Liz makes a porcupine pin cushion

It's no secret I'm a fan of pin cushions.. So lately I've been making quite a few. They resemble cute and (not so) cuddly porcupines and hedgehogs! The one I made today is a cute little porcupine. Here's a tutorial so you can do it too:

First, you'll need two different colors of felt, matching thread, scissors, a needle, a little poly-fil, the pattern below and some pins of course.

You'll need to cut out four ear pieces, two head pieces, two body pieces and one belly piece. I chose to make the body pieces a different color than the rest of the pieces, but that's a choice you can make yourself.

First, take two of the ear pieces, place them together and sew (using a tiny, tiny blanket stitch) around the edges, leaving the bottom open. Turn inside out.

Squeeze the sides together and sew back and forth a few times so it resembles a little porcupine ear.

Place the right sides of the body and the head, sandwiching the ear in between and sew, using (again) a tiny, tiny blanket stitch.

You should have two porcupine sides, mirror image of each other.

Place right sides together and sew using, once again, an incredibly tiny blanket stitch. Leave the bottom open.

Grab the bottom/belly piece and sew it to the sides of the porcupine. Make sure you leave a little of the back open.

Turn inside out. Stuff with a little polyfil until you reach the desired stuff-ness. (Is that a word?)

Then sew closed using a ladder stitch.

Cute! Now, it will resemble a mouse until you start putting the pins in it. Then it should look like a porcupine. 

Place a couple of pins in the head for eyes.

Pretty darn cute, right? And sew easy! :)

Have a great weekend everybody.

Love, Liz