Thimble pip

I am currently stitching the Carolyn Pearce Strawberry Fayre heart etui as a stitchalong project. This week, I’ll explain how to assemble the thimble holder that hangs from the bottom point o…

This is my new hand stitching companion...literally a THREAD CATCHER. When I am hand stitching, there are little tails of silk thread and snippets of quilting cotton EVERYWHERE...I know things are out of hand when Weasley the cat saunters by with thread and fabric snippets are stuck to his fur coat! And now, a view of the underside...(this is my favorite Kaffe Fassett fabric in my stash)... Do you want to learn to make one? Let me demonstrate the magic...first, I push DOWN with my thumbs on…

Case will comfortably hold 3 thimbles Tutorial at Super Mom - No Cape! "Thimble pips are certainly not a new idea. From my rese...

The Clam Shells come in three sizes – Large, Medium, Small. The kit contains 6 templates, 3 Outside Pieces and 3 Inside pieces – notice the Inside piece is smaller.

Here is my Pinch Purse tutorial. It's completely and simply made by hand, no machine stitching required. Thank you to all the ladies that asked for it, especially Ronnie. I was so frustrated with the machine stitched version I made earlier from the Time Life book that I thought I'd never make another one. Well, today with some research, I turned up some different techniques. This is my favourite version. This little one took no time at all to whip up. I've also learned these are known as a…

I decided to do a picture tutorial of my scissors fob. It is just a smaller version of the thimble holder on the right. I call...

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I decided to do a picture tutorial of my scissors fob. It is just a smaller version of the thimble holder on the right. I call it a Brazil Nut Fob because it is shaped like that particular nut. I drew three arcs on a 2.75" circle cut out of a yogurt lid, then cut them out. Next I cut out three more only slightly smaller, about 1/8" to 1/16" all the way around. Then I traced around all six of them on the back side of two colors of fabric. The three larger ones in one fabric and the three…

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