{"id":457,"date":"2006-03-24T12:25:34","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T17:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/make-dos\/"},"modified":"2006-03-24T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2006-03-24T17:25:34","slug":"make-dos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/make-dos\/","title":{"rendered":"make-dos- I have a question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about making more make-do pin cushions since I made <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/08\/make-do\/\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve collected glasses and other things that I think will make suitable bases- I found a number of good candidates at my parents house during the clean up.  I&#8217;ve saved glasses and vases with chips out of the lips and pressed glass that has interesting patterns.  These are a few-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/images\/3:24:makedos.jpg\" alt=\"makedos1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That strange footed thing in the picture is something that sat on the shelf for years at home- when I was packing it away, I realised it is obviously missing a lid.  I think it would make an excellent pin cushion- very stable.  I was thinking I would use the tall glasses to make holders for my Mom&#8217;s hat pin collection.  I&#8217;ve started in on that project-<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/images\/3:24:makedo1.jpg\" alt=\"makedo2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/images\/3:24:makedo2.jpg\" alt=\"makedo3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So here is my question- how do people attach the fabric to the glass?  When I made the last one, the fabric wrapped around the outside and so I gathered in the fabric and tied it tight.  This time the stuffed part needs to sit inside the the glass.  Also, what should I put in the clear bottom of the glass- I want the glass pattern to show up nicely&#8230;  hmmm, problems&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about making more make-do pin cushions since I made this one. I&#8217;ve collected glasses and other things that I think will make suitable bases- I found a number of good candidates at my parents house during the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/make-dos\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}