I've been quilting for a little over a year now and have been blessed with my Gram's hand me down notions and many JoAnn's gift cards for birthdays and Christmases so I haven't given much thought to the price of notions until I went to buy some for my sister who's starting up at 16. Some hints and tricks I've learned from Fons & Porter's like using a bamboo stick instead of a stilhetto (though I had a stilhetto given to me) or using flannel instead of buying a pricey design board (got one of those for Christmas though, :lol: ) but I was wondering what other tricks you ladies (and gents) use. This board is such a wealth of knowledge I feel I'm continually starting threads to tap into it. I learn more here than I did in my class for my machine!