Tangled Thread - Tips, Trick and Tutorials in Sewing & Stitching

August 1st, 2008

fabric fun from Hankering for Yarn

 My talented mom, Noreen writes b5media’s yarn blog, Hankering for Yarn - but did you know that it’s more than yarn?
Noreen has written some posts that will work great for fabric folks as well as yarn fans:

How to make a yo-yo circle.
 Snip catchers - saves you a lot of time cleaning up!
Creative clutter control in […]

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June 24th, 2008

tip of the day - dealing with a too-short cutting table

Okay, this is the most obvious solution to my problems… and I should have come up with it years ago.
Oh well, better late than never!
Seeing as a new cutting table isn’t in the budget (and I have very limited studio space) and my current cutting table is short enough that I get back spasms when […]

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June 18th, 2008

I’ve got the best husband ever

Look at what he surprised me with!

I’ve been lusting after a pair of Gingher scissors for years now - and he bought me a pair.
I think he’s a keeper :-)
Tags: about me, new scissors, sewing, studio life

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June 12th, 2008

happiness is…

A big pile of fabric that’s been cut out and ready to sew!

It’s amazing how much fabric you can go through if it’s printed off-grain and wrapped onto the bolt crookedly…
For the record, that’s four shrugs and one shirt - now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some sewing to do!
image source: C Findlay-Harder
Tags: clothing, […]

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