Denise Clason Studios~Sewing & Quilting author

Free Cupcake Pin Cushion Pattern! Dies by Sizzix

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by the Sizzix Blog Hop! Just a little intro here… Scoreboards are a brand new kind of die designed for Sizzix by my designer friend, Eileen Hull. Her ScoreBoards are cut and scored from matboard to make boxes, totes and folders.  As the ship date for the dies gets closer, Eileen realized that the best way to show them off was to ask some of her designer friends to play with them and see what they could whip up. I was delighted to be included with this fabulous group of designers! Just wait till you see what we have done! Follow our Blog Hop (see links, below) to see what other designers created using the Cupcake scoreboard die!

Here is how it will work….

Every other Wednesday from now until January,

one of the eight ScoreBoard dies will be featured

on our blogs so you can get a peek at the dies...

THIS week is Blog Hop #2, using the Small Cupcake die!

Check out these other blogs who made designs using the Cupcake die:

Lorine Mason

Brenda Pinnick Fanatics

Laura Bray

Barbara Matthiessen

Jennifer Ellefson

Fabrizio Martellucci

Bonnie Bruns

Denise Clason

Gabriela Delworth

Eileen Hull

Ann Butler

Candice Windham

Niki Meiners

I decided to create a Cupcake Pin Cushion---

I used another friends fabric, BJ Lantz, to decorate the bottom of the cupcake and her coordinating print for the top of the cupcake. The button on the top is an antique round buttons, too perfect to leave off!

I glued the cupcake to a painted terra-cotta tray, so that the pin cushion will stay put when in use!

Pin Cushion made from a scoreboard cupcake, designed by Eileen Hull for Sizzix.

Isn’t is CUTE! This is what you’ll need to create the pin cushion:

Cupcake Pin Cushion

by Denise Clason

(1) small scoreboard cupcake from Sizzix, by Eileen Hull

3″ x 6″ red print

10″ square green print

6″ red rick-rack

(1) 3/4″ round button, red

(1) 4″ painted terra-cotta tray

3″ x 6″ heavy weight fusible webbing

(1) 2 oz. bottle Fabric Tac by Beacon(r)

Sharp paper knife, Excel or Exacto, cutting mat

Heavy thread, large needle

Stuffing

Instructions:

1. Iron fusible webbing to wrong side of red print. Remove paper.

2. Press onto the right side of the cupcake scorecard. Be sure to place a paper underneath the cardstock while pressing fabric onto cupcake, to keep fusible off of ironing board.

3. With knife and cutting mat, cut off excess fabric around the cubcake scorecard. Be careful while cutting, go slow! Remove excess fabric. Gently bend the cupcake to make a circle.

4. With the Fabric Tac, overlap and glue the two ends together. Secure with a clothes pin or heavy clip. Let dry.

5. Fold the green print in half, and then in half again to make a square. Cut a semi-circle around the raw edges to create a circle of fabric.

6.  With needle and heavy thread, make running stitches along the edges. Gather the stitching. Leave a hole large enough to stuff with stuffing. Pull stitching tight and tie a knot.

7. You may want to stitch the opening closed and then push the needle up through the top center of the green fabric, put the button onto the needle and push needle back down through the fabric. Pull gently to give it a slight “tuck.” Tie a knot at the end.

8. Put Fabric Tac around the inside of the cupcake in a few places. Push the fabric top into the cupcake base, moving the gathers and tucking in where needed.

9. With the Fabric Tac, glue the rick-rack around the bottom of the cupcake.

10. Glue the cupcake into the tray. Let dry.

Enjoy! Follow the Scoreboard  Blog Hop!

Denise

www.deniseclason.com

13 Responses to 'Free Cupcake Pin Cushion Pattern! Dies by Sizzix'

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1. Erin said,
   
   

   on October 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

   This is such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!

2. eileenhull said,
   
   

   on October 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

   Denise- you are amazing! I love it! Can’t decide if I want to eat it or stick pins in there Thanks for joining the hop!

3. Molly Smith said,
   
   

   on October 27th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

   Oh how cute! Love the fabric and holder. I am so behind … didn’t know Eileen has a line with Sizzix. I need to check it out. Yes, you are amazing :O)

4. Gabriela said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 6:24 am

   Hello Denise,

   Absolutely fabulous!

   ~ Gabriela ~

5. Fabrizio said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 6:40 am

   Great idea and very fun ! I love it , X Fab

6. Karen B. said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 9:19 am

   Wow! This is delicious-looking! How cool to cover the matboard with fabric!

7. Barbara said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 9:30 am

   Clever idea and you can never have too many pincushions!

8. Korie B. said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 9:37 am

   Too cute!!

9. Laura Bray said,
   
   

   on October 28th, 2009 at 10:12 am

   Very cute! (I almost did the same thing, but ran out of time!) Hope to see you at CHA in January!

10. eileenhull said,
    
    

    on October 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am

    So glad you hopped with us Denise Thanks!

11. Cupcake’ olishish « Niki Meiners Blog said,
    
    

    on October 28th, 2009 at 10:43 am

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12. Brenda Pinnick said,
    
    

    on October 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    what fun! I love pincushions, there’s something so nostalgic about them!

13. Ann Butler said,
    
    

    on October 28th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    I love it, great minds think alike you know, LOL…the terra cotta tray good idea!

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