Monday 1 April 2013

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Tutorial: How to make a pin cushion ball gag out of a teddy bear

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I have a confession to make: I hold my pins in my mouth while I sew.  I know, so dangerous. Yet so convenient! I've had an idea kicking about in my head for a long time (ever since Pulp Fiction came out) for how to have my pins right near my mouth, but not actually in my mouth.  But it wasn't until this year when I had my nasal cavity fixed and I became able to nose-breathe that I could actually try it out.  I'm so glad I did! 

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What I did was to cut off the head off a small teddy bear, sew the neck hole closed, and then attach an elastic headband to make it hands free.  You want to choose a teddy bear with a pretty three-dimensional head; anything flatter and you could poke your pins all the way through and into your face. It is quite comfortable but you may find that you want to take it off a little bit before you leave the house to let the indentations settle down.

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And here it is in action!  Just look how I'm able to sew effortlessly with both of my hands free and nary a pin making its way down my gullet.

17 comments:

  1. Please let this be an April Fool's gag? (It's still in my head though!)

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  2. Can't. Stop. Laughing! April Fool right? Or just very, very funny. x

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  3. Not sure what the teddy police made of this or health and safety but a great April fools joke! Somehow it has all passed me by today.

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  4. Please tell me you have a sewing safe word! ;)

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  5. This is such an innovative solution to holding pins in my mouth! Thanks for the idea! :)

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  6. I can't even. No words. This is why I love you. :D

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  7. You are too funny! :) Way to be innovative woman! Be safe out there! ♥ Dawn

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  8. Ohmigosh, I am laughing so hard. YOU ARE SO FUNNY!!! I heart this in a million ways.

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  9. voodoo comes to mind... Loldilol

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  10. i am so glad that someone finally posted a tutorial that solves my biggest sewing problems! would you perhaps consider selling a limited license so that people can sell this in their etsy shops? i assume you've applied for a patent!! genius, pure genius!

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  11. you know.... i think my husband might like to watch me sew more after this..

    I hold my pins in my mouth, also. always afraid i'm going to swallow one, lol. this solves that! ROFL.... pretty sure we even have some leather straps so i could make it REALLY interesting for my hubbs... hahaha...

    melle@www.featheredruffles.com

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  12. I've just stumbled upon your blog. While your other posts have struck me as "oh, that's helpful," or "hm, that's cute," you have wholly won my heart with this post. Whether or not it's an April Fool's post, the fact still stands that you have attached a bear head to your face as a useful accessory. You, ma'am, are lovely and have been RSS'd. <3

    Thanks for the lols!

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  13. Oh my gosh ahahahhahahhahahahahahhaah. I love you!

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