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Protect Your Hands with Specialty Sewing Gloves

Gloves have long been useful to needleworkers. Originally, gloves were used for warmth: They kept fingers nimble in poorly heated homes. While they still serve this purpose, gloves and hand…
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Hands-free video control If you have ever experienced the frustration of trying to keep up with an online sewing video while you learn a new technique, the Vidami Video Looper…
Sewing Gifts for the 2020 Holidays

’Tis the season to enjoy—and share—sewing. This year, the Threads staff thought about holiday gift ideas that would not break the bank but would improve and inspire your sewing. We…
Sewing Notions to Try This Fall

Comfortable knife-edge shears A good pair of straight-edge, multipurpose scissors is important to any sewer, but many options become uncomfortable after a long period of use. Designed by Karen Kay…
Pin-Holding Accessories

If you sew, you've got pins, and if you've got pins, you need a pin-holder. The humble pincushion is an essential sewing notion. Although it is easily taken for granted,…
More Notions to Try This Summer

Foldable travel ruler For sewers on the go, this ruler folds to fit in a smaller space. The Omnigrid folding ruler is 4 inches wide and 36 inches long when…
8 New Sewing Notions for Summer 2020

Keep tools at hand Scissors, seam rippers, and other implements never seem to be in the right place when you need them. Use the Sewing Tool Belt from HipNotions to…
How to Use a Sewing Stiletto

The sewing stiletto is the modern descendant of the awl tool, used in making the earliest examples of clothing.
3 Notions for Spring 2020

1. Handy spool storage Keep your thread organized in one travel-friendly case with the Perfect Thread Bag by Karen Kay Buckley. It is designed for hand sewing, because it enables…
Best Notions for Fall 2019

Serger cone storage Organize your serger thread cones with this ArtBin Cone Thread Tray. The sturdy plastic base holds wire frames that fit into most serger thread cones. The tray…

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