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

November 4th, 2006

Quilting Tools

Today, Pauline Rogers talks to us about tools to make your quilting easier.
The tools you use can help you enjoy your hobby or cause you to abandon a project before completion. Many quilters spend hours of discouraging drudgery until they discover the tools of the trade, and the proper way to use them.
It is possible […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2006

Stash- floss and threads

For several years now I have used cardboard or plastic bobbins, and plastic bobbin boxes, to store my DMC flosses. I have the worst luck trying to just pull floss from the skein without it knotting, and when I started using the bobbins/boxes I didn’t even know there might be other storage systems available. […]

By Deb -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2006

Double Needle update

I had every intention of trying my new double-pointed needles this weekend. I appear, however, to have bought Size 22 needles. In the graphic above (the variation in needle size didn’t show well in the scan, but you can see the difference in the size of the eyes), the Size 22 double needle […]

By Deb -- 2 comments

April 23rd, 2006

Double-pointed needle

Needles!

The Needles! weblink is to a double-pointed tapestry & cross stitch needle. I saw these at my LNS a couple days ago, and bought a packet. The idea is that by having the floss in the center of the needle (instead of on one end), you can just stuff the needle through the […]

By Deb -- 1 comment

April 5th, 2006

Clover Mini Iron for Crafts

Kreinik Clover Mini Iron for Crafts
I was browsing for an unrelated project, when I came across this mini iron on Kreinik’s site. It is tiny! And cute! And sometimes I do crafty things! So, the question is, how long is it going to take to rationalize purchasing one of these?
Tags: shopping, […]

By Deb -- 4 comments

March 21st, 2006

Laying Tools

I have decided that my next needlework tool I want to try is the “laying tool”. Assuming this was something beyond laying my project down out of frustration, I went on a search for more information. Laying tools are slim pointy objects that let the stitcher control the threads or floss or yarns […]

By Deb -- 2 comments