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Every sewing room needs a goose!
Porch geese are having another moment! Those yard geese that people started dressing up in the 80’s and 90’s are back and I finally decided to get one of my own.
Her name is Lindsay because she arrived at my door on my son’s birthday and he would have been Lindsay if he was a girl. (That’s right – I had no idea what I was having until he arrived – talk about old fashioned!)
Of course the first thing I needed to make her was an outfit for the sewing room so she could be my new sidekick. At first I bought a tomato pincushion thinking I would somehow attach it to a hat but that didn’t work.
So I thought, “Well why don’t I just make a hat the exact size I want that looks like a tomato pincushion?” I couldn’t be more delighted with the results!
The hat was such a hit she went viral on Instagram with over 26,000 views and almost 900 shares so I decided I needed to share how to make this hat so you can have one too!
Learn how to make the pincushion hat in the video below
Below the video you can sign up for my email list and get the hat templates for free or you will find a link to buy the pattern (that includes the templates too of course) in my Etsy Shop.
Shortcuts to Specific Topics
00:39 Supplies
00:58 My secret for a good porch goose hat
02:48 How to Baste fabric for gathering
04:31 Gather circle to form tomato
06:13 Clip fabric to 3″ ring
07:16 History of the tomato pincushion
08:20 Sew fabric to the ring
09:15 Get wings for your porch goose
09:58 Sew elastic to the hat
10:25 Stuff the hat
11:09 Cover stuffing with fabric
11:38 Add embroidery floss to make tomato sections
14:26 How to hand baste the strawberry
16:21 Stuff and gather the strawberry
17:12 Secret for cutting shapes from felt
18:58 Sew the leaves on the strawberry
21:02 Attach the strawberry to the tomato
22:15 Determine the length elastic needed
23:07 Finish the pincushion hat
You need a sewing room goose too, don't you!
Of course you do! The world need more whimsical fun and this goose certainly fits the bill. You can find a list of lots of Porch Goose sewing pattern supplies (and of course the 23″ goose) in my Amazon shop and you can get the sewing pattern on Etsy.
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Want a full pattern including the apron with the pocket?
Here’s what you get in the pattern:
• Incudes the Hat and Apron with a Pocket
• 17-page illustrated PDF pattern
• Printable templates
• SVG files
• Video tutorial for pincushion hat
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