Category Archives: Patchwork and Quilting

Tools for Textiles – pins and pincushions

today’s post is about key tools for any kind of textiles craft: pins and pincushions. I’m sharing my collection with you today and you will discover that I have a particular fondness for pincushions. Let’s start with this charming pincushion, made for me by my quilting friend Gillian: This is a large, stable pincushion thatContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – pins and pincushions”

Tools for Textiles – measuring

Today’s post is all about the tools I have in my studio for measuring, mostly measuring fabric. I’ll start straight in with a tape measure, traditional tool of tailors and dressmakers. Pictured below are the ones I use: a 60″ tape on the left and a 120″ tape on the right. They are both makeContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – measuring”