Hi Freckles. I am so with you on that tool.I bought one too that you could put your quilting spool on as you hand quilted ----I spend most of my time untangling it.I always now advice new comers to patchwork quilting 'Don't just buy, ask an old quilter first' One or two rulers, as big a cutting board as will fit on your table, good thin pins,good rotary cutter and scissors, good machine and hand quilting thread. Last but not least on or two pincushions.I always keep one pin cushion just for my hand quilting needle -- if it's not there at the end of my sewing session ---get out the extending magnet. I'm sure I've missed out one or two things but I do think some tools are designed to fund the inventor when a simple use of a normal ruler will do.By the time I've figured how to use the darn things I could have been well on the way to finishing my work. x Letty