Tag: needlework tools

July 2025

• 24 - Trying Out a New Magnifier Light Combo – and some news

May 2025

• 20 - Needlework Stand Pouch: Just a Little Side Project
• 16 - My Repurposed Needlework Tool Tin

March 2025

• 19 - The Modern Needlework Stand: A Close Look and a Question

January 2025

• 27 - Holey Overused and Still Going Strong

November 2024

• 13 - Beeswax, Needlework, & the Hidden Pleasures of Evening Work

August 2024

• 28 - Seeing (delectable!) Red: New Scissors

July 2024

• 22 - Slate Frames – Two Sources
• 10 - Tool Talk: Milliner vs. Bullion Needles – What’s the Diff?

April 2024

• 15 - Golden Forge Embroidery Scissors: the DOVO Substitute?

October 2023

• 30 - Best Sources for Good Embroidery Needles
• 2 - Love Your Eyes: Lighting for Embroidery

September 2023

• 27 - Powerful yet Beautiful Embroidery Tools

August 2023

• 4 - What’s a Needle Minder and How to Use It

July 2023

• 12 - Sweet Marguerite Introduction & Other New Tidbits

March 2023

• 29 - It’s a Wrap! On Your Hoop, That Is
• 10 - Drizzling & Parfilage – Goldwork in Reverse

February 2023

• 27 - Goldwork Up Close: Where Was that Spot?

January 2023

• 25 - Problem Solving for Stitchers: Needles without Nickel
• 11 - Floss Trucking & Visitors!

November 2022

• 25 - In a Brown Paper Package, Tied Up with String…
• 4 - Today’s The Day! Stitch Snippet, Kits, and More!
• 2 - Preview: Snippet Kits & Other Delights

October 2022

• 14 - My Mellor = More Mellor

September 2022

• 9 - Tool Talk: Sweet Threaders & Swell Scissors

August 2022

• 10 - The Scissor Fob & the Laws of Gravity
• 5 - Tool Talk: Simple Scissor Care Tips and the Sheath

June 2022

• 29 - Embroidery Tools – Thinking, Thinking, Thinking…

March 2022

• 2 - The Well-Laced Slate Frame Wins

February 2022

• 23 - Slate Frame, Tension, and Tidbits

January 2022

• 28 - Bee-Jeweled Pincushion: Fabric & Set-Up
• 17 - That Happy Factor: Decorative Sewing Pins

September 2021

• 23 - Hoop Tips: Get the Most out of your Embroidery Hoop!

August 2021

• 4 - Daylight Smart Travel Lamp – Review

July 2021

• 28 - Scissor Talk: 3 Claveles from Spain
• 8 - Dovo Scissors & Substitutes

April 2021

• 3 - Happy Easter! With a Puzzle & Game for Spring

March 2021

• 29 - Ready-to-Stitch Garden Party & Thread Bunnies!
• 24 - Embroidery Hoops – Binding & Other Tips
• 22 - The Sqround: The Marvelous Square-Round Embroidery Hoop

January 2021

• 15 - Needle Identification and Organization… & a Morality Tale

December 2020

• 16 - A Stitcher’s Christmas #8: Threads, Tools & Accessories!
• 14 - A Stitcher’s Christmas #7: Stitch Palettes for Color Selection!

November 2020

• 9 - Beeswax for Goldwork Threads – Heavenly Stuff!

September 2020

• 15 - When to Use a Frame instead of a Hoop

August 2020

• 17 - Tool Talk: Revisiting the Laying Tool

July 2020

• 27 - Embroidery Needles for Newbies – and Beyond!

June 2020

• 26 - Tool Talk: Aficots & Laying Tools
• 24 - Hoop Talk: Stitch Ezi Embroidery Frame-Hoop Review
• 15 - Morgan Embroidery Hoop Combo Review
• 1 - The Dull Tool & Why You Need One

May 2020

• 18 - Nurge Floor Stand for Embroidery Hoops: A Review

March 2020

• 25 - My Little Pin Keep – and Keeping Things Going

February 2020

• 12 - A Needlework Tool Find: Kind of Cute!

