The "THING" was an invention of a very clever quilter Lynn Graves. She was the first to sell the first Ott lamp at her booth. She also sold the first 1/4" foot for quilters called "Little Foot" and a free motion foot called "Big foot" before any of the major brands of sewing machines started producing them. She also came out with numerous paper piecing patterns in a 12" finished block. This is a picture of MY "Thing"