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    Default What does your pincushion look like?

    I'm going to get one and will probably grab one of those cheapie tomatoes. lol
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    Mines a cheapy strawberry. I've had it for years and its still in perfect shape.

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    here's mine. I bought her off ebay about 2 years ago for $4 shipped... She's to pretty to poke though lol
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    I have a cheapie tomato,lol.
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    I have a cheapie tomato and an old garage sale one that used to be a basket. Now its a straw bowl!

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    Mine is the teacup pincushion that I made as gifts (kept one for me).

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    I have a tomato and also one of the Grab-it magnetic ones.
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    I have a tomatoe one and a strawberry one i made from a martha stewart pattern i found online.
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    I use the magnetic one. I also have a tomato (if I can find it )

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    I want to make the teacup pincushion one of these days! Here's the link: teacup pincushion
    I have a tomato around here somewhere.

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    I have several wrist ones and a tomato and a wrist magnetic one that I don't use.
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    I have a tomato and I have a wrist one that I use for hand quilting. I love the teacup idea, I may have to make one of those soon.
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    here's another one i have made, I use this one all the time. the seat flips up and you can store notions under the seat, like thimbles, a tape measure, and so on!

    http://crafterscommunity.com/index.php/195
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    Originally posted by mrsengeseth
    here's another one i have made, I use this one all the time. the seat flips up and you can store notions under the seat, like thimbles, a tape measure, and so on!

    http://crafterscommunity.com/index.php/195
    I love that one!!!! It's so cute!

    Mine is hard to describe...it's pink and round and has little chinese all around it, holding hands....

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