2. Let me start by saying that this pincushion could be whipped up in about 5 minutes on the sewing machine. If you are into the speedy quick just make sure to cut your triangles allowing for the seam allowance in the first place & you’ll be done before we finish hand piecing the first two triangles. BUT…this is a valuable skill to have. I learnt to quilt by hand & it’s always nice to know the theory. Even though I’ll say check & double check all the way through this “how to” it’s really not necessary for this project as your centre points will be covered with a button & it’s only a pincushion after all. Finally, when hand piecing for quilting purposes you need only use a running stitch. However, as we are stuffing this we want the seams to be nice & firm so we’ll be using backstitch. Original project from Vintage Children’s Craft Book “How to Make & Do 100 new things”.