Emi B Designs

Emi B Designs Sewing tools designed and manufactured by us in Yorkshire. Tools to make sewing more simple and inspire your creativity.

Ever cut a stack of patchwork squares, lined them up, and realized half of them are just slightly off? 🙈It's such a smal...
05/06/2026

Ever cut a stack of patchwork squares, lined them up, and realized half of them are just slightly off? 🙈

It's such a small thing in the moment. A whisker here, a hair there. But once you start piecing them together, those tiny wobbles add up fast and suddenly nothing lines up the way it should. Cue the seam ripper.

This is where a little 2-inch square acrylic ruler really earns its keep. Rigid so it doesn't flex, crystal-clear so you can see exactly where your cut lines fall, and just the right size to sit flat on your cutting mat while you trim square after square with confidence. ✨

It's the kind of tool that makes summer quilting marathons and bunting projects feel a whole lot less fiddly. When every square is truly square, everything else comes together beautifully. 🧵

A magnetic snap punched just 2mm off-centre on a 1-inch strap puts all the pull force on one side. The fabric tears from...
03/06/2026

A magnetic snap punched just 2mm off-centre on a 1-inch strap puts all the pull force on one side. The fabric tears from that side first, often before the bag has even had its first proper outing. 😬

It's almost always one of three quiet placement errors weakening bag straps:

Off-centre single snaps
Uneven spacing on double rivets
Using a 1-inch ruler on a 1.5-inch strap

That last one is the sneakiest. Eyeballing the centre of a wider strap with a narrower ruler shifts every mark, and the hardware ends up sitting wonky no matter how careful you were at the sewing machine.

Our hardware ruler with guide holes centres each mark in one step. 0.5-inch spacing for 1-inch straps, 0.75-inch for 1.5-inch straps, no maths and no guesswork. 🧵

Which one of these three has caught you out before? Be honest, we've all done at least one of them.

A wonky bag base is almost never a fabric problem 👀It's usually one of these 3 cutting mistakes — and they're so easy to...
02/06/2026

A wonky bag base is almost never a fabric problem 👀

It's usually one of these 3 cutting mistakes — and they're so easy to fix once you know what to look for.

Swipe to see what's going wrong (and how our Boxy Bag Making Tool sorts it out) 🧵

24/05/2026

✨ DID SOMEONE SAY… BANK HOLIDAY SALE?! ✨
It’s the perfect time to stock up on all your sewing favourites 🧵✂️

From bag-making tools to acrylic rulers, alphabet templates, zip overlays & more — EVERYTHING is automatically discounted at checkout! 💖

🛍️ 25% OFF EVERYTHING
📦 No code needed
💫 Handmade sewing tools designed & made in Yorkshire

Whether you’re planning your next big project or just adding a few goodies to your sewing stash… now’s the time 👀

Shop the sale here 👉 emibdesigns.co.uk⁠

✨ NEW PRODUCT ALERT ✨Say hello to our brand-new baseball hat hoop insert for Brother 5x7 hoop with slide on mechanism ma...
16/05/2026

✨ NEW PRODUCT ALERT ✨
Say hello to our brand-new baseball hat hoop insert for Brother 5x7 hoop with slide on mechanism machines! 🧢🧵
Designed to hold the cap brim securely out of the way, making hat embroidery easier, cleaner, and so much less fiddly 🙌 Perfect for adding names, logos, monograms & custom designs to your caps.

✔ Fits Brother 5x7 hoops
✔ Keeps the brim/netting out of your stitch area
✔ Makes hooping hats faster & easier
✔ Designed for machine embroiderers who love professional results

Ready to level up your hat embroidery? Tap the link in bio to shop 👆 or visit emibdesigns.co.uk⁠�

Who’s adding hats to their embroidery projects this year? 👇🧢✨

✨ NEW PRODUCT ALERT ✨Say hello to our  Sock Embroidery Hoop Insert—designed to make embroidering socks, sleeves, and oth...
03/05/2026

✨ NEW PRODUCT ALERT ✨
Say hello to our Sock Embroidery Hoop Insert—designed to make embroidering socks, sleeves, and other small tubular items easier than ever! 🙌🧵
Made to fit the Brother 4x4 hoop, this insert helps keep your projects secure, smooth, and perfectly positioned for clean embroidery results.

✔ Fits Brother 4x4 hoops
✔ Perfect for socks, sleeves & small tubular items
✔ Available in adult + kids sizes
✔ Designed by embroiderers, for embroiderers 💖
No more struggling with tiny projects—just hoop, stitch, and create! ✨

Shop now:
Sock Embroidery Hoop Insert for Brother 4x4 Hoop | Sock & Sleeve – Emi B Designs https://share.google/G3OCYAGc9U84iBeGH

Exciting news...but we need your help. We are soon hoping to launch a weekly live on Facebook. In these lives we will la...
18/04/2026

Exciting news...but we need your help.

We are soon hoping to launch a weekly live on Facebook.

In these lives we will launch new tools, have discounts only available while the live is on as well as every week we will have new consumable products such as fabrics, zips and everything I love and use but they will only be available that week and until stock runs out.

These lives will also be about product demos showing the best ways to use our tools.

So out question to you is. What day would you like this. What time? And I suppose the all important question is would you watch ?

Let us know in the comments below as we want to make sure we are actually bringing you something you will love!

16/04/2026

How many tools come in handy while making a bag making project.

I counted at least 6 that Emily has used Here

6.5 x24 inch ruler
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