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10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About: 6-in-1 Stick ‘n Stitch Guide
By Afton Warrick For the past few weeks I’ve been giving you a tour of time-saving, useful notions you may not have heard about previously. There’s been an Iron Shine Cleaning Pen, Hot Ruler, Patchwork Pins, Wedge Iron, Self-Threading Needles, Wonder Clips, and the Natural Fit Leather Thimble. What could I have possibly missed?
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Clover Mini Weaving Loom: Woven Wall Hanging | Vickie Howell
Wall Hangings: the Clover Mini Weaving Loom Woven wall pieces are once again at the forefront of home decor. Prominently featured on Pinterest, fashion magazines, home catalogues, etc. — you’d be hard pressed to peruse any of them without glimpsing a piece of woven work! Now, thanks to the affordability and accessibility offered by the Clover Mini Weaving Loom you can jump on the trend for maximum home decor happiness, but with a minimum time commitment. You know how I love totally doable DIY and this my friends, makes weaving fit the…
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Best Premium Assortments
What is it?– We’ve all been to our favorite purveyor of all things sewing and been amazed by the extraordinary selection of sewing machine needle styles. Lots of names like universal, denim, stretch, jersey, etc. It all sounds impressive but is it necessary? Can we do it all with just a universal sewing machine needle? Yep, we can. Do we want to? Nope. Why? Picture this. You’ve engaged a world class gourmet chef to prepare dinner for a very special family gathering. You’ve purchased all of the ingredients she specified and…
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10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About: Natural Fit Leather Thimble
By Afton Warrick What notion for sewing have I left unveiled until this moment? Actually, it’s been making some cameo appearances in my previous 10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About posts. Did you spot the Natural Fit Leather Thimble?
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Ask Me Monday: Mini Weaving Loom
Watch Vickie Howell’s Ask Me Monday featuring Clover’s new Mini Weaving Loom: Click here for the full blog post.
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10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About: Wonder Clips
By Afton Warrick Previously, I showed you the Iron Shine Cleaning Pen, Hot Ruler, Patchwork Pins, Wedge Iron, and Self-Threading Needles. Just what else could a quilter possibly need?
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10 Sewing Notions You Need to Know About: Self Threading Needles
By Afton Warrick Today, I’m very excited to share a notion I consider to be a free-motion essential (along with a free-motion foot, Machingers gloves and Supreme Slider).
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Best Premium Needle Anatomy
What is it?– Every Tool School is packed with valuable, useful information. But if you use a sewing machine at any point in your creative process, this one may be one of the most important. So pay attention because there may be a test at the end of class. If I were to ask you what you thought was the most important physical element of your sewing machine what would your answer be? The sewing machine itself? How about a quality thread? Perhaps even the needle? Well, they all work…
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Tool School: New Winter Items 2017
What is it?-Clover is introducing some exciting new knitting and crochet notions this winter and, as Yogi Bear once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Well kind of. The products are new, but the realization that your friends at Clover have once again brought to market some great new tools that will support you in your creative aspirations is not new. It has become expected. And we hate to disappoint you. We’re happy to comply. That’s because at Clover there is always something cooking in the kitchen. For those…
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Chunky Crochet Shawl Pattern + Quick Locking Stitch Markers = TLA
Quick Locking Stitch Markers = Crochet Shawls’ BFF Counting is important. Arguably in life, but definitely in crochet. Unlike with its knitting sister with her handy needle which holds all live stitches in a tidy row, crochet’s stitches are never “live” — and also, less uniformly in place.