A couple of years ago I grabbed some great vintage teacups and my sewing needle and whipped up this idea for pincushions. I was collecting teacups with no real purpose in mind. Here and there I would pot a plant in this one and use that one as a catch-all on my desk. Then I thought: pincushions. Sturdy, classy, and those little saucers would hold all of your odds and ends!
This yellow vintage one was the first of them all (already sold!) :
And a fun collection of colorful teacups and even more colorful fabrics and I suddenly had a collection of these things. You can find many of these and more still
available in my etsy shop:
1) This rad yellow milk pitcher is fitted with a bright purple floral fabric
2) This pastoral scene is complimented with the red floral fabric, no saucer
3) That dahlia fabric is just stunning
4) Gold rimmed with pansy fabric
5) vintage Japanese pottery with floral cushion
6) bright red cushion with black and white checkered saucer.
So fun to create and super colorful to dress up your sewing room!