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Getting a Grip – Rubber Tipped Pliers

November 8, 2011
Rubber Tipped Pliers from Fons Y Porter

Getting a Grip – Rubber Tipped Pliers Do you do beading?  Have you tried to sew through the many layers of a stiff built or a heavily padded bra, only to have your needle get stuck somewhere on it’s slide from one side to the other?   Even if you push really hard with your thimble, [...]

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Thimbles

September 28, 2011
Davina repairing vintage assiut using a milliner's needle and a jelly thimble.

Jelly Thimbles Hello my friends in costuming and dance, I’ve recently taught a private workshop on making bras, when I got a unique question.  When I was demonstrating a finishing technique that involved hand sewing, a woman in the class asked, “Where did you get that weird thimble?”   I had to pause for a moment [...]

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