American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours (1831)
Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858 · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis · leaf 257
ving a smallopen space at the top, and stuff them very hard withbran or wool. When sufficiently stuffed, sew up theopening and cover the pincushion with silk, sewed ve-ry neatly over the edge. Then make the two uppercorners meet, and fasten them well together. Thiswill bring the pincushion into the… … A PINCUSHION IN GORES. Take some thick new silk, and cut out twelve orfourteen pieces in the shape of gores or long triangles.Half of these are for the upper and half for the underside of the pincushion. Sew them all together on thewrong side, and then sew the top to the bottom, leav-ing an opening…
Handicraft · Amusements
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