Thread: Worst quilting item purchased

Single use rulers -- now I don't take a class if I have to buy a special ruler for the class. Blade sharpeners -- I have had several and they all got donated. Fancy needle threaders -- haven't got any of them to work so I use the little silver one that I have been using for many years.

I did not buy it, but I wanted to take a class to do a quilt out of a book I had and was told that since I did not buy the book at the shop I had to buy it again (decided not to do the class).

Incidently, I love the shape cut rulers -- I use them all the time.

Halo thing that was supposed to help with free motion quilting. A large collection of rulers. I only use the 3 different sizes of my O'LIPFA rulers, my two Simple Rule Sharon Hultgren rulers and my Quilters Board Square Up Lap Board.

Many buy the Pounce and don't know how to use it. You don't pounce the chalk when using the Pounce tool. Your gently rub it over the stencil. The only pounce you do is when you first fill it. Take it outside and hit it very hard against something hard for about 50 hits. I use my picnic table. No more pouncing after that. The chalk does not rub off and stays on until it is touched with an iron.