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Old 09-07-2011, 01:46 PM
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What are your favorite Notions to use with your projects? Rotary cutter, rulers, mats, needle threaders, etc. Would love to know about the many notions in use.
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i use the follow that you mentioned

Rotary cutter, rulers, mats

and to this i would add

a seam ripper and crane scissors


everything else i can do without
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Seems like it is always the seam ripper I am going to!!
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Old 09-07-2011, 01:57 PM
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I like olfa cutters with the green cutting mats.I use Omnigrid rulers,Add a 1/4 inch ruler,Coats&Clark thread.I'm getting tired of that thread.But for a long time that's all you could get.Same oh same oh.
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scissors, seam ripper. tape measure
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adding to the list clover needle threader, Fons & Porter stilleto and good Gingers snips.
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June Tailor paper for paper piecing that disolves in water. I also love the Harbor Freight rotary blades for $1.00 each. It isn't really a notion, but I love Pandora.com on my laptop for non-stop music when I quilt.
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thread snips- I have 3 or 4 of them scattered all over.
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I use most of the ones mentioned and Clover leather thimble, Roxanne 11 hand quilting needles.
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Coming from an industrial sewing environment, I would eliminate seam rippers and include a few pairs of "snips" or "nips". I use blue painters tape wrapped around my rulers so that I don't have to buy multiple sizes. I buy my rotary cutter blades at Harbor Freight when they are on sale. 10 or so years ago I bought a manual blade sharpener for around $15.00. It has more than paid for itself. I would not hesitate to buy this as a gift for a quilting friend. I own a pair of Ginghers, but my Fiskars cut better. I owned at one time a Rowenta Iron that I spent over $100.00 for, but I love my Sunbeam yard sale find that I got for two or three clams. This might sound crazy, but there is nothing that I own that can not be replaced. (Unless it will come over and wash the dishes.)
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