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    Old 09-29-2010, 02:03 PM
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    Are you sure it is a quilting tool? It looks like 1/2 of an old can opener??
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    It's a tracing wheel for tracing seams and darts with tracing paper...used in sewing
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    It's for marking fabric - used with colored carbon type paper. Before the days of chalk marking.
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    It is a tracing wheel to be used with tracing paper when cutting out a pattern and transfer the markings. You usually use it when making garments. I've never had a need for it with quilting.
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    You can use this tool over graphite paper for markings on fabric from patterns - I used this when I would sew clothes -- marking darts and pleats.
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    It is used to transfer markings from tissue paper patterns to fabric. Example would be darts in blouses. You use it with tracing paper.
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    Originally Posted by Mimi Baby Yow
    It's a tracing wheel for tracing seams and darts with tracing paper...used in sewing

    yeppers! if you have a sewing room, hang it up/display it!
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    It is a tracing wheel used for sewing and marking seams.

    Here is a similar one: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd10308
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    It.s a dressmaking tool! Tracing wheel used to transfer pattern markings to fabric!!
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