Gloves for FMQ
#31
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Glenmoore, PA
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Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
Originally Posted by PegD
I use just a pair of work gloves that have the grippy on them. You can get them at the dollar store. Alot cheaper than the quilting ones.
#32
Oh I like this idea...there must be a cheap item like this in a department store or a department store. Its just a rubber circle....Love it!
Originally Posted by MaryAnnMc
Forget gloves! This is waaaay better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmMYIDCrZw
#34
iI was at the AQS show last weekend and took a class from Sue Nickels on FMQ . She used the playtex dishwashing gloves one size smaller than you would normaly wear but she doesn't use the whole glove . She cuts the pointer and middle fingers off and just uses them on her fingers. I tried it and it really works well. This way just four of your fingers are covered and you get a really light touch on your quilt for control
#35
I saw on a video once that you can use a piece of that rubber stuff (the ones you can buy for table mats with holes in them) and just cut one the size of your hand. It leaves your hands free without having to take off a glove. I haven't tried that yet but sure looks like a good idea.
#36
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I am thinking that the FMQ on a larger quilt might be easier if I have these grippy gloves..I was told to get Machingers...but they are no longer available via my distributor.
Here are my choices..Grabaroos(they are purple), quilter's Nitrile touch(various colors, look like water proof gardening gloves), Ergonomic Sewgrip gloves(look like surgical gloves), and machine quilting Grip gloves..(look knitted with dots on them)
any ideas, suggestions, HELP...thanks
Here are my choices..Grabaroos(they are purple), quilter's Nitrile touch(various colors, look like water proof gardening gloves), Ergonomic Sewgrip gloves(look like surgical gloves), and machine quilting Grip gloves..(look knitted with dots on them)
any ideas, suggestions, HELP...thanks
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#37
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I am thinking that the FMQ on a larger quilt might be easier if I have these grippy gloves..I was told to get Machingers...but they are no longer available via my distributor.
Here are my choices..Grabaroos(they are purple), quilter's Nitrile touch(various colors, look like water proof gardening gloves), Ergonomic Sewgrip gloves(look like surgical gloves), and machine quilting Grip gloves..(look knitted with dots on them)
any ideas, suggestions, HELP...thanks
Here are my choices..Grabaroos(they are purple), quilter's Nitrile touch(various colors, look like water proof gardening gloves), Ergonomic Sewgrip gloves(look like surgical gloves), and machine quilting Grip gloves..(look knitted with dots on them)
any ideas, suggestions, HELP...thanks
I bought some of the white quilting gloves, and I think that I waited my money! Next time it will be either the gardening gloves!
TreeFrog
#38
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,453
i have the cheap garden gloves with rubber on the hands..work fine. and i would not try to quilt without them.
BUT i detest having to put then on, take them off..when i hve to do something else while sewing..changing thread,bobbin,needle..etc.
they have something new out, or i think it is new..it is a band that wraps around the palm of your hand..was thinking of buying or making something like that..
they are called "Betty Bands"
http://www.keepsakequilting.com/prod...TTY-BANDS-.htm
anyone try these out yet?
BUT i detest having to put then on, take them off..when i hve to do something else while sewing..changing thread,bobbin,needle..etc.
they have something new out, or i think it is new..it is a band that wraps around the palm of your hand..was thinking of buying or making something like that..
they are called "Betty Bands"
http://www.keepsakequilting.com/prod...TTY-BANDS-.htm
anyone try these out yet?
#39
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Org. Texas now Florida
Posts: 847
Use anything with a rubber base. Rubber bands, Erasers, Finger tops .
I've even used the dish washing gloves, you know, the ugly yellow ones.lol
I bought some clear gloves at the dollar store, but they didn't work because they were not really a rubber base. They looked like rubber, but they were more of a plastic, so test it before you buy it.
My hands are not as strong as they were in my younger days. So, I use the rubber base shelf liners. I cut out a 6 inche square, tied a long string to it and tied it to one of my door handles in the kitchen. I use it for opening pickle jars, olive jars etc.
I have some liner left over, think I'll see if I can make some sorta glove.
Syl
I've even used the dish washing gloves, you know, the ugly yellow ones.lol
I bought some clear gloves at the dollar store, but they didn't work because they were not really a rubber base. They looked like rubber, but they were more of a plastic, so test it before you buy it.
My hands are not as strong as they were in my younger days. So, I use the rubber base shelf liners. I cut out a 6 inche square, tied a long string to it and tied it to one of my door handles in the kitchen. I use it for opening pickle jars, olive jars etc.
I have some liner left over, think I'll see if I can make some sorta glove.
Syl
#40
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: N.E. FLA
Posts: 250
I bought gardening gloves at the grocery store that are made of a bamboo light weight knitted fabric and have very tiny rubberized dots on the underside of the fingers. They are great because they are not so bulky.
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