So why not just make one for your Wrist to wear when sewing? You could even sew a length of Grosgrain Ribbon to the pincushion and then tie this to your machine or loop it over a secondary spool holder, so that it hangs in front of your machine, and the soft fabric protects your machine and table from scratches. Options!

I agree with cocheri about berating people. Unfortunetly in this society, many people have never had mothers that sewed or other mentors to learn from. A little patience and understanding is needed. By the way, this is another great idea from the "Martha" team, an idea that has stood the test of time. Thanks again for sharing this idea with us.

I thought this was a great idea too but it won't work on my machine since my control panel is right there and it would be covered up. There just isn't any place on machine to wrap a pin cushion around.

I love this idea! I want to make one ASAP. I agree with MountainBerryButterfly that it could be helpful to add more padding to the design if you're worried about the pins scratching the finish on your sewing machine. My machine is plastic so no harm in pricking it with a pin. Once again- I love this idea. Way to go Martha Stewart team!!

Great idea. However, I would worry about the pins scratching my machine. I think I'll try making the wrap around band with a window type opening over a large magnet. I'll make one like this (with extra padding) in wrist size though.

caseysmom24171 - Berating and scolding is not helpful. Some people have a harder time getting in touch with their creativity. What our society needs more of is...kindness.

instead of wrapping round the machine, i did a wrap around my wrist. i can take the pins with even when i'm cutting out patterns and it's so handy dandy...

Does it matter that the one in the picture is out of date and won't work on your modern machines? C'mon ladies, just because it won't work on your newer model doesn't mean you can't be creative and do it another way. Is this what our society has turned into? "If it does not look EXACTLY like the picture....I don't want to used it or have anything to do with it?" Please! Where is your sense of creativity? Find another way for it to work for you and stop whining about it!!! OMG!

instead of doing a wrap around, you might want to try a strip on the bottom of your machine by using stick on velcro and a small narrow strip of the fabric. It's the same concept only a straight line instead.
tweetyf

I have a Husqvarna Viking and have no place to wrap it but its an idea for a non computer machine

sadly, many computerized machines today have all the buttons where this would go in this outdated photo. It's a great idea, but I don't have a free space on my machine for it.

Continued......and it will stay put away from direct contact with your computerized machine. Another tip is to velcro another dish to the end of your ironing board....saves a lot of time.

Yes, you must keep the magnetic dish away from your computerized machine. Just put velcro on the bottom of the dish

Yes, the magnet would be better served on the table beside you. Today's velcro seems much better than what I stocked up on long ago. It appears the fusible webbing they adhere with is much stronger now.

An idea to collect pins off of the floor or carpet, the hardware store sells a tool for picking up screws and such that has a magnet at one end and it telescopes out from about 8 inches to about 2 feet. You can just move it about your feet and chair to collect wayward pins, needles and safety pins.

This is absolutely BRILLIANT. Another, Why didn't I think of that, moment. My mom glued a magnet to a bracelet - I think it was an old watch - and just popped her pins onto that until she could put them into her pin cushion.

Be careful when using a magnet if you have a computerized sewing machine - it could erase or damage the computer.

I agree Kay......how about a thin piece of styrofoam between as well?

I'm thinking about trying this with a MAGNET inside -- even more handy than the milisecond it take to push the pin in! I'll let you know!

I would put a layer of something rigid like plastic underneath the batting before sewing the pincushion closed, to prevent pins from going through and scratching the sewing machine's finish.

A section of self-adhering Ace bandage might actually work.

The idea of a magnetic dish is a great one but if your sewing machine is computerized you should be cautious having magnets around since they can manage the machine's computerized data.

be careful with anything magnetic around you machine if it is computerized. It could wipe out the memory if it gets too close.

A magnetic dish for pins placed to the right of your machine works better than all of these things. No dropping, no scratching, always at your fingertips. Can be purchased at any fabric store. Works for me and has for 30 years.

I have been sewing for 34 years... My grandmother always had this on her sewing machine. When I got my own machine that was one of the first things I did. Make sure you can wash it because with all the strings and lint it will need a good washing every once in awhile. This idea is just an old one spruced up...

Don't do it...you'll scratch the machine, even if it is only plastic and not as pretty as the vintage black machines! I like the idea of the carpet under the sewing machine for a pincushion.

A nice THICK layer of folded aluminum foil over a piece of shoe-box lid, cut to fit, should keep those pins from getting to the machine surface. A piece of thick, hard plastic like that found in a clear, plastic take-out food container would work, I bet.
Balls.

Grammababy, Susan here --- wonderful idea to use the pants hanger! I'll never have to un - twist another clothes hanger! Smiles to ya'

I use a piece of carpet under my machine. It not only acts as a pin cushion - it also keeps the machine from moving on the table.
__ The Other Martha

OUCH!!! Be careful! Yes, our grandmothers used this idea with a lot of their old machines, and the precious machines have scars to show exactly where the pins went! The scratches that resulted even have their own name among vintage sewing machine collectors--pinrash. If you have to use this method, just be sure to put enough padding, and preferably, some sort of hard surface between the pin cushion and the machine, just to protect it.

Re Silly's idea; often scarves come on small, clear plastic rings ... often when you ask, they let you keep them. Then I used the wire pants hangars with the coiled tube; unhook it; slip scarf rings on and slip the tube back on ... and clothes pin for separating is great. Grammababy

Clunk, I'm hitting my head! Great idea!

My great-grandma used to do this on her old old treddle machine, and then my grandma did on her old Singer machine. Still a great idea!!

One of the best "why didn't I think of that?" ideas I have seen in a long time...

Barb from Clive, Iowa

Dandiest ittle idea I have seen in a long time! Simple, easy BRILLIANT!

Love the pin idea! As for scarves, small round plastic hoops threaded onto a plastic-coated wire clothes hanger (you know, those thin, pastel ones, not the fat ones) - Un-twist the clothes hanger hook, slip the round hoops on and re-twist the hook. Slip scarves through the hoops, place a clothespin mid-way to keep them balanced, hang onto closet door. Accessible, visable, easy ! Susan from Northampton County NC

This is brilliant! I've been trying to come up with something to hold my pins like this!

It's handy, convenient and easy to sew. Thanks, Martha!

Great Idea Martha, I will definately use this tip. Sandy from Gainesville, Florida.

Have you any suggestions for storing accessory scarves so that they are both easy to see and stored in a small amount of space? I want to use a lined basket, but if I stack them, to use up the most space, I can't remember where which scarves are in which basket.