Saturday March 20, 2010

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Haberdashery Starter Kits

We've put together a selection of tools you need that are ideal to start a project from scratch.+

Hand Stitching

Corliss' hand stitching essentials *
* Clover Desk Needle Threader - $28.60
* Matilda’s Own Arm Wrestler Scissors by Canary Sharp Point: 165mm OR 185mm - $37.50
* YLI Quilting Cotton Thread 1080m - $17.50, 367m - $10.00

Thimble-It – No More Sore Fingers 64 adhesive ovals - $10.30
Clover Needle Threader, double ended – large & small needles - $7.50
Clover Dome Threaded Needle Case - neatly stores away threaded needles - $17.55
Clover Finger Presser – press seams - $10.25
Quilt Pounce - mark quilting patterns - $21.95
Matilda’s Own Chalk Powder to use with Quilt Pounce or Chalk Liners - $11.00
Jeana Kimball Embroidery Needles, tube of 16 needles - #10 or #11 - $4.95
Gütermann Quilting Thread, 100% Cotton - 200m $5.95
Dual Duty Quilting Thread Cotton covered Polyester - 228m - $5.95

Applique

Corliss' applique essentials *
* Jeana Kimball Straw Needles, tube of 16 needles - #10 or #11 - $4.95
* Little House Needle Grippers, medium or large, 2 per pkt - $8.00
* Little House Appliquè Pins - $13.95
* YLI Silk Thread, variety of colours - #100200m - $13.75
* Roxanne’s Mini Baste It Glue - $8.00
* Karisma Mechanical Pencil 0.9mm, white or yellow for dark fabrics; green or black for light fabrics and bright pink for most fabrics; remove with damp cloth
* Clover Bias Tape Maker, 6mm - $11.50
* Mylar, heat resistant templastic – sheet 21cm x 28cm - $2.75

Roxanne’s Sharps,tube of 60 needles - #10, #11 or #12 - $14.50
Clover Appliquè Pins - $11.00
Gütermann’s Sulky Machine Embroidery Thread #30 - 300m - $4.95
DMC Stranded Embroidery Threads - $1.20 per skein
Karisma Fabric Glue Stick, yellow or blue - $9.50 with refill
Clover White Marking Pen, fine - $10.25
Fray Stoppa, 50ml - $4.25
Clover Mini Iron, Aus & NZ - $69.50
Clover Fusible Bias Tape Maker - $13.75
Template Plastic Plain, sheet 30cm x 45cm - $2.75
Reynolds Freezer Paper, 48 cm wide - $1.25 per metre
Matilda’s Own Freezer Paper, 40 cm wide - $1.35 per metre
Vliesofix, fusible webbing – 90 cm wide - $10.85 per metre

Machine Sewing

Corliss' machine sewing essentials *
* Clover Straight Tailor’s Awl, stiletto - $13.25
* Clover Hera Marker, mark straight quilting lines - $10.25
* Olfa Rotary Cutters - 60mm - $45.00, 45mm (curved handle) - $46.50, 45mm (straight handle) - $32.50, 28mm - $26.25 , 18mm - $17.50
* Gütermann 100% Cotton Thread, basic colours - 800m - $12.50, 250m - $5.95, 100m - $3.25

Clover Seam Ripper, unpicker - $7.25
Little House Bottle of Pins, 120 per bottle - $12.50
Clover Patchwork Pins, fine with glass head - $4.95
Clover Flower head Pins, fine $8.25
Olfa Rotary Cutter Blades - 60mm - $19.25, 45mm - $10.90, 28mm (2 per pkt) - $13.25,
18mm (2 per pkt) - $15.45

Signature 100% Cotton Thread basic colours 3000 yds - $26.50
Aurifil Water Soluble 130 m - $15.75
EZ Quilting Pins, Size 1 200 ct - $11.75
Clover Chaco Liner Pen Style, tapered point, in blue, white, pink, gray & yellow - $15.45

{+ All prices subject to change}