What is it? There are many projects we can make with fabric for fashion, quilting, home decor, accessories or crafts. But how do we make them truly ours? How can we personalize what we’ve made so that it really shows our own creative vision. One very dramatic way to achieve that is hand embroidery. And… Read More Embroidery Stitching Tool
Extra credit with the Shibaguyz Pins Extra Credit Tool School Watch Tool School an overview of Pins Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby are the dynamic DIY duo known as the Shibaguyz, and the creative geniuses behind Shibaguyz Designz Studio.Their award winning crochet & knit designs have been featured in and on the covers of… Read More Pins Extra Credit
What does it do? Bias binding tape has been called “the duct tape of sewing.” Why? Because, like the actual duct tape, it’s just so handy. We can use it to join raw edges of fabric in any fashion that suits our creative vision. Bold fashion accents, button hole loops, draw strings, bag straps, elastic… Read More Bias Tape Makers
What is it? What do we think of when the topic of straight pins comes to the fore? Usually we think of those sharp little devils that find us when we’re not looking for them. You know, the one that’s hidden in that quilt top that we’re folding (but is now in our finger) or… Read More Straight Pins
Join the Shibaguyz for some extra tips on the Clover Rotary Cutters. Purchase your rotary cutters here. Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby are the dynamic DIY duo known as the Shibaguyz, and the creative geniuses behind Shibaguyz Designz Studio.Their award winning crochet & knit designs have been featured in and on the covers… Read More Clover Extra Credit-Rotary Cutters with the Shibaguyz
What is it? Quilting, fashion, home decor and all of the accessories relating to each – all of us do some of it and some of us do all of it. At the end of the day, though, we’re all doing the same thing. We’re creating. Our pallet is an inexhaustible array of designer fabrics and… Read More Loop Pressing Bars
Did you miss the hand sewing needles Tool School? Or maybe you just want more! Watch Tool School Extra Credit for some additional tips with Clover’s Hand Sewing Needles by the Shibaguyz. To Watch Tool School an Overview of Hand Sewing Needles click here Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby are the dynamic DIY duo… Read More Hand Sewing Needles Extra Credit
What is it? -Everything we do in sewing starts with cutting larger pieces of fabric into smaller pieces of fabric before we can reassemble them into larger pieces of fabric fitting our creative design. Fashion, quilting, home decor and a whole host of accessories for all of them. It all starts with the cut. And… Read More Rotary Cutters