luvTooQuilt

Hmmmm.. Heres what I love..

Gingher scissors
Gingher thread snippers
The Quilters Bible
Good Iron
sewing lamp if you don't have enough light
Mary Ellens Best press
Big Teflon Sheet for appliques
replacement rotary blades
rotating cutting mat
Walking foot and 1/4 in foot..
Gift certificates to Joannes & LQS, Hancocks of P, Keepsake Quilting and any other places you would like to shop from

clem55

All the fancy rulers to make all the neat blocks. Oh, and a big cutting mat and lots of blades. pressing mat/ Rotary mat,and an Acucut Go and lots of dies. Not much, huh? I won't get any of it as my family would have no idea what to buy or where. I can hint and hint, and when they start shopping they forget it all. and anything else to make I forgot to kmention. Rightnow I have an old mat, small size,good scissors, two straight edge rulers,rotary cutter, and that is it.

EmsMom

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions so far!!

clem55 -- give them a list with the name of the store, item, etc LOL That is what I am doing. We are struggling right now (dh's job changed which means less money) so I wish quilting wasn't such an expensive hobby :(

EmsMom

welcome! I am a beginner too - have only made one quilt so far (a rag quilt)

EmsMom

LOL I see we use similar terminology "thang, thingy" hehehe

What is a quick quarter? is it a ruler?

clem55

you are so right! I look at the prices and wonder if I really have to have that stuff. I made my first quilts with a yard stick,tape,scissors, and cardboard templates. They turned out pretty good. I was teasing about the family, they are pretty good at getting what I like, but hubby never remembers anything. Of course, he is good at buying pretty jewlery so I can't complain.LOL

oatw13

I make a lot of 12.5" blocks, so I use my 12.5" square ruler all the time to square up the blocks!

For me, I also need a really good, washable ironing board cover! I guess I am hard on them and I can't stand when they are dirty so I wash them a lot and these new ones just don't hold up in the washer! In fact, the last one I almost bought said DO NOT WASH! What??!!

You may want a few seam rippers! They get dull quickly and lost easily!

EmsMom

Sounds good to me Clem!

Thanks oat!

quilting cat

A chopstick does just as well as anything else for corners and stuffing.
Standing across the room and/or taking off your glasses does pretty well at sorting light, medium, and dark, too.

My first gift to a new quilter would be a good basic instruction book.

feline fanatic

I always appreciated Gift Certificates to my favorite LQS. Then I can get what I need or want. My DH loves the convenience of it. This way I can wait until a big sale day to go splurge. Usually end up buying fabric. Only problem with GC is that I end up spending twice as much!