Featured Needlepoint Artist
Puffin & Company
Puffin & Company designs and markets
an array of finely crafted needle art tools. �Our
products are perfect for those who love to create
lovely things from threads, canvases, fabrics and
yarns!� All of our lovely metal art designs are handmade
works of art.� Fashioned of copper, brass and nickel,
our beautiful pieces are created by local artisans
in a small village in Thailand where project proceeds
contribute to the health, education, and welfare of
their community.� We are proud to support this Fair
Trade commerce.
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So how did we get started?
"I love to give personal, handmade
needlecrafts to people; they are really a gift from
your heart," says owner Diane Zielinski. So,
in October 2007, Diane was busy creating needlework
pieces to give as gifts to family and friends at
Christmas and, well, perhaps the following story
is familiar:
Wife asks husband to assist in the separation of several long strands of threads from a skein of floss. The loving husband just wants to watch the game, but also wants a happy wife, so he dutifully holds his end. As usual, tangles and knots ensue. |
"Ah Ha!" he says, "We can fix this pesky
problem of tangling!" Viola! The solution that allows
his lovely wife to separate multiple strands of any length,
all by herself, AND without tangles and knots, is born.
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Puffin and Company was created from
this "Ah Ha" moment. We set about writing
a patent and developing a beautiful and functional
Thread Separator.� We were thrilled when the patent
was issued just a little over a year later, in February
2009. PATENT NUMBER 7,493,746. From that time we
have grown to include a number of needle art and
fabric craft tools, many ideas coming from the wonderful
LNS customers themselves. The guiding principles
of the business are to create beautiful designs,
use quality materials, engineer the products for
performance and deliver them at an affordable price.
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Our beautiful hardwood alder pieces are precision cut with a laser in the USA. These are finished with a soft honey color and are the perfect compliment to our metal art embellishments. Combined, they are Pretty & Practical little luxuries! How great is that?
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So, what "stitch goodies" do we have for you?�
Our collections include: Thread Separators, Needle Nannies,
Scissor Sitters, Thread and Yarn Organizers, Pattern Keepers
and Knitting Gauges. More items are under development.
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"It is so fun to design and create new and exciting,
useful tools for our wonderful needle arts community,"
says Diane.
"Everyone should have a little needle art bling,
don't you think?"
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