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Tools for Textiles – safety pins and clips

In my studio I have a set of handmade canisters* to store my safety pins. This is how they are organised and how I use my pins. The left hand pot holds straight-sided safety pins of all sizes and I find I dip into it quite often. I prefer to keep these straight pins awayContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – safety pins and clips”

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”