January 2020

• 20 - Remember those Tweezers? They’re Great for Needlework!
• 16 - Multi-Packs of Embroidery Needles & How to Read Them

December 2019

• 18 - Stitcher’s Christmas #8: Jenny’s Stitching Tools
• 9 - Stitcher’s Christmas 2019 #4: Needlework Goodies Galore!
• 4 - Stitcher’s Christmas 2019 #2: Hand-Turned Tools

November 2019

• 23 - What’s your Hoop?
• 15 - Never Underestimate the Simplest Tools
• 6 - Slate Frames by TFWoodcraft!
• 4 - Embroidery Hoops, Excess Fabric, & Huggers!

October 2019

• 30 - True Confessions: My Embroidery Work Table
• 16 - CraftOptics & a Discount for Readers
• 10 - Jenny’s Little Laying Tool / Stiletto

September 2019

• 25 - On Needle Threaders -and a Cheap One, but Hey…!
• 5 - Embroidery Needle Facts: Three Points worth Knowing
• 3 - Portable Lighting Solution for Needlework: Coast Headlamp

August 2019

• 23 - It Holds Embroidery Hoops, Too!
• 21 - Tool Talk: a Tool Block, a Laying Tool, and a Stork

June 2019

• 28 - Embroidery Stitch Templates – for Straight & Uniform Stitches

May 2019

• 30 - Protect Your Magnifier – and Everything Else!
• 20 - Tool Talk: Thimbles – Types & Usage
• 3 - How to Make a Quick Pin Cushion for your Needlework Tool Box
• 1 - Non-Embroidery Related, but Needle and Thread Related, Project

April 2019

• 12 - Magnifier / Light Combo for Needlework – A Review

March 2019

• 27 - Tool Talk: Thread Keeps & How to Make Your Own

January 2019

• 30 - Wide Light for Large Embroidery Frames & Work Space
• 11 - Here’s the Low-Down on Those Embroidery Scissors
• 4 - Got Tulip Needles? (Or Bead Tubes?) – Organizational Tip

December 2018

• 21 - A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2018: An Exquisite Pair of Scissors!
• 17 - A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2018: Needlework Tools for Two!
• 7 - A Stitcher’s Christmas, 2018: Sajou Silk & Scissors

November 2018

• 9 - Must-Have Little Tools for Finishing & a Sneak Peek!
• 5 - Tool Talk: Sajou Embroidery Scissors

October 2018

• 29 - Embroidery Tools: This Week on My Table
• 3 - On Needle Threaders – and a Really Small One!

September 2018

• 17 - Display Your Embroidery with Decorative Hoop Frames

June 2018

• 25 - Slate Frame Adventures – Setting Up for Goldwork
• 13 - Embroidery Transfer Tip: Erasing Pencil Mistakes from Fabric
• 11 - Navigating Needlework Floor Stands – Which One is Right for You?

May 2018

• 23 - First Things First – My Embroidery Trestles are Up & Ready!

March 2018

• 28 - My Thimble Substitute – It Works!
• 21 - Have You Tried Tulip Needles for Embroidery?

February 2018

• 28 - Tool Talk: The Floss Inn
• 12 - Good Lighting for Needlework – Your Eyes Deserve It!

January 2018

• 31 - Trestles and Slate Frames – at a Steal!

December 2017

• 8 - A Stitcher’s Christmas #4: Slate Frame & Needle Minder!

November 2017

• 3 - Why Switch Embroidery Needles?

October 2017

• 25 - Art Supplies I Use for Embroidery Related Stuff
• 4 - I’m Guilty: 6 Bad Stitching Habits

September 2017

• 1 - Beautiful Handcrafted Boxes for Mounting Embroidery

May 2017

• 10 - Stella Two – You Little Beauty!

