What is your favorite quilting tool you have found in 2010?
#11
My favoite "new tool" is a pair of tweezers!!! I sometimes have trouble pulling needle through all the layers if I do too many stitches when quilting. I used a pair of scissors and ruined them so I thought about the tweezers and they work great.
#12
Well I think I have bought several goodies this year but the one that comes to mind first is my steady betty. Its a ironing surface that won't let your fabric stretch when you iron. I'm not very good at remembering to press not iron so this helps me alot.
I bought it at JoAnn online with a 50% off coupon and got free shipping. It was a promotion they had for a couple of days.
I bought it at JoAnn online with a 50% off coupon and got free shipping. It was a promotion they had for a couple of days.
#13
Originally Posted by newquilter10
My favoite "new tool" is a pair of tweezers!!! I sometimes have trouble pulling needle through all the layers if I do too many stitches when quilting. I used a pair of scissors and ruined them so I thought about the tweezers and they work great.
#14
I have to agree with the poster above. The best tool so far has been this board! I just recently discovered it.
I'm amazed at how much I've learned just perusing past topics. I especially love the Elmer's glue trick! This has saved countless ripping outs & removed a lot of the frustration I'd found in sewing patches together.
The other trick I really liked was marking the bobbin thread for the first few rounds so that I'll know when the bobbin thread is close to running out. I only have a very old electric Kenmore sewing machine...it just barely zig zags let alone beeps when the bobbin thread is low!
I'm amazed at how much I've learned just perusing past topics. I especially love the Elmer's glue trick! This has saved countless ripping outs & removed a lot of the frustration I'd found in sewing patches together.
The other trick I really liked was marking the bobbin thread for the first few rounds so that I'll know when the bobbin thread is close to running out. I only have a very old electric Kenmore sewing machine...it just barely zig zags let alone beeps when the bobbin thread is low!
#15
I bought the binding tool in Loveland during the Quilt Show. It is one awesome tool. Works every time.. But I have to agree with Pojo, the Quilting Board is very awesome too.
Lots and lots of help and tips.
Lots and lots of help and tips.
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Texas
Posts: 8,710
Other than the Elmer glue stick (LOL - love this) my favorite new tool for me would be the rotating olfa cutting board. Plus I have to agree that the QB also has helped me with new ideas and such. Learn something new almost everyday. Thanks members