My Favorite Tools and Supplies

In an effort to have more time to spend designing, I’m no longer selling tools and supplies. But I don’t want to leave you hanging! That section of the shop has always been where I share all my favorite things!

So here’s a list of all the tools and supplies I used to sell – organized by craft – with links to where you can get them now. (The links followed by an asterisk are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission on each sale.)

Quilting Supplies

12 wt. black thread (for thicker outlining)
Chalk Cartridge Set *
Fabric Glue Stick *
Fiskars Easy Action Rag Quilt Snips 8 in *
Heat & Bond Lite – printable fusible adhesive
Heat & Bond Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing *
Light Box * (mine is 15.5 x 11.8 inches – size B4)
Perfect Scissors *
Printable Freezer Paper Sheets *
Q-Snap Quilting Frame (17 inch – my favorite frame for hand quilting) *
Silicone Mat (to use with a light box) *
Sulky Petites 12 wt. thread (for Big Stitch Quilting)
Topstitching Needles size 90/40 * (the ones I use with 12 wt. thread)
Wonder Clips *

Supplies for Stuffed Animals and Dolls

Cat Eyes
Comic Eyes (these aren’t exactly the same as the ones I carried, but they’re the closest I could find)
Safety eyes – black and colored – you can also find lots of safety eyes on Etsy, included gorgeous hand-painted glitter eyes
Soft & Stable *
Stuffing tool
Turn It All Tubes *
Wonder Clips *

Embroidery and Felt Supplies

Colorful Embroidery Hoops (My favorite sizes are 4-inch and 7-inch, but it really depends on the project.)
Colorful Tea Towels
Frames for pendants and pins (This is the only shop where I’ve ever found them and she’s had trouble reordering for the last year – but if they’re available anywhere, this is the place to try.)
Mini Clothespins *
Printable Freezer Paper Sheets *
Razzle 8 wt. rayon thread
Sulky Petites 12 wt. thread
Sulky Sticky Fabri-solvy (also called Stick & Stitch)
Thread Magic *

Crochet Supplies

crochet hooks – I recommend Susan Bates inline hooks in size G – K for beginners. The uniform throat helps keep your tension from getting too tight, and these sizes will work for almost any worsted weight yarn
locking stitch markers
tapestry needles
Cat Eyes
Comic Eyes (these aren’t exactly the same as the ones I carried, but they’re the closest I could find)
Safety eyes – black and colored – you can also find lots of safety eyes on Etsy, included gorgeous hand-painted glitter eyes

Fabric

I’m using Spoonflower fabric now for all my samples because it never goes out of print! Plus it’s super fun to work with fabric I designed especially for applique. 🙂

Spoonflower has millions of options – which can be a bit overwhelming – so I also have my fabric listed here on Shiny Happy World in these categories.

Each listing redirects to that specific palette or collection in my Spoonflower shop.