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Blank Mugs – Decorate Them With Just About Anything & Just $2 each!

14 March, 2013
Blank Mug

These Blank Mugs are a brilliant way to express your creative side.  Just remove the exterior and insert your creative expression.  Sealing air-tight, the mug looks great and stands out in the crowd of on-the-go coffee mugs in the lunch room.  Whether your craft of choice is machine embroidery, patchworking, hand-sewing, scrap-booking, or even drawing and sketching, you simply trim your artwork to the template and insert it into the mug.  This is a great craft-group project, or even a fun project for kids over the holidays.

Normally $6.95 – for the rest of March, Sew This & That is selling out our Blank Mugs for just $2 each!

Or get a box of 24 for just $30!*

*This is discounted stock so no further discount applies, and excluded from any shipping offers.

Sewline Aqua Eraser – The Perfect Way to Remove Fabric Markings

14 March, 2013
Sewline Aqua Eraser Review

You’ve marked your fabric, sewn it together and now you want to get those markings off…don’t get up, go to the laundry and saturate your project at the sink.  Reach out and grab your Sewling Aqua Eraser.

Using water, a special detergent, and an absorbent tip, the Aqua Eraser allows you to remove your markings with control and precision, with minimal dampness so that you can keep on sewing. The Eraser fits nicely in the hand, and the easy-to-squeeze pen styling allows you to control the perfect about of fluid to erase more stubborn markings.  Having an absorbent tip, the Aqua Eraser will soak-up the markings, rather than diluting them, completely removing them from your work.  Once the tip has absorbed as much as it can, it can be switched about to get a clean one.  Replaceable tips means your Eraser stays clean for using over and over and over again.

Like all Sewline products, the Aqua Eraser is created by sewing enthusiasts, for sewing enthusiasts, and brings you the right combination of functionality and reliability.

Check out the Aqua Eraser in action in this video.

Make Hand-Sewing So Much Simpler with Thread Heaven

14 March, 2013
Thread Heaven Logo

It’s a little tiny product that can make an enormous difference to your sewing.

If you use a needle and thread, then you need a pot of Thread Heaven sitting next to you.  This product does so much to make hand sewing so much simpler – no tangles, no knots, no dragging, and it protects the life of your thread.  Unlike traditional bee’s wax, Thread Heaven was created solely as a thread conditioner.  Run your thread over the block of Thread Heaven and an invisible and virtually impenetrable coating is applied to it.  This not only makes the thread more manageable and reduces both the stress on your work and you, but it also protects the thread against the elements including sun and mildew.

Next time you sit down to use a needle and thread, whether it is sewing the binding to finally finish your project, patiently hand-quilting  through all of those layers of your quilt, hand embellishing your fabric artwork, or creating masterpieces with beads, make sure that you have some Thread Heaven with you.  At under $5 this is a must-have that you will wonder how you struggled without it for so long before.

 

A Perfect Line Every Time With Clover Trace ‘n’ Mark!

11 February, 2013
Clover Extra Thick Pink

A perfect line is the difference between straight and crooked and there is nothing more frustrating that getting everything lined up and then having your water erasable pen too dry or too thin.  Here to save the day is Clover’s Trace ‘n’ Mark Extra Thick Water Erasable Pen.

Like all Clover products, this will become an invaluable and dependable addition to your sewing basket.  Dual tipped, this pen gives you the option of a fine line or a broad mark, and its strong points are resistant to feathering giving you a neat and accurate line every time.  Available in either blue or pink, the Trace ‘n’ Mark has clear, water erasable ink, and being extra thick, it is much easier to grip while using it.

Riley Blake Zipper by the Metre – A Great Embellishment!

4 February, 2013
Zipper by the metre flower

Zipper by the metre is a great way to add an edginess to your trims and embellishing.  Where it was traditionally available in boring blacks or whites, Riley Blake now has a great range of bold a bright colours by the metre so that you can twist them up to make a cute flower or catch it in a seam like piping for a unique trim.

Check out the great colours we have in store along with the rest of our Riley Blake Sew Together Trims and Embellishments including grossgrain ribbons, continuous cotton laces and big, bold buttons.

Check out this video for a fun, free zipper project from Riley Blake.

 

Sassy Seating With Stylish Storage…The New Sewing Chair From Horn Cabinets

24 January, 2013
Horn Chair Pattern A Open

It’s where we all want to be, sitting in front of our sewing machine. We are all so busy these days that we don’t get to do it as often as we like so when we do – it’s a long innings.

