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Halloween Rosettes
Halloween is only weeks away! Time for Halloween crafts, if you haven’t started already. Here’s a little inspiration to get you going.
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Little Balloon Quilt
A while back I saw a beautiful vintage balloon quilt on Pinterest that I couldn’t get out of my mind. So much detail and hand quilting, I just had to make a version of my own.
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Tool School Extra Credit: Pins
Did you miss Tool School: Straight Pins? Or maybe you just want more! Click below to watch some additional tips of our Pins by the Shibaguyz.
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Tool School: Bias Tape Makers
By Steve Butler What is it? Bias binding tape has been called “the duct tape of sewing.” Why? Because, like the actual duct tape, it’s just so handy. We can use it to join raw edges of fabric in any fashion that suits our creative vision.
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Tool School: Straight Pins
By Steve Butler What is it? What do we think of when the topic of straight pins comes to the fore? Usually we think of those sharp little devils that find us when we’re not looking for them.
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Meet the Craft Yarn Council’s “Humans That Yarn”
The Craft Yarn Council’s fall campaign, Humans That Yarn, is here! CYC will be featuring six unique people throughout the fall who all craft with yarn and whose stories reflect the variety of people who identify as yarnists.
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Thimble Overview
A while back I had the chance to try out some Clover thimbles. I was working on a hand quilting project and the one I had purchased from another brand had worn out very quickly (nothing like finding that out the hard way with a sharp poke!). I tested out each one and wanted to share my findings here.
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Tool School Extra Credit: Rotary Cutters
By Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby Did you miss the rotary cutters Tool School? Or maybe you just want more! Click below to watch some additional tips with Clover’s Rotary Cutters by the Shibaguyz.
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The Art of Macrame
The art of Macrame is back! As always we are here to help perfect the craft with our Macrame Plant Hanger Gauge. Don’t let the name fool you. You can use it for any Macrame project that requires even knot spacing throughout. Here, we show you how to use it to make a plant hanger, since its in the name but very soon you can expect projects (that aren’t plant hangers) that call for this gauge.
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Tool School: Loop Pressing Bars
By Steve Butler What is it? Quilting, fashion, home decor and all of the accessories relating to each – all of us do some of it and some of us do all of it. At the end of the day, though, we’re all doing the same thing. We’re creating. Our pallet is an inexhaustible array of designer fabrics and our canvas is an equally extensive selection of patterns. But how about the accents?