Braid Aids, anyone ever use them?
I cut out six jelly roll rugs this weekend, I started sewing on one of them today. I'm at the point where you fold the fabric and batting to sew your tube and make it one long strip/tube. I remember my mom making braided rugs while I was growing up and remembered she always had these metal silver things on the wool that would fold it into a tube as she braided. After a call to her and checking Google, I discover they are called braid aids, they have a cone shape to them, you feed your wool in one end and it comes out the other in a tube. Has anyone ever used these with cotton and batting to create the tube you need when making a jelly roll rug? If you have, did it work with ease or was it difficult? I'd love to hear if anyone has thought of this and already tried it and if it worked or not. Thanks in advance.