Item Descriptions

Counting or marking pins : The tips are blunt like tapestry needles, so they won’t split the threads of your fabric. Each pin is 1 ¾” long. Rubber earring nuts are used to hold the pins in place.

This is just me... trying to figure out how to describe a counting pin. Normally I would just sew with sewing thread every 10 threads (or 20 threads if stitching over two threads), but it does take time to do that, I guess. Hmm... I guess I could mark the fabric first with the pins, then sew every 10 or 20 threads.

Good Huswife : Ellen Birdseye

Ellen Birdseye
Color Combinations
DMC 3371 - same
DMC 611 - used GA Camomile
DMC 612 - same
DMC 931 - used GA Old Blue Paint
DMC 3012 - same
Added GA Old Red Paint

Antique Samplers

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