Make you very own Sweet Heart Cushion. It was during World War 1 that Queen Mary realised the potential of using the practice of decorating sawdust filled hearts as a means of therapy for convalescing soldiers. She organised for kits to be made and distributed to hospitals where wounded or shell shocked soldiers were recuperating.

The hearts were decorated with whatever notions were available and once decorated were sent to loved ones at home, gaining the name Sweetheart Pincushions although they were not necessarily pin cushions just decorated hearts.

Finished size of cushion 7 x 6 ins