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Handmade Baby Clothes

By Hannah Arose 1 Comment

We are so, so, so excited to announce that Emma, our sister, daughter and Tin Thimble owner, is expecting a baby in August!  Of course, this means we get to make things for this sweet baby and we LOVE to make baby things.  Sharon whipped out a few sweet pieces to send Emma & Chris, and […]

Tagged With: Handmade, Sewing, sharon mansfield

A Fantastic Vintage-Inspired Way to Use Ric Rac

By Hannah Arose Leave a Comment

Let’s just start by saying we have a pretty fierce love affair with ric rac here in the shop. Our friend, and long time customer, Sarah, recently stopped by the shop to purchase some goodies, ask a few questions and share some of her latest (darling) projects. Upon checking out, she plopped her purse onto the […]

Tagged With: Sewing, Vintage

Hannah and Dan’s Handmade Wedding

By Hannah Arose 30 Comments

Hello Thimble readers! It’s Hannah writing to you today. Chances are, if you took a class from Sharon in the past 18 months, you heard about a wedding. Well, the big day came and went in a happy blur on May 14th and I’m so excited to share a few (ok, maybe more than a few…) […]

Tagged With: diy, handmade wedding, Sewing, wedding

Handmade 1920s Inspired Mother of the Bride Dress

By Lori Everman 1 Comment

Hello everyone, happy Friday! For those of you who haven’t heard, the youngest T3 partner and contributor, Hannah, is getting married in just a few short weeks. Sharon has been busy, OK, busy is an understatement…she’s been kicking BUTT between gardening, sewing the wedding dress, gathering supplies for the big day, and on top of […]

Tagged With: 1920s, mother of the bride, Sewing, the tin thimble, vintage sewing, wedding

The Tin Thimble’s Year in Review

By Lori Everman 1 Comment

It’s a new year, everyone. Doesn’t that seem absurd? Weren’t we celebrating New Years 2015 last week? How could a year have gone by so quickly? No matter how weird the turning of calendar seems, we can’t fight the fact that it’s now 2016. And when we reflect on everything that happened in the last […]

Tagged With: Around the Shop, felt fest, Holidays, Sewing

Little Robots

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! It’s Hannah writing to you today. Mom, Emma and I love our small (but consistently adorable) selection of flannels here in the shop. If you’re not available to come into the store, you can also find them posted on our Etsy store. I made…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, boys pajamas, Handmade, handmade boys, handmade pajamas, Hannah Mansfield, Home, Keeping it Local, kids pajamas, little boys clothes, robot pajamas, robots, Sewing, the tin thimble

Handmade Toys by Sharon

By Emma Farrell 1 Comment

Ah, yes, the never ending creativity of our mother. Look at what she’s made now, people! Little stuffed bunny dolls and “star babies”. Where does she come up with this stuff? Mom wanted to create handmade children’s gifts for the upcoming Holiday seaso…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Handmade, Sewing, sharon mansfield, the tin thimble

Private Collection, Vintage Fabric & Pre-Holiday Sale

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

We’ve been airing out the closets and opening those bottom drawers over here at The Little Thimble That Could!  You may remember that the purging process started a while back, HERE.  Well, we’re about to have the culminating event folks. And,…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Beautiful Old Things, Events, Linens, Quilting, Sewing, the tin thimble, Vintage

So Much Fun!

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Marie and I met up again a few weeks ago and spent ANOTHER whole day photographing our inventory and, this time, some shots of the shop (we’ll show you those in another post)!  Above is just a sampling of what we did – you’ll see more and more sho…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Emma Farrell, Handmade, Hannah Mansfield, Lisa Classon, Marie Clark, Nuno Felting, Permanent Glimpse Photography, Sewing, sharon mansfield, Spinning, the tin thimble, Wet Felting

Frilly Things

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Hello, everyone! It’s Hannah writing to you today. We’re making a conscience effort to gear up for the holiday season this year and that involves making gifts ASAP. Emma and I went a little wild with our “Farmington” line of fabrics last week and whipp…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Christmas, Handmade, Holidays, Keeping it Local, Sewing, the tin thimble

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