March 2017

• 3 - Beautiful & Functional – A Slate Frame & a Give-Away!

February 2017

• 1 - Keeping it Simple: On Hand Embroidery Needles

January 2017

• 25 - Embroidery Studio Organization: Clear the Table!
• 16 - Clip-on Lights for Needlework: Mighty Bright Review & Tips

December 2016

• 9 - A Stitcher’s Christmas #4: Embroidery Scissors!

September 2016

• 24 - 8 Embroidery Tips for Beginners

June 2016

• 20 - Embroidered Felt Needlebook: An Old Friend, Still Going Strong!

May 2016

• 31 - Transfer Whitework Embroidery Designs with Confidence!

February 2016

• 5 - A Controversial Little Embroidery Tool that I Love

January 2016

• 8 - The Best Mini Hoops for Finishing Embroidery

October 2015

• 20 - Solid, Serviceable, Superb in Every Detail

September 2015

• 1 - Tool Talk: Custom Slate Frames!

August 2015

• 6 - True Confessions: I’m a Messy Stitcher

July 2015

• 6 - Bead Embroidery Tip: Make Your Own Portable Bead Tray

June 2015

• 16 - Needlework Tools to Travel With
• 2 - A Case for Magnification, Light, and Newspapers

May 2015

• 28 - True Confessions about Embroidery Tools
• 27 - Sublime Stitching Iron-On Transfer Pens – Review
• 11 - Tool Talk! Embroidery Shoes, or Half Cone Sticks

March 2015

• 30 - Embroidery Tool Talk: What’s an Aficot?
• 24 - Transferring Embroidery Designs on Dark Fabric
• 14 - Favorite Embroidery Tools – Your Input, Please!

February 2015

• 12 - Setting up My Embroidery Carrot

January 2015

• 15 - Mount Your Embroidery on a Mirror!

December 2014

• 16 - Just a Thought Needlework Stand – Review (& Introductory Sale)

November 2014

• 21 - Hand Embroidery Needles: How to Choose Them & Use Them
• 7 - Economic Alternative for Embroidery Stands

October 2014

• 20 - The Needle You Need!
• 7 - A Hoop on a Stick – Hand Embroidery Tool Review

September 2014

• 24 - When Do You Use an Eraser with Embroidery?
• 23 - When Embroidery Scissors = Art (& a Giveaway!)
• 15 - Monogrammed Needle Keeper in Wood
• 12 - Tool Talk: If You Had but One Pair of Scissors…

August 2014

• 4 - Tool Talk: The Making of Scissors

July 2014

• 29 - Framing Up Satin Fabrics for Embroidery

June 2014

• 10 - On Needles, Floss, and Hoops for Embroidery

April 2014

• 11 - Tool Time! A Good Thing in a Small Package

March 2014

• 15 - Chatelaine Scissors – Winner Announced and a Special
• 10 - Chatelaine Scissors – A Give-Away!
• 6 - Tool Time! Chatelaine Scissors… & Then Some

February 2014

• 24 - Embroidery Stands – Videos & Reviews
• 18 - Tool Time! Noodles ‘n Thread – and Repurposing
• 11 - Tool Time! New Use for an Old Tool, and Accessorizing
• 7 - Framing Up the First Secret Garden Embroidery Project, with pointers

January 2014

• 24 - Tool Time! Lost your Needle?
• 16 - Needlework Tool: Thread-Tucker-Tweaker-Fixer-Thingy
• 10 - Introductions All Around – for All your Needlework Needs!
• 3 - Antique Needlework Tools – An Auction worth Browsing!

December 2013

• 21 - Beam ‘n Read Light Give-Away Winner!
• 16 - Beam ‘n Read Light Give-Away!

November 2013

• 15 - Needlework Tool Caddy – Winner Announced!
• 8 - A Beautiful Needlework Tool Caddy (& A Give-Away!)

