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5 Reasons To Be A Thrifty Collector

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:00:52 +0000

Okay, by being a “thrifty collector” I don’t mean turning into a hoarder! I mean learning to be creative with where you find your craft supplies.

Saving money is always a good thing!
Second hand shops, recycle centers (my city has a reuse center) and thrift stores can be great sources for fabric, yarn and craft supplies.
It’s better for the environment to find stuff, rather than have to buy new.
Keep your eyes open in unlikely spots – you don’t necessarily have to spend $$$ in a craft store to get what you need.
It can spark a creative idea to work with new materials.

Just remember, it’s not thrifty to buy stuff you know you’ll never use, just because it’s on a really good sale…

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5 Reasons To Be A Thrifty Collector

Tangled Thread fiber art helpline – this week’s questions

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:43:27 +0000

I’m always happy to help with answering questions – I can’t guarantee an answer, but I’ll try

Kevin asks:

“I am a big fan of 1940s fashion. Do you have any ideas of where to find patterns, images, etc.?”

I’ve posted a few different sources for vintage patterns including:

The Vintage Pattern Lending Library.
“Mom’s Patterns“.
A Dress A Day celebrates all things vintage with photos, patterns and even fabric sources.

Don’t forget that Vogue has a pretty good collection of vintage patterns - and it’s worthwhile checking through their discontinued patterns as well.

Barbara asks:

“Would love to know the name of suppliers of shisha mirrors or very large sequins. Can anyone help?“

I know for a fact that my local Michael’s Arts & Craft store carries them (in the miniatures section I think), but they’re not labeled as “shisha mirrors”. It’s worthwhile going into the store and doing a thorough search for yourself – I wouldn’t expect many salespeople to know what they are though

Here are three different online sources for shisha mirrors in the USA:

Treadle Art carries a selection of shisha mirrors online.
Vintage Vogue carries shisha mirrors as well as metallic sadi thread.
Gitta’s also carries sadi thread, shisha mirrors as well as instructional books.

Hope this helps!

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Tangled Thread fiber art helpline – this week’s questions

fiber art source of the day – Embellishment Village

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:41:11 +0000

Have you heard of Embellishment Village?

It’s a company dedicated to fiber art and all the fun things we can use to enhance & embellish! They have free patterns, an inspiration gallery and a great link list

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fiber art source of the day – Embellishment Village

Fiberella

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:32:33 +0000

I’ve just found a wonderful new website called Fiberella. It’s a combination fiber art supply store (check out their wool roving!) gallery site & teaching program.

It’s definitely worth checking out

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Fiberella