Cactus Pin Cushion

This pin cushion is super cute and easy to make!

Use as a pin cushion and a small storage container as well!

Needed:

- Green, brown, yellow, pink, and red felt sheets

- A small empty flower pot

- Embroidery floss colors red, green, white, and brown

- Stuffing/Polyester filling

- Small piece of cardboard/foam board

- Fabric scissors and an embroidery needle

- Out of cardboard or foam board cut a circular piece to act as the "top" for the pot. Do this by tracing around the pot using a sharpie and then cutting within that line so that the tops rests comfortably on top of the pot.

- Using the top piece as a reference cut out 6 identical green cactus pieces whose widths are slightly smaller that the diameter of the top of the pot.

- Cut out a circular piece of the brown felt that is roughly twice as large as the cardboard cut out.

Using a blanket stitch join two pieces of the green felt together stitching all around leaving an opening at the bottom. You will end up with three "pockets" after this step.

- Placing all three of the petals on top of each other stitch through all three layers straight down the center with green embroidery thread.

- Fan out each petal and stuff it with polyester filling, use a pencil to push the filling to the tip of the cactus.

- Using the yellow, pink, and red felt sheets cut out circles of three different sizes (small for the yellow, medium for the pink, large for the red).

- Cut the petals from each circle as you wish.

-Layer the three pieces on top of each other to create the flower, using red embroidery floss stitch each layer to the other and to the top of the cactus.

- Using brown embroidery floss attach the cactus to the center of the brown circular piece.

- Loosely stitch around the circumference of the brown felt piece, insert the cardboard "lid" and pull the string tight.

- Tighten as much as possible and tie off.

Tada! You are done! Now go and build yourself a whole garden!