Gadgets 4 : The Silver Needle, Fine Needlecraft Materials

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Miniature Scissor Blocks OHhhh... we have the cutest miniature scissor blocks! Made from assorted woods, these little 1-1/2 x 2 x 2-3/4 chunks feature a slanted top, complete with ruler slot. Along with that slot, notice the larger hole near the top? That holds a pair of 3-1/2 to 4-inch embroidery scissors. Then, notice the two smaller holes? They store needles. Each of them as a tiny magnet in their bottom -- just enough to make your needles cling so if the block get knocked over, no needles errantly spill to the floor. Not big, not heavy, just functional and cute! The slit can hold a small pattern, or one of our rulers or paddles that double as thread organizers. If you order multiples, we'll try to mix up your woods, but try to match ruler and organizer woods to blocks. All of these are just the coolest things!
Bunny Boards & Bitty Bunnies! Does your stitching basket or sewing case need a palette to hold a current project's thread collection? This simple rabbit outline, decorated with just a few 'scribbles' of definition is immediately recognizable as a cute bunny that would look great peeking out from a sewing case pocket! 5 Inches in height, and almost 3 inches in width, there are 10 numbered holes on her to attach working threads (or the leftovers from that special project that you store inside it's finished pocket.) The Bitty Bunnies are an exact duplication in shape, but they measure a mere 2-3/8 x 1-1/4 inches. They include a (removable) clam-shell clip so you can attach them to scissors, a zipper pull on your tote bag, keys, just anywhere. Both sizes are really cute -- the larger Board does not have any other engraving than shown. The Bitty Bunnies have our web address on them, so you have us with you wherever you go! They come in assorted woods of light, dark, medium and a pretty natural red wood.
4-Inch Wooden Ruler Thread Organizer Needlework soothes the soul and inspires the mind is the advice offered on one side of these 4-inch thread organizers... while The Silver Needle is the other advice for good living on the other side! Measuring 1-1/2 inches x 4-1/2... your calibrated ruler includes 5 holes to loop threads for works in progress. It slips into the slot of our miniature scissor block, so even if you have no threads looped on it, the ruler is still there... and it's stored neatly in your block. Pretty Handy!
3-Inch Hornbook Organizer Even a smaller version of our 4-inch ruler... this is a 3-inch ruler, delivered in a hornbook-style shape. (A Paddle.) Each piece features 9 different holes to loop threads from a work in progress, and is personalized with Silver Needle's logo (which I am personally very attached to!) Again, these fit into the slit of our Mini Scissor Block.
Round Palette Key Chain These are the CUTEST! A clam-shell clasp is ready to attach this rounded, traditional pallette shape to your scissors, tote bag, keys, whatever! 14 Little holes to tie threads into -- if you want -- this is really cutest just as a key ring! It does feature our Silver Needle logo on it... you may already have one -- as a freebie from a Superbowl Sale order or Camp Wannasew Favor -- but you might want another!!! They are the cutest little things! And... again, we can match all the woods to blocks and rulers!
Silver Needle's 3-Inch Ruler Magnet Just something fun we'll have for a while, till they're gone... this is a bar magnet that has been painted with our shop name, and a little stitching cabin nestled in the woods! We had them done in honor of our Camp Wannasew Stitching Weekends this fall! The magnet is painted with 1-inch increments, so it really is a 3-inch measure. Your stitching board would love one of these!
Flexible Magnetic Board Nothing fancy here, just a 5-1/2 x 8 inch white flexible sheet of magnetic material... with two more magnetic bars included. Just like the hard metal magnetic boards we used to see so much, this is a smaller, bendable version, with no sharp edges, that fits easily into a tote bag and doesn't weigh so much! Wonderful to help you keep the place on your chart!
Wooden Thread Palette This is a beautifully finished piece of wood, shaped into an oval thread palette to display pretty threads! A classy addition to a needlework display, especially if you fill it with cool threads, you can even mount a small design into the center. With My Needle has a design idea, click the image and take a look! Just a nice, unusual stitcher gift, each measures approx 4-1/2 x 6 inches.
Sticky Highlighter Tape Hey, this is cool stuff!!! 'Scotch Type Tape' that has the tackiness of sticky papers... tear a piece off your roll... place it over your chart line, or beside the instructions you're following... you can see right through it! Not too sticky... the colors are clear and bright, this is like using a see-through sticky-note! So... as a stitcher, this is great, because you can use it to keep your place on your chart, without keeping track of a highlighter marker, and scribbling up your whole chart! Totally no-brainer, and really fun! Available in yellow, 1/2 an inch wide (covers 3 typewritten lines) x 393 inches on a roll.
A Gift For Thee: Measuring Stick and Fob Set from Olde Colonial Designs This is a cool ruler case with a matching scissor fob... such a fun and useful thing to have in your stitching basket! Stitched on 32ct Graziano Linen in green, colonial blue and gold colors, the ruler case fits the engraved brass ruler that's included in the kit. The matching fob features the twisted corded edge just like the ruler case... and all that cording is included in the kit! Finishing instructions are in there too! Complete kit includes the linens, flosses, edging, and the beautiful brass ruler! So Special!