Now, thanks to Horn Cabinets, you can spend this time in comfort on their new Horn Sewing Chair.  The chair is a new-look design with bright colours and a comfortable seat.  Gas lifting provides the perfect sitting position, a firm back support promotes good posture, and the handy stash-away compartment gives you somewhere to keep your instruction books so you know exactly where they are when you need them.

“After the feedback Matt has been receiving from the Craft and Quilt shows in 2012, we have designed a height adjustable gaslift chair which is also available in the 2 versions of the  special patterned fabric.  The height adjustable chair  has a greater maximum user weight, up to 130kg.  The height of the chair at its lowest point is 46cm and its highest point it is 56cm.  The NEW Chair still has the same great lumbar support and the nifty hidden storage under the cushion as our other sewing chairs.” Horn Australia

Available in 2 prints, this is the perfect accompaniment to ANY sewing desk or cabinet.  Add some stylish comfort to your sewing room for just $199.  Available for a limited time only, call to pre-order yours on 5495 5381.

You SEW Girl!! Pretty petite purse patterns!

2 January, 2013
Fedora

Nicole Mallealieu is a pattern designer with a modern eye for colour, style and contemporary flair.  Her online blog site “You SEW Girl” is crammed with inspirational creations and we are delighted to now be stockist of the great range of You SEW Girl purse and hat patterns.

With You SEW Girl patterns, long gone are the days of pages of text that you had to guess your way through.  Nicole has gone to great lengths to make sure that every step of her pattern has a clear photo illustration making tricky steps easier and adding a confident approach to nervous stitchers.  Moreover, purse patterns that require frames come with the frame included allowing you to get right into sewing, and once you find a pattern that you like, we range all of You SEW Girl frames on there own as well.

Pair bright contrasts to make these pretty little purses, combine traditional orientals for classic clutches, or show your unbashful side with bold brights in a fedora…no matter what your style, these will get you compliments wherever you go, and you can smile coyly and boast that you made them yourself!

Sewline Duo – Dynamic Fabric Markers

7 February, 2012
Dup Pen and Eraser Pack

The clever people at Sewline products have been at it again – their latest innovation filling a gap that has been bothering all patchworkers for a while.  The Duo are a pair of pens – one a pen giving clear and sharp markings on cotton fabrics, the other is the eraser armed with a special fluid that will remove the pen with a simple stroke action that doesn’t damage the fabric.  This means that you can instantly remove your quilting guidelines without having to make anything wet.  A great tool for machine embroidery, dressmaking and hand sewing also.  The Sewline Duo is in store now!

Bobbinfill

17 March, 2011
bob1

The bobbin thread for embroidery should be a bobbin-fill thread.  This is a fine thread that is usually black or white and sits close to the underside of the work and should never appear on the top side at all. It should have enough tension to pull the coloured top-thread firmly to the underside, but it still should be visible when the back of the stitch-out is viewed. It is essential to gain the best results that you use the bobbinfill that is recommended by your machine manufacturer (this may also form part of the terms of your warranty). To test the tension on a machine and to make sure that the top thread and the bobbinfill works well together, use the following formula:

Firstly, with a block font and in uppercase, create the word ‘FOX’ on either the computer software or with a font built into the machine. The type of fill-stitch required for this test is a satin.  The characters need to be at least 3cm (1¼ in) tall to get the right proportion for the satin stitch to show on the underside of the work. Use a new needle (80/12 or 75/11 embroidery) in the machine and use a quality thread with the bobbin-fill in the bobbin.  There needs to be a medium-weight backing to support the washed calico (or similar) in the suggested hoop for the size of the word.

Most machines will either give a guide for the top tension setting on the machine or the machine itself will automatically default to its own embroidery tension setting. When the stitch-out is complete, remove the hoop and turn to the underside of the work. If the machine’s tension is correct the bobbin-fill thread should only make up a good third of the under-pattern and should not venture too close to the outer perimeter needle holes.

The word ‘FOX’ gives every possible angle the machine may have to stitch while creating an embroidery design and this is a great exercise to perform if you’re not sure if your tension is correct. Tweaking (reducing or increasing) a machine tension is not necessary but can make a huge difference to a finished stitch-out.  However if your tensions require constant ‘tweaking’ then a service by an authorised technician is recommended.

Photos & product knowledge from Martyn Smith at McCalls Pattern Service Pty Ltd.

 

 

Vinyl Mesh

27 January, 2011
Mesh

Vinyl Mesh

Beautiful quality mesh for all types of bags or other crafts. 36in Wide. Variety of colours also great for machine embroidery.


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