That little strawberry hooked to you pincushion
… is an emery board for your needles. Filled with tough emery sand—a combination of aluminum and iron oxides—the strawberry is historically a tool for polishing, sharpening, and removing rust from your pins and needles.
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I did not know this! Makes me wonder what else I’m totally unaware of! I’m going to push a few pins in what I thought was just a cute decoration today!
Oddly, they are hard to find in craft stores.
No one ever told me! (I came here from Linda's!)
I never knew what was in those!! Or that is actually sharpened the needles!! Thank you for always leaving me comments, and for your kind words this time, while things are pretty sad for me. THANK YOU! hope you are having a real nice week!
My grandma had a strawberry on her pin cushion but I didn't' know it was an emery board.
i DO know this and used it just recently for the sewing project i was working on. recently on Facebook, people were making fun of people who "remember" this...and i thought, remember, hell i have one!! am i that old!!
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