Tiny little notion/hint worth it's weight in gold!
08-12-2014, 09:03 AM
#23
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,127
...speaking of thread.....yes, I too love that little blue box.....but......now I am working on GFG with 1"hexies....two yrs ago I did one with 1 1/2" hexies, used regular sewing thread to baste onto freezer paper (actually by machine) and hand joining, with just a sewing needle.. This time ' round after reading all sorts of hints/techniques..and buying silk thread and milliners #11needles...then having to buy the bohin threader because I just could not thread that bugger needle! I am just not enjoying this journey, where I did enjoy my first one......I guess too much information sometimes is not a good thing......I am not happy with that silk thread, switched to mettler like silk stuff, not happy with it either....both shredded way to easily..,so I am going to use my "regular" cotton threads.......that milliners needles eye is just as sharp as the point...stabbed myself way too may times...back to just a regular needle...did some gluing instead of machine bating..jury still out on that...may go back to machine basting and bunching flowers together for hand work....so far, though, I do like that needle threader,except the time the needle flipped out and took me awhile to find it...flashlight ad magnet in hand.......my tale of woe for the day.........
08-12-2014, 09:14 AM
#24
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,501
I, too, have been using Thread Heaven for years. I never do hand sewing without it. With Thread Heaven on my thread, if I get a knot in the thread as I am sewing, the knot is easy to get out. Oh, when it gets low, I scoop the remainder out of the box, roll it into a ball, and run my thread through the ball until the ball is gone. I keep lots of Thread Heaven on hand as I never want to be without it.
08-12-2014, 10:57 AM
#26
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
I got mine from Joann's and a LQS.
Best to buy it at Joann's if you have a coupon though
I bought one last week and it was about $5.49 even
the quilt shop up in the mountains was cheaper than
that (I say this because NORMALLY most thing in this
LQS runs higher priced than in the city).
Best to buy it at Joann's if you have a coupon though
I bought one last week and it was about $5.49 even
the quilt shop up in the mountains was cheaper than
that (I say this because NORMALLY most thing in this
LQS runs higher priced than in the city).
08-12-2014, 11:10 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Birdsboro PA, southeastern PA area
Posts: 1,203
I love that stuff. I started using Thread Heaven about 10 years ago when I was really into counted cross stitch. I wouldn't be without it. In fact, I have several friends who quilt and each year I give them a small gift bag with useful tools and one year I included the Thread Heaven in their gift bag. They loved it.
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