage7 many do not know.

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@Olixiamonty (14)

• United Kingdom

1 Mar 18

I enjoyed being taught this is school it’s a very practical life skill, your collection is amazing my friend!

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

1 Mar 18

@OIixiamonty thank youi.

@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Mar 18

You have so many collections . . . these are so neat - I've never known anyone who collected pin cushions! What made you start collecting them?

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@Tampa_girl7 (48956)

• United States

2 Mar 18

I have a tomato pin cushion

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

9 Mar 18

I learned how to sew a button on when I was in the Army. That's about the extent of my knowledge!

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

10 Mar 18

@teamfreak16 same here.We had to learn how to sew.They gave us one of those kit there.

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@josie_ (9763)

• Philippines

2 Mar 18

Prior to @JamesHxsatic post, I was not aware needles can be sharpen. they're cheap and we just buy new one. Now I learn something new with your post. It looks like the Victorian era type of pin cushions are more practical compare to our present kind since a needle sharpener needed to be "invented".

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@josie your so right.Victorian era are more practical not sure about today?

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@MaciMaci (300)

• France

2 Mar 18

My mom kept her needles in a Danish cookies metal box... It was a cliché where I came from :)

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@MaciMaci that is interesting there.Thank you.Nice to meet you

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

2 Mar 18

@MaciMaci we will be there on Monday.

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@MaciMaci (300)

• France

2 Mar 18

@amadeo Thanks Alfredo :) It's a pleasure to meet you, too. Are you at the beach yet?

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@deba12 (2951)

• India

7 Mar 18

Your collection is really commendable. Thanks for sharing the idea with us. Sawdust can also be used to sharpen pin cushions.