Every creator of enamel pins should think about also making needle minders.
It's the same thing, but with magnets. One magnet on the backside, another loose one to fix it on fabric.
Not only as needle minders, but as pins for people who don't want to punch holes in a delicate clothing item.
If you don't know, a needle minder is a little magnet that you keep on your hoop or frame while embroidering to put your needle onto while you're not actively stitching. The magnet is the whole point. That it's also decorative is just a bonus.
But it's also very collectable!
And there aren't that many shops that sell them compared to enamel pins.
A needle minder is a magnetic stitching accessory designed to help prevent your needle from getting lost when you need to take a short break from your stitching or as you are changing threads.
Baby’s first CAD project! The original design is from Layers in Green, but I resized them, added the right size hole for a strong magnet, made a cover for the magnet so it’s not gross looking/won’t fall out, and mastered a filament swap! My poor spouse has been hearing my crowing about filament swaps for 3 days lol 😂. And the orange ones glow in the dark!! And when you stick a needle to it (they’re needleminders), the bunny looks like he’s a skelly swordsman. Everything about them makes me so happy 😍.
Picture of some needle minders I made for shows. Most of these have sold, but I'm trying out some with shrinky dinks at soon. I'd love to do more with the little scissors too cause the hoop and bobbin ones are my fav, but I'm running out of the scissors and they are so much more expensive now. (ID in alt)
My mom got me a speedweave for my birthday and I decided to try it to cover a small hole on one of my flannel shirts' sleeve. I should have picked a darker grey I think but I'm really happy with the end result
Progress update on my current cross stitch project. 💙 I have to say I'm not the biggest fan of working with 18ct Aida but I think it was the right choice for this huge piece.