Thread: Deli Sheets

I buy the deli sheets at my Costco and use them for string blocks.....work great. I hate using the Press n Seal although I know it works for some things. It's just so unruly......keep sticking to itself....any tips for easier handling?

I am glad I am not the only one who bought something and forgot what it was for.......just let me go to a quilt show and they can sell me the moon and then I forgot what I bought it for......so we must all be related.

Originally Posted by momsobon

I am glad I am not the only one who bought something and forgot what it was for.......just let me go to a quilt show and they can sell me the moon and then I forgot what I bought it for......so we must all be related.

i hope you don't mind if I laugh but I am so laughing at this. Those quilt shows will really get to you. I remember thinking I just had to have the "purple thang" at a show yrs ago but I still have yet to use it or what it was used for.

Originally Posted by onaemtnest

Oh Pat, get out the 'Purple Thang' and use it! I have several. I find it invaluable for guiding fabric close to the needle, the flat end easing fabric onto the feed dogs, an extra push here and there close to the needle...it's plastic and the flat end has an indent from the needle that would have been my finger...and it didn't mess up the timing on the machine like a metal one would have done. The curved end grabs the threads from the bobbin and top thread that sometimes are short under the presser foot, so I can pull them to the side. It is great for gently pushing out corners.

On my cutting table I use them to adjust the blades on my rotary cutter when I don't quite get them centered properly while changing blades or the blades are sticking together out of the package.

I know fully well that there are other 'free' items like chop sticks but for me I absolutely can't imagine sewing without the Purple Thang close by.

Oh! One other thing, I absolutely love tucking a Purple Thang in a card to one of my quilty friends for birthdays and just a surprise card that says, 'Hope you're having a great day!'

You really convinced me of the many ways to use it so I went to my little sewing shop to get it out & wouldn't you know. I can't find it anywhere. I think it's gone. I'm a snowbird so I carry most of my stuff back & forth & I haven't seen it in ages. Guess I'll have to search for another one. Thanks for all of your suggestions.

Pat

Yes, purple thang is certainly your friend....realized that when one day in the middle something, I reached for it and it wasn't there.....frustrating, so I proceeded to get on line and ordered 3 from Nancy's notions...of course found the stray after that, but now have "them" spread around!