JAM JAR PINCUSHIONS

This is the perfect storage solution for all those small sewing essentials – buttons, threads and, of course, pins.

Remove the lids from the jars – you’ll need jars with two-part lids (a flat-lined lid and jar ring). Cut a circle of leftover fabric a few centimetres all round larger than the hole in one lid. Place a ball of stuffing on top of the back of the fabric before pushing this through the hole in the jar lid ring, followed by the flat part of the lid to hold it in place. You may need to do this several times until you find the right amount of stuffing. Cut away the excess fabric neatly or sew it (loose running stitch pulled tight).

Mason jam jars: £15.99/six 473ml; £9.99/six quilted 240ml: all Lakeland. Daffodil cotton-mix fabric in Dark Olive, £89/m;

Willow Boughs linen-mix fabric in Woad, £89/m: both Morris

& Co. Stuffing, from a selection, Hobbycraft