Happy National Upcycling Day! Thimbles is back with yet another edition of fun scrap and upcycling projects to indulge in for National Upcycling Day.
We love great scrap-busting and upcycling projects. All of our fabulous quilts and quilt projects result in tons of delightful bits of fabric, an...
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Last year at Baby Lock Tech 2024, Tammy saw a jacket that made her say, “WHOA! I need that jacket NOW!” Designed by Denise Schober, the jacket in question was a denim dream in scrap fabrics. The allure was undeniable. We all have a denim jacket in our closets and scrap fabrics lingering in our st...
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Happy National Serger Month!
At Thimbles, we know a great serger is an indispensable tool in any sewist’s toolbox. Sergers can sew, trim, and finish garments—quickly!—and they’re perfect for creating neat, durable, and often fancy edge seams. They work wonders with stretchy fabrics; essentially, ...
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A few years ago Tammy whipped up several no-sew fabric star ornaments using leftover holiday fabric scraps. The project elicited lots of joy out of our customers. Several Thimbles quilters and sewists took the opportunity to bust through their own holiday fabric scraps to make ornaments as quick ...
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