Colorful, Double-Compartment Mesh Pouches Hey... these are COOL!!!!! Here's a set of 4 zippered nylon pouches -- 4 different colors, 4 different sizes, TWO pockets in EACH! Weighing nothing the Apple Green Baby measures 6 x 8. One side is the black mesh with the green back. You can see what's inside this pocket. Unzip the pouch to find ANOTHER zipper in there... open THAT for another nylon pocket -- cannot see thru that one! Next is the Navy Blue one -- 12-3/4 x 5-3/4. Then, Red-- 8-1/4 x 10, and finally the biggest -- the orange one, measuring in at 10 x 13. These are very fun! Use 'em for stitching, make-up, scrapbooking stuff, school supplies, coupons, whatever!!! Sold as the set of 4 pouches - so you get one of each color and size!
Another handy little zippered pouch! Joining our selection of super-favorite soft plastic zipping pouches... is this new size! Approx 1-1/2 x 2 x 7... this one is a small 3-dimensional thing that stores DMC skeins, a few pair of scissors, the Kelmscott needle minders... extra packages of needles... all your stray buttons and Treasures... punch needles and threaders... tissues and chocolate... EVERYTHING! It's a great little size!
Vinyl Project Pouches These are the cool vinyl pouches that Bent Creek has used to package all their previous Zipper Kits! Available individually, without anything inside, these are great organizers! They're easy to open and close, see-through, and they come in a variety of great sizes -- something for every project you've got going! Soft, heavy plastic, they won't get brittle over time and will last and last! Choose from 8 sizes!
The Bench From K's Creations, this is a cool, collapsible foot stool that's just the right size for us stitchers! Raising your feet a little off the floor can take so much stress off your lower back... you'll be amazed! Easy to fold up and tuck into your tote bag, this smoothly finished oak stool measures just 5 1/2 x 11, and 5" high. The legs fold up under it, and a fancy bolt fastens them in place, making a bundle that is only 3" thick! It takes 2 seconds to unfold... and is just the right size to tuck under your feet while you're stitching! Perfect for stitching weekends, traveling, whatever!
Pampered Baby from Stoney Creek Stoney Creek has 6 charming designs that will fit our bibs and little towels! Of course, you might have something darling that is already waiting in your stitchery stash of patterns... but if not, here is a set of six different charts. Most will look great stitched on any of the terry cloth colors, so keep that in mind as you choose. All patterns are offered as a single chart of matching bib and towel. So Cute!
Tiny Baby Bibs Matched pieces to our cute little hooded baby towels... these small 'dribble bibs' are charming counterparts to stitch and cherish for years and years to come! The same rich Terry in the same colors, each bib measures approx 9 x 10, and features the same woven aida panel (actually a front pocket of the bib) as the blankets -- only it measures approx 2-1/4 x 8. A snap closure makes them easy to dress baby. They are NOT lined with plastic, and they are NOT huge... so definitely for a newborn, or 'delicate' bib for a little baby, these are not a 'turbo-everyday-super-duper-red-spagetti-sauce' variety of bib... these are baby shower and 'stitched with Granny's Love' bibs! Very soft and really cute!
Hooded Terry Cloth Baby Towels Such lovely towels to dry off the tiniest member of the family... this is the kind of thing that you'll never part with! I still have my daughter's baby towel that I stitched 20 years ago... and SHE still loves to see it! (and it's in some of my favorite old pictures, too!) This is a beautiful collection of 100% Cotton terry cloth hooded towels made by the Dohler Co in Brazil. Available in 5 colors, each towel measures approx 30 x 30 inches, and features a corner pocket with an aida-weave right IN the fabric. You have an area of approx 2 x 10 inches to personalize your towel with baby's name or some cute motifs from something you've treasured in your pattern stash! Each towel is piped with woven cotton edging, and is so wisper-soft! The colors are just as dreamy! White, Pink and Blue towels feature white piping. The yellow towel features lime green piping, and the lime green towel has light blue trim. Precious!

Button Bracelets from Bits 'n Pieces Well, if these aren't the neatest things to float into our favorite needlework shop! DARLING, DARLING beaded bracelets, these are made of teeny loops of assorted beads, and embellished all over the place with Just Another Button Co handmade clay buttons! Offered as complete kits of beads (all sorts of tiny different ones in there!), necessary wires, crimping beads and clasps, great instructions of line drawings and actual photos of the bracelet parts in progress, and that wonderful assortment of JABCO buttons... these are just awesome! Directions include fitting to your wrist, different kinds of loop and fringe treatments and black and white photos of all four finished bracelets -- in each kit! Absolutely charming... these are surprisingly light in finished weight, and are FULL of color, texture and interest! Nothing hard, no advanced beading techniques... they are offered in lots of designs! We have models of all of them in the shop... and just can't keep our fingers off of them! Put your cursor over each bracelet to see its name.
The Empress Thread Cutter from Charland Designs Oh, such a pretty thing, this is a miniature sterling silver thread cutter! Designed and manufactured by Charland, this measures a mere 3/4 of an inch in diameter, and has a flower on one side, and a Celtic Knot design on the other. Small enough to be a charm, but large enough to slice your threads... this is a beautiful piece of jewelry! Wear it on a chain, add it to your stitches charm bracelet or necklace, use Charland's Little Clipper to attach it where ever you like... even inside a prized stitched sewing case! So pretty and classy... A DEFINITE 'have to have!'
Solid Brass Ruler Does your special stitching case need a pretty ruler to tuck inside? These are the brass rulers featured inside some of Olde Colonial and Milady's Needle's stitchery cases... and they are now available open stock! Very heavy, bright and shiny, each is engraved with 6 inches of measure. Very, very nice looking, they'd make a classy addition to just about any needlecase, stitching box, or ruler case!