I lucked into a way to get some basic sewing tools, inexpensively. Some of them we’re making ourselves…or rather finishing….so’s to keep the costs down, but this new batch…. They’re not the high-quality tools that I *prefer*, but they work and they give folks with limited funds another option.
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- Snips $2 – hinge is plastic
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- Seam Ripper $1
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- Needle wheels $2 – (sewing)
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- Ring Thimble $1
Wooden nee
One of the tools that we make is our wooden needlecases that are dyed, sanded and then varnished. We finish them with a dab of cotton wool in the bottom, so that your needles don’t get dull. Some of the tops fit rather loosely and if you don’t want a loose one, the easy fix is a tiny ball of beeswax to make it stick together. (We also sell beeswax…) …and Loren is working on more bone needles and fids!
I haven’t been idle, even with the holidays. Various of the projects are progressing. Pincushions are still going and I’m experimenting with making a pear for myself. So far I’ve ended up with an apple and a lemon. 🙂
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- From the top
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- Hmm.. there’s no pear, there….
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- Some pin pillows
…and scissor bobs, since WDW#3 is all on Scissor Keepers and I had given away all of my samples…
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- A few of the marquise shape
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- …and strawberries….
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- …and some stitched up and dimpled.
I’ll be attending the Myrtleholt Hogmanay this coming weekend and teaching the 2nd half of the blackwork class that I did at their ARC tournament. Later in January I’ll be at Adiantum’s Mid-Winter Feast and have a display up of blackwork and spoons and balls and pincushions and do impromptu workshops for whoever is interested.
Happy Stitching!
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