October 2013

• 17 - Tambour Embroidery Project Finished – And a Tambour Hoop & Stand

September 2013

• 24 - Clover Wonder Clips – I am in Love with Them!
• 18 - A Needlework Tool That Baffled Me…Until…
• 11 - Embroidery Hoop Talk: Questions Answered

August 2013

• 21 - Choosing Colors for Embroidery: The Eyes Have It

July 2013

• 31 - What’s a Scissor Pull?
• 15 - Monograms on the Brain – and Good Lighting for Needlework!
• 3 - The LightPad – Perfect for Tracing Embroidery Patterns onto Fabric

June 2013

• 13 - Needlework System 4 Table / Lap Stand – Review
• 4 - Needle Tins & Needle ID Cards – A Give-Away!

May 2013

• 24 - Needle Tins – Store Your Needles in Style
• 9 - Who Gets the Red Scissors? And Something Special Coming…
• 4 - Red Embroidery Scissors – A Give-Away!
• 3 - Red, Red Scissors!

April 2013

• 26 - Clamping Down on Needlework, or Substitutions for a Needlework Stand
• 12 - Craftoptics: So You Can See the Details!

January 2013

• 29 - Spiral Eye Needles, Revisited
• 23 - Beautiful Needlework Tools
• 14 - Stitch Beautifully – a Give-Away – and a Winner

December 2012

• 8 - You Light Up My Life!

November 2012

• 2 - Transferring Embroidery Designs: a Cautionary Tale
• 1 - Clover Transfer Mesh – Testing 1-2-3

October 2012

• 31 - Boo! And Give-Away Winners!
• 26 - Bohin Needlework Tools for 2 – A Give-Away!

September 2012

• 13 - Bohin Chalk Liner – Testing for Embroidery Design Transfer
• 3 - Trestles for Large Embroidery Frames – Available!

August 2012

• 29 - Large Embroidery Frames, Photography, and Videos
• 8 - Embroidery Scissors by Premax

July 2012

• 17 - Bad, Bad Scissors: They Bring Woe and Disappointment
• 7 - Needle ID Cards – Winners and Resources!
• 3 - Needle I.D. Cards

June 2012

• 30 - I Love my Thread Cabinets!
• 28 - How to Set Up an Embroidery Hoop

May 2012

• 26 - I like Bohin – Their Needles & Their Company
• 25 - The Broken Needle

April 2012

• 25 - Mellor Goldwork Tool – It’s a Handy Thing!

February 2012

• 24 - Pitching a Curve: You Need One

January 2012

• 5 - Eleventh Day of Christmas: Millenium Frame!
• 4 - Tenth Day of Christmas: Tools for Hand Embroidery!

December 2011

• 30 - Fifth Day of Christmas – Evertite Stretcher Bars!
• 22 - Other Thimble Explorations!
• 16 - The Necessaire Floor Stand – The Millenium Frame’s Best Friend
• 7 - Thimble Pads – Pros & Cons for Embroiderers

November 2011

• 23 - Millenium Embroidery Frame – Follow Up
• 18 - Make Your Own Pounce Transfer Kit: Part I
• 15 - Millenium Embroidery Frame: Review

October 2011

• 25 - Which Needle?
• 19 - A Tale of Two Lotions Specifically Made for Needlework
• 17 - Desperate Times, Alien Hands, and Silk Threads
• 14 - What’s a Laying Tool?
• 6 - My Box, sans Embroidery

August 2011

• 19 - On Slate Frames
• 9 - Goldwork on Velvet – Transferring Embroidery Design

July 2011

• 26 - Sanding Embroidery Patterns
• 25 - Plunging Lasso for Sinking Embroidery Threads

May 2011

• 23 - On Pins and Needles

March 2011

• 28 - Remember those Goldwork Scissors?
• 23 - Spooled Threads & How I Hold ‘Em
• 7 - Sulky Iron-on Transfer Pens

February 2011

• 15 - Back to Thimbles and… uh…. Finger Gloves
• 2 - Following Up on Needles and Emery
• 1 - Taking Care of Embroidery Needles

