Picture the scene.. ”You’ve just spent X amount of hours embroidering your piece, it has been a labour of love but it was worth it now you see it finished. All you need to do is tidy you threads up and you are done!” Sounds familiar right? The last thing you want to do now […]
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Pro Tips: Tambour Handle as a Pricker
Tambour handles are such as great tool, with their turned wood bodies holding the potential to create all manner of beautiful beading. However, what you may not have realised about yours is that if you are only tambouring with your handle, you are not using it to its full potential. As you may have noticed, […]
Pro Tips: Stitching with Both Hands
One of the things about embroidery, particulally hand embroidery, that you can not get away from is that it takes time. It takes a lot of practise to become proficient in each technique and time to keep your skills at a good level. In addition to that there is the time it takes to complete […]
Pro Tips: Threading the Needle
I know you have threaded a needle before, you know you can do it, but sometimes when you sit down to start and sewing project do you feel like you spend more time threading the needle than actually stitching? If so, don’t worry perhaps you haven’t found your threading style just yet. ”Threading style!” I […]
Pro Tips: Pointy Tweezers
These pointy tweezers might look a bit frightening (and they are if you accidentally catch yourself with them) but they are very handy for all sorts of projects. They come with a little cover over the points to protect the ends as well as you! For goldwork they can be great for getting down in-between […]
Pro Tips: Quick Knots
At some point, most people have seen someone who sews regularly or professionally knot their thread, and it is loose and then ‘tad-dah’, like a flash it has a tiny perfect knot in the end of their thread. They used magic right? No, this knotted sorcery is actually just a clever little wrap and roll, […]