Originally Posted by sailsablazin

I have found that tourniquets (when you have to have your blood drawn at the lab) are WONDERFUL for pulling the needle through when hand quilting. Sometimes I just hit a tough spot, maybe a seam allowance, and my hands are dry and just won't pull that needle through. I can cut up that tourniquet and share. When I explain to the lab girl why I want it, they don't care if I take it. Sometime they will say, "I don't see a thing." They are disposable so they are thrown away anyway.
Also those big rubberbands from broccoli at the stores---they work,,,but not as well as a tourniquet.