Any products you are reluctant to use - ?
#11
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Location: Yorkville, IL
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Glue and starch. I use best press and magic sizing. I love gadgets, rulers and Books and like PatriceJ I have rulers in the original package. I can't resist when I see someone demo a ruler. I try not to watch! Lol
#16
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Location: Quebec, Canada
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I keep thinking it can be done otherwise as the women of the generations before mine, quilted with very simple means... that's whow I like to do my quilts
#19
i wish i was a bit less reluctant.
i have some rulers still in the shrink wrap. lol
seriously, i won't even consider anything that
-creates extra steps
-requires me to make it wrong and then use the tool to fix it
-that is really just a re-packaged and overpriced something-or-other that i can get at an office supply or hardware store for a fraction of the price
-serves only one purpose (there are some exceptions to that, but very few.)
i have some rulers still in the shrink wrap. lol
seriously, i won't even consider anything that
-creates extra steps
-requires me to make it wrong and then use the tool to fix it
-that is really just a re-packaged and overpriced something-or-other that i can get at an office supply or hardware store for a fraction of the price
-serves only one purpose (there are some exceptions to that, but very few.)
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
Glue when piecing, but I must admit I am a glue-girl with epp. Starch..haven't used since had to stack and iron dh cotton white dress shirts 10 yrs ago! But my weakness in this place is specialty rulers....if it makes something I want to do easier and more accurate, why not....I'm sure those before us would have jumped at the chance, rather than using cardboard or whatever....and I don't think "to make it wrong so that it can be made accurate" is actually what the intention is. I believe it is to cut and construct in simpler fashion, then fine tune it to the accurate size needed for the project, thus eliminating a possible error. Case in point might be Eleanor Burns has several rulers that are used to "trim", and it may be only 1/8" or less, but I would rather take the time to trim that than multiply that figure over the whole project and not have pieces meet the way they should. But that's me and my justification for purchases.
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