Showing posts with label Tailor's awl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tailor's awl. Show all posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Awl... or nothing at awl...

I've had that song in my head all evening.

Anyone who's been to a class with me in the last year or so would know what a HUGE fan I am of this little tool. It really is the BEST thing for holding down tricky bits of fabric (strap ends, binding etc) while you're working close to the sewing machine needle.


You may have seen it in various tutorials I've posted on this blog.... here, here and here. It's great for poking holes in things, too.

And my flat Australian tongue has problems differentiating between AWL and ALL....

Anyway - we now have them in the shop. For $2.40 you can have the sharp, pointy finger you always wanted. Or perhaps you didn't know that you needed one...? Believe me, you do.
For $2.40 you can't really go wrong. Throw one in the shopping basket with your next order and you, too, may be singing like Mr Sinatra.

PS. Have you ever noticed that we Aussies are a bit mixed up with our W's and R's ? We don't say them where they should be - AWL , CAR etc, but say them where they DON'T exist - DRAWRING, SAWRING, "vodkar and tonic". It was pointed out to me once and now I can't stop noticing it....