Hey!! Hi Dingle in pahrump! I am wondering do you ever come into reno for shopping? The Mill End has them all for a much better price than I could find anywhere. They are still on kietzke where they have been for many years. A wonderful place to find inexpensive fabric too.
Your right, if you think you are going to be sewing for a long time might as well make it easier on yourself and buy the good tools. Lucky your sis will share with you, how fun.
Yes Melhuff, I do use the largest one for the big quilts, the middle one for the smaller, and the smallest for things like baby bibs or light weight projects.
My next door neighbor uses the french method that another thread was talking about this morning. It is doubled over fabric sewn on and then turned over to the other side and hand sewn down. I don't think she even uses the bias of the fabric to cut them. Hers always looks great, so it must work.
Madquilter .. I am thinking the bars are used in applique, right? I have them, but I found that if I sew the bias strip fabric together wrong sides together, trim the seam down to an eighth of an inch and press the seam to the back it works just as well, with no turning the tubes.