January 2011

• 19 - Now You See It, Now You Don’t. Now You See It.
• 13 - Another Needlework Tool: One I LOVE and Wouldn’t Be Without
• 12 - Open Thimbles Saves Fingers!
• 11 - Goldwork Embroidery Scissors: Slightly Different, but… ?
• 10 - Goldwork Thread Tray & How To Make One

December 2010

• 27 - Transfer-Eze Finish
• 23 - Playing Around with Transfer-Eze
• 13 - Make your Own Light Table for Tracing Embroidery Patterns
• 10 - Mind Your Own Beeswax… er, for Needlework

November 2010

• 26 - From Button to Needle Minder
• 21 - The Dublin Craftlite Magnifier-Light Combo: Review
• 20 - Embroidery and Eyesight – Magnifier Lights are Magnificent!
• 5 - How to Use a Laying Tool Video Tutorial

October 2010

• 13 - A Tale of Two Hoops
• 7 - Embroidery Hoop Talk: Binding Both Rings

July 2010

• 20 - Transfer Embroidery Designs with a Flair?

June 2010

• 3 - Perfect French Knots, Perfect Bullions

April 2010

• 13 - Pony Embroidery Needles & Brand Question

February 2010

• 17 - A Tote for Large Embroidery Projects!

January 2010

• 8 - Great Resource for Needlework Fabric and Supplies – and a Great Sale!
• 2 - It’s a Crewel, Crewel World

October 2009

• 5 - Stumped by a Needlework Tool

September 2009

• 11 - Gold Embroidery Needles: Are they Better?
• 8 - Needles for Short Threads

August 2009

• 12 - Using Watercolor Pencils to Transfer Embroidery Designs

July 2009

• 30 - Tutorial: Binding an Embroidery Hoop
• 29 - The Embroidery Hoop
• 21 - Needlework System 4 Stand Extension

June 2009

• 2 - Resources For Some of those Must-Haves

April 2009

• 22 - What are Q-Snaps?
• 21 - Bohin Ceramic Pencil for Embroidery Design Transfers, Sewing, and Quilting

March 2009

• 31 - Back to Trestles – Revisiting the Embroiderer’s Workstation
• 20 - Trestles for Slate Frames Used in Hand Embroidery
• 6 - Glasses vs. Magnifiers for Needlework

January 2009

• 21 - Sharp and Small: Scissors for Hand Embroidery
• 16 - Tools for Metal Thread Embroidery

December 2008

• 20 - The Needlework Toolbox… My Version, Anyway

October 2008

• 29 - Dazzling Ornaments Make Great Gifts for Embroiderers
• 25 - Spiral Eye Needles for Embroidery and Hand Sewing
• 20 - Thread …. and Needles!

September 2008

• 9 - Reader’s Question: On Using a Scroll Frame for Ribbon Embroidery

August 2008

• 16 - Good Lighting for Needlework – Boy, What a Deal!

July 2008

• 18 - Gilt Sylke Twist Strawberry Revisited: Pondering the Finish Work
• 12 - Evertite Stretcher Bar Frames for Embroidery and Canvas Work

March 2008

• 27 - On Threading a Needle
• 25 - Hand Made Japanese Embroidery Needles
• 24 - Embroidery Needles
• 10 - Embroidery Thread Trails?

February 2008

• 9 - Canvas Work & Embroidery Sampler Update…

January 2008

• 16 - Needlework System 4 Floor Stand Review

September 2007

• 17 - Embroidery Tools: The Best Laying Tool
• 9 - Tools for Embroidery – Here’s a Good One!
• 7 - The Right Embroidery Needle – Good Reference Chart

August 2007

• 11 - Embroidery Equipment: The Ultimate Needlework Stand!

August 2006

• 9 - Embroidery Hoops & Frames Review

July 2006

• 16 - Embroidery Tools & Accessories

June 2006

• 16 - Embroidery hoop or frame?