Needleart, Embroidery and Fiber Arts at Linda's Electric Quilters
Beyond quilting, Linda's carries a range of needleart and embroidery notions through Checker Distributor — fiber arts materials, display hardware, and soft craft items that serve the needle arts community. Embroidery threads live in the Floriani thread guide, and embroidery stabilizers in the stabilizer guide.
Silk Sari Ribbons
Recycled silk sari ribbon is a luxurious, multi-tonal fiber art material — strips of genuine recycled sari fabric in naturally varying widths and colours. Used in fiber art projects, woven textiles, embellished quilts, and mixed-media work:
- Eyelash Silk Sari Ribbon — a fringed-edge silk ribbon in rich multi-colour tones
- Multicolor Chiffon Silk Sari Ribbon — lightweight chiffon-weight silk sari ribbon in multi-colour variations
Bell Pull Hardware
Bell Pulls 9" Windy Scroll — 2pc — the traditional metal rod and bracket hardware for displaying needlepoint and cross-stitch bell pull designs. Essential finishing hardware for completed stitched pieces.
Embroidery Plush Toys
Pre-made stuffed toy bodies for embroidery and craft projects:
- Bobby Bear Buddy — Pink — soft pink stuffed bear designed for personalisation with embroidery or applied decoration
- Mason Buddy Moose — woodland moose stuffed animal for embroidery personalisation
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do fiber artists do with sari ribbon?
Texture — couched onto art quilts, woven into wall pieces, knitted into scarves, and wrapped into journals; the recycled silk's uneven width and shifting colour are the point. No two yards repeat, which manufactured ribbon can't offer.
How do embroidery buddies get personalised?
Machine embroidery before or applied patches after — hoop-friendly panels on the toy take names, birthdates, and motifs, making them a staple personalised baby gift for embroidery machine owners. They're also popular blanks for embroidery classes.
What is a bell pull, and why the special hardware?
A long vertical stitched banner — a traditional needlepoint and cross-stitch format — hung from a decorative rod at top and bottom. The paired scroll hardware finishes the piece for the wall; without it a finished bell pull has no way to hang taut.
