PINCUSHION OF WALNUT SHELLS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1928, Page 20

PINCUSHION OF WALNUT SHELLS.

Wet afternoons when we have to stay indoors! What can we find, to do with them? Here is something interesting and useful that we can make with walnut shells. The shells themselves cost nothing, while odds and ends of silk, satin or some other pretty material will be found in mother’s work-basket, and can easily be made into fascinating little pin cushions. A tube of liquid glue, a pair of scissors, some thin wire for the handles and narrow ribbon to cover the wire, and cotton wool for the stuffing are the only other things needed. It should be quite easy to get some walnut shells. If they are dirty, scrub them with a nail brush in warm water. They will dry in a minute or two. Fill one half of the empty shell firmly with cotton wool. Then cut out a circle of light-coloured silk, one-eighth of an inch bigger than the size of the • walnut top. Cover about 4J inches of the wire with ribbon to match the silk, leaving the ends uncovered, bend into shape of a basket handle, stick the ends with liquid glue, and push them into the cotton wool at each end of the shell. Then moisten the edge of the circle of silk with liquid glue, and tuck it neatly all round the cotton stuffing. Tie tiny bows of narrow ribbon tightly on either side of the handle. If there is any varnish in daddy’s workshop, glaze the outside of the shell with it. Push a few pins into the cushion and hang it on the dressing table. Several in different parts of the house will be useful, for pins are always being needed in a hurry.