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Old 08-10-2010, 08:23 AM
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Quilter4HireAndFun
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I keep a couple of empty (and clean) toilet paper rolls in my sewing room. After I cut and press my binding for quilts I wind them upon the paper rolls. And when I have leftover binding, I leave it on the roll and store it for the next time I do charity quilts. When I am ready to sit at my machine and attach my binding to my quilted top, I stick a comfortable old necktie through the paper roll (with my binding on it). Then tie the necktie on like a necklace. As I attach the binding, it unrolls from the toilet paper roll from around my neck. This way the binding does not get tangled up in my lap or on the floor as I attach it. Saves me some time from the continuous untwisting of the binding! I also remember having to sprinkle clothes....Now I keep a plastic spray bottle of water and another of of water and pretty smelling starch on my pressing board for my quilting fabrics. But clothes??? From dryer to my body!
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