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10 Sewing Notion Essentials Recap and Giveaway!
By Afton Warrick Over the past several months, I’ve been sharing some of the latest and great notions. In case you missed any of the fun, I’m going to give you a super-speedy run-down. What’s more, Clover is sponsoring a chance for you to win a gigantic bundle of many of the notions featured!
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Tool School: Tracing Paper “Chacopy”
By Steve Butler What is it?– Fashion, fashion accessories, heirloom sewing, quilting and home decor. All of these projects are often one time or another blank canvases that are truly enhanced with the addition of the appropriate decorative pattern.
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Air Erasable & White Marking Pen
What is it?– “The devil is in the detail”. It’s a common enough phrase. Perhaps some of us has even used it. But what does it really mean, “the devil in the detail”? How often do we start a project that looks like it’s going to be a snap, only to get bogged down in all of the details. You know, all the little things that consume so much time, make us a little crazy and eventually affect the quality of our finished project or maybe even determine if it gets…
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Chacopy Tracing Paper
What is it?– Fashion, fashion accessories, heirloom sewing, quilting and home decor. All of these projects are often one time or another blank canvases that are truly enhanced with the addition of the appropriate decorative pattern. Some of these pattern designs are professionally developed while others are original work we’ve created all by ourselves. Beautiful, often meaningful patterns for sewing, quilting and embroidery. But they’re all usually on paper and we are not sewing on paper. How do we move them to our fabric in a manner that allows us to…
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Takumi Needles + How to Knit Two Color Brioche Stitch
Learn to Knit Two-Color Brioche Stitch! This week on my Ask Me Monday Facebook Live series, I used Clover Takumi Bamboo Circular Needles to show viewers how to knit two-color (aka bi-color) Brioche Stitch. In the video I go through each step of the basics for this double-knit technique including: joining the Contrasting Color (CC), how to work the Brioche Knit and Brioche Purl stitches, what it means to work each row twice, and how to bind-off once you’re finished! Watch and learn: How to Knit Two Color Brioche Stitch https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvickiehowell%2Fvideos%2F1139665369475344%2F&show_text=0&width=560…
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Tool School: Magnet Pin Caddy & Dome Threaded Needle Case
By Steve Butler What is it?– “I’m on pins and needles.” We’ve all heard the phrase and we know what it means. A sense of anxiety or suspense. But how could that possibly apply to sewing?
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10 Sewing Notions…Clip n’ Glide Bodkin
By Afton Warrick Here I am with the final installment of 10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About. Today’s tool is the latest and greatest bodkin.
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Magnet Pin Caddy and Dome Threaded Needle Case
What is it?– “I’m on pins and needles.” We’ve all heard the phrase and we know what it means. A sense of anxiety or suspense. But how could that possibly apply to sewing? Pins and needles of course. We all use them but they’re all armed with wickedly sharp little points. Hence the anxiety or suspense. We’ve all been stuck more than once while we’ve had to sort through a pile of pins or needles looking for the one we need. But it’s a hodge-podge of shafts and points all aimed…
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5 Reasons New Knitters Need this Knitting Accessory Set for Beginners
5 Reasons New Knitters Need this Knitting Accessory Set for Beginners Clover’s done it again; they’ve come out with yet another kit that makes things easier for us crafters. The latest, Knitting Accessory Set for Beginners, which arguably is not just for newbies as it’s got the basic supplies that any knitter needs, but nevertheless was created to give a great start to unseasoned stitchers. Here are 5 reasons why!
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10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About Point 2 Point Turner
By Afton Warrick This week I went way outside of my quilting comfort zone, and made a tunic for my daughter. I was very glad to have the Point 2 Point Turner on hand. This handy gadget is one of the 10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About.