-
Straight Pins
What are they? – The devil is in the details. Isn’t that what they say? How can that possibly apply to us? Just think about what we do when we sew. We spend hours selecting a delicious design or the perfect pattern. The same amount of time is spent finding the most fabulous fabric (and no, it’s not in your stash) and some awesome thread. And then after all of that it’s the details of measuring, marking and cutting our fabric to create those fabulous fashion, elegant heirloom, quintessential quilt or curiously clever craft projects. And we go…
-
Scissor Sheath
Tell the truth, how many of you have a pair of scissors sitting in your craft drawer/junk drawer/tool drawer that is totally naked? You know, just laying there waiting for the right moment for someone to reach in for a screwdriver and pull out a cut finger… OUCH!
-
Felted Art
Add a pop of color to any room with a piece of needle felted art. This project can be accomplished with our Needle Felting Tools, a piece of canvas fabric and your favorite colors of wool roving.
-
DIY Pom-Pom Summer Floral Arrangement
Hi y’all! Elizabeth here, and I am the DIY and craft blogger behind Country Peony.
-
Scandinavian Fabric Stars with Clover’s Bias Tape Maker
Following along with our posts, you will have noticed that we love taking existing tools and finding unique ways to use them. Most everyone reading this will have heard of bias tape, having purchased it or made it themselves for garment trims and quilt binding. Bias tape maker… surely there had to be other uses for a tool that made fab strips of fabric that totally encased any fraying edges of fabric. It was during this last holiday season we stumbled onto a solution almost by accident. Shannon’s grandmother and…
-
Tool School: Bias Tape Makers
Photo courtesy of Sewing Fun with Bias by Dori Troutman Learn how you can create your own bias tape in minutes. You can also make bias tape that can be temporarily bonded using an iron from any fabric you like.
-
Sweetheart Patches
Why hello all you lovely people! It’s been quite a while since I have been back on here. I am Sarah behind Sarah’s Twists. I am usually here with different crochet or knit patterns, but with you-know-what going on around the world in the first quarter of 2020, I wanted to bring on an old hobby of mine.
-
Bias Makers
What is it? – It’s common knowledge that woven fabric is made on a loom with warp (vertical threads) and weft (horizontal threads). In either direction there is pretty much no stretch at all. That’s a good thing but it also makes it pretty hard to form binding fabric around corners or adapt it to curved shapes found routinely on everything from fashion to quilting to home décor to craft projects. So what to do? How can we use fabric with little or no stretch to finish the curved raw edges found around quilts, placemats, arm…
-
Salty the Seal and her Baby Seal Pups
Hi Everyone! I’m Ashley, the designer and maker behind The Loopy Lamb. I’m so excited to share with you my latest crochet pattern to make this adorable amigurumi seal that I’ve named: Salty the Seal.
-
Visible Mending: Sashiko Jeans Patch
It’s happened to us all; you’re putting on your favorite jeans and notice a hole or tear in the knee. Maybe there’s a tear where the pocket meets the hip…