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Tool School Throwback: Curve Ruler
We are celebrating Tool School this month with a series of throwbacks. Here is a Tool School Throwback featuring our Curve Ruler. We are also hosting weekly giveaways as a way to thank all of our Clover Fans who have made Tool School the success that it is! Giveaway information at the bottom of this post.
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Tool School: Pattern Chart Marker Set & Knitting Counters
What is it? Ever wonder where we’d be without that GPS function on our phone? If we want to know where we are, our exact location is only a finger swipe away.
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Tool School: Create-a-Pincushion
What is it? “A pincushion is a small, stuffed cushion, typically 3-5 cm across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding to take hold of them easily, collect them, and keep them organized.
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Tool School Extra Credit: Thimbles
A quick overview of the all our thimbles and their different uses. Watch the video below for a thimble breakdown by the Shibaguyz.
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Tool School: Hot Hemmer & Hot Ruler
What is it? Think about what we do when we construct any sewn project. Most likely we take large pieces of fabric and cut them into small pieces of fabric and then we sew them back together into large pieces of fabric again.
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Tool School: French Knitter & Wonder Knitter
The French Knitter and Wonder Knitter are amazing tools that allows us to easily knit i-cords with an almost unlimited variety of yarns, cords, ribbons, or strips of fabric.
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Tool School: Snag Repair Needles
By Steve Butler What is it? It’s always your new sweater, coat, blouse or pants. The dreaded snag. An unruly thread pulled free and right there for everyone to see. You can pat it down but you know it’ll come back. Cut it off and you leave a hole in its place.
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Tool School: The Ultimate Quilt ‘n Stitch Presser Foot
What is it? Sometimes a new sewing notion, a tool designed with one very specific purpose, comes around and we think, “Huh, why hasn’t someone thought of that before?”
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Tool School: Embroidery Stitching Tool
What is it? There are many projects we can make with fabric for fashion, quilting, home decor, accessories or crafts. But how do we make them truly ours? How can we personalize what we’ve made so that it really shows our own creative vision. One very dramatic way to achieve that is hand embroidery. And what could be more personal or creative than three dimensional hand embroidery that easily adapts to our every whim? If we can imagine it, we can do it. Welcome to the amazing world of dimensional…
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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.