This guillotine is over 60 years old. My Dad used to cut his black and white photos with it when he developed them. I would be lost without it. It puts a lovely decal edge on my craft papers as demonstrated in the card in the photo.m
Thereâs nothing thatâs more useful than a pencil! Not only do I use one for drawing my ideas but I also use a hard pencil for raising my pewter and putting details on my models. Iâm not going to photograph one, though!..
If I need a pencil, I can always guarantee to find a short, stubby one, tucked behind my husbandâs ear. Think itâs an enginâŚear thing
Oh it is indeed Joy, my Dad was an engineer and he always had a pencil tucked behind the ear - wouldnât be surprised if it was there when he went to bed tooâŚ
I havenât got a picture but my favourite tool is my finger turner - 2 very very tiny metal rods. One fits inside the other so that you can turn very very tiny tubes of fabric - invaluable for my mouse tails. Itâs made for turning tiny dollâs fingers really but itâs just perfect for my mice. Even with it, itâs a struggle because the tails are so long and thin, but without it, it would be impossible! Martine x
Ooh, Iâd like one of those!
My favourite tools are a metal ruler with a raised ridge in the middle so you donât chop off the tops of your fingers - which I have done OUCH and a really sharp blade in my craft knife. All worked on my self heal mat. Couldnât do without any of these items. Not sure how to put pc on yet - need practice/advice
Carol x
There are many tools so no overall favourite, but this is my favourite set of Tunisian Crochet hooks
And my favourite sewing pins
Hey thecardjeanie, that guillotine looks âŚlethal!!
They donât make them like that anymore. Quality.
Thatâs right John,
There certainly don#t make them like that these days. I love it to bits. It has never even needed to be sharpened and I use it every day.
Jeanie
Here are my rug making tools that are most in use at the moment (while my sewing machine is in for repair :o/). My absolute favourite, just for the smooth, heavy feel of it, is the brass âprodderâ with the rounded, darker wood handle. Shown at the bottom of the photo.
This thread inspired me to write a blog article about some of the tools and the effects you can achieve with them here:- http://firehorse3.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/rug-making-tools.html
Julia x
My favourite crafting tools are my hands! They donât always work very well and are getting a bit gnarled due to arthritis, but for as long as they will work, I will craft!
I have an exciting new tool - a âsloydâ knife for wood carving!
Itâs years since I carved any spoons etc but now Iâve moved to some woodland, Iâm dying to start. Iâm hoping to be able to pyrograph my own wood carvings - one day!
For me it has to be brushes, pens, pencils and crayonsâŚ
These are a small selection of brushes I use, Iâm always buying new ones x
Thatâs amazing, but not safe in my hands!!!