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NEW Flexible Rubber Thimbles Review with Faith Essenburg
By Faith Essenburg This week I had the chance to try out Clover’s newest product; the Flexible Rubber Thimbles and they came just in time for my latest hand quilting project. They come in sets of two, with three sizes so of course I had to give them all a try to find the perfect fit.
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Tool School Extra Credit: Snag Repair Needles
Did you miss Tool School: Snag Repair Needles? Or maybe you just want more! Click below to watch some additional tips of our Snag Repair Needles by the Shibaguyz.
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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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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: Hand Sewing Needles
By Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby Did you miss the hand sewing needles Tool School? Or maybe you just want more! Click below to watch some additional tips with our Hand Sewing Needles by the Shibaguyz.
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Tool School: Hand Sewing Needles
By Steve Butler What is it? No tools are more basic to sewing than needles are. They existed even before thread and fabric as our ancient ancestors used pointed objects to perforate hides so they could be laced together with leather cords.
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Watch Us Wednesday – Bead Embroidery
Tambour is the art of embroidering with a fine hook into a fine cloth stretched on a hoop. Our line of Katan Couture Bead Embroidery Tools and accessories help you create beautiful motifs using sequins and beads to embellish your designs. You thread the beads or sequins using our needle threader before you begin, and work the tool from the backside of the fabric while working the beads from the front. The results are stunning. Fran Ortmeyer introduces the tools and process in this brief video:
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Make It Monday – Embroidery
Summer is the perfect time to pass on our love of creating to the next generation. Embroidery a great way to introduce tweens and teens to hand stitching. They can customize their clothing and accessory designs with any image they can draw or trace. To make it even faster, you can use our Embroidery Stitching Tool. It works like a punch allowing you to draw the design as you go. The designs shown along with and a visual demonstration of the tool is available on this downloadable pdf. We have…
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Friday Finds – Yo-Yo Maker Inspiration
The fabric yo-yo had humble beginnings as a way to turn scrap fabric into beautiful embellishments with a bit of hand stitching. It’s been translated into so much more over the years. You’ll now see them stuffed and turned into beads in jewelry or stacked together to create trees and all sorts of critters. You’ll also see the fabrics used have expanded from cotton and calicos to include silk, wool, velvet, and chiffon. Clover has a line of reusable templates that snap together with stitching guides to make the process…