As long as I’ve been sewing, I’ve never had a strawberry emery! An emery pincushion is filled with emery powder, which is essentially aluminum oxide. It can remove tarnish from pins and needles as well as polish them. The ubiquitous tomato pincushion will often have a small strawberry emery attached to it. You can learn …
Month: January 2021
Did you get any crafting done over the holidays? I managed to dig out some scraps I had from two baby quilts I made a few years ago. I had adapted the “Mosaic” quilt from Fat Quarter Style to incorporate different panel designs, and it turned out really well! One of the ongoing projects I …