Eddie

I have a pair (not sure of the brand) but they're white with the grippy dots all over the palm side of them. They make a HUGE difference, in my opinion, in being able to control the quilt while quilting it. It makes it so much easier.

k3n

I have the Machingers and I love them! I thought of getting cheaper gardening gloves but a more experienced friend talked me out of it and I'm glad she did - the Machingers are so light that I can even rethread the needle while wearing them. I'd highly recommend them. :D

mimee4

I, too, use gardening gloves and find they work very well. But then I never tried the high end gloves.

Dancing Needle

I have the Fons and Porter gloves I got at JoAnn's with a coupon, so not too expensive. I think they make all the difference in the world when machine quilting.

sewsewquilter

I also use a pair of exfoiliating gloves. They work well. My hands do not get hot in them. I have heard people complan that their hands get hot in the quilting gloves. Now if I can just get the foot/speed/hand corridination to work. :lol:

k3n

Yes, I'd buy any glove going if it would help me with THAT! :wink: :lol:

I must say my hands don't get hot - the Machingers are 100 percent cotton. :D But I've never tried anything else so can't give a comparison.

weezie

Thanks, all! I have a pair of lightweight gardening gloves to use, but too wide and too short for my long skinny hands so they do not work well. I live within zipping distance to Joann's store, so this a.m. I zipped there. They had med. and lg. Fons & Porter gloves only. Because they were in sealed packs, I bought a pair of each size. The lg. fit o.k. so I will take the unopened med. back and get my money back on my next visit there. (Of course, I should have tried them on before I left Joann's parking lot, but that didn't occur to me until I got home!) HOWEVER, yesterday when I was doing my on-line research, Machingers got a 5-star rating and Fons & Porter gloves a 2.5-star rating; I will see how I like these F&P and meanwhile, keep a watchful eye for a good deal on Machingers. With the Joann's 50% coupon I had, I could have gotten the Machingers for $4.00 on line, but then had to pay nearly $6.00 in s&h, plus sales tax, plus wait several days for them to get here. I'm working on a quilt for a small boy who has chronic health problems and I need to get it finished and sent to him so I wanted the gloves NOW. It is a positively gorgeous quilt, if I do say so myself, and I don't want to ruin it with crappy looking FMQ.

Again, thank you all for your responses.

weezie

P.S. Please point me in the right direction to find exfoliating gloves. They sound most interesting, but since I am the world's worst shopper, it's a struggle to find anything I want. I can manage to find things such as milk, eggs, fruit and veggies, but if it's something I don't use on a regular basis, I'm in trouble!

dunster

Duh, I meant to say that I bought them at Fabric Depot, in Portland, when they were having an in-store sale. They have them on the web site too.
http://fabricdepot.com/index.php?pag...ing=machingers
When you check out is when the discount brings it down to $6.15.

littlehud

I use the Fons and Porters gloves. They make a huge difference. If for some reason I can't find them (like the cat dragged them away and hid them :D :D ) I have a couple pair of nubby gardening glove I keep in my sewing desk to use in a pinch. They work OK too.