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Wonder Pins Review by the Shibaguyz
Here in our studio, we use a lot of pins. Like, a lot.
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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!
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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…
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Hairpin Non-Stick Lace Skinny Scarf
Non-Stick Lace Skinny Scarf Finished length: 128”/ 325 cm Finished width: 2”/ 5 cm What you’ll need: Clover Hairpin Lace Tool, item #3104 D/3.25mm Clover Amour Crochet Hook, item #1042/D Yarn of your choice – we used fingering weight yarn Thread – we used Aurifil 12wt cotton thread Scissors What you’ll need to know: Chain stitch Single crochet Hairpin Lace Tool (see Tool School Extra Credit Video) Stitch Guide Non-Stick Lace: insert hook into next 5 loops, yo and draw up a loop through all 5 loops (2 loops on…
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Hairpin Lace Skinny Scarf
Hairpin lace is a technique where you put single strands of hairpin lace together to make something unique. In this tutorial, you will learn how to take one strand of hairpin lace to the next level.
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Tool School: Hairpin Lace Tool
Learn about our Hairpin Lace Tool and how you can create beautiful continuous braids by using a single crochet technique.
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Bias Tape Woven Mini Quilt
Not all fabric tapes made with a bias tape maker have to be or should be made from bias cut fabric.
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Yo-Yo Pillow Tutorial
Yo-Yos are the ultimate way to use up small pieces of fabric have been a part of American culture since the 1920’s but really hit their hay day during the depression era.
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Flower Power Patch with Carefree Curves
You don’t have to be a quilter to use a quilting template! There… we said it. In fact, even if you are a quilter, you don’t have to reserve those templates for use in quilting projects.
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No-Hassle Triangles Gauge – 3 Easy Projects
The No-Hassle Triangles Gauge is one of those tools we looked at and thought “what on earth are we going to do with that?” Like always, as soon as we put it to the test, we discovered just how useful it was and couldn’t put it down. No, really… that’s how y’all ended up with three projects for this particular tool. We just kept making half and quarter triangle squares and turned them into projects. Particularly if you are a new quilter or have never made quilt blocks before, you’re…