Make do tools
07-28-2010, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ksea
What a wonderful thread, I was just reading some of it to my DH and he said I had better stay out of his garage, but he offered to take me to Home Depot or the Bass Pro Shop, imagine that!!
07-28-2010, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Originally Posted by blueeyez
I found a magnetic bowl in the tool dept. that i use for my pins. Cheaper than the ones in the fabric stores.
I like using other tools but I have found most tools made for quilting actually do the job I want them to do much better.
07-28-2010, 06:57 PM
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My friend's husband borrowed her tools. When she found them all dirty and grimy, she was mad. To solve this, she put them all in the dishwasher, added soap, and then they looked brand new again. I must tell her to paint the handles pink! To add to this thread, I have always used a halfmoon piece of foam, with added glue strip on the bottom, aside my sewing machine to stick my large needles, my ripper with a lost top, maybe a small screwdriver, anything that I needed close to my machine. The floral thing comes from a florist and it has the glue strip on it, probably can be found now at the hobby shops. Love this thread!!
07-28-2010, 07:10 PM
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I've also notice a lot of you talk about stretching your quilts out on the floor to sandwich them together. So I thought I'd let you know how I do it. I bought 2 of the cardboard fold up cutting mats years ago at one of the fabric stores. They measure 72" by 36". I place them side by side across my king size bed and use extra long straight pins to keep them from moving around. Then I can stretch the backing across them using straight pins stuck through the cardboard and into the bedding. I do the same with the batting and top. Then I can use safety pin to baste with. Once they are all together like this I just remove all the straight pins and roll up my sandwich until I'm ready to quilt it. I have done some really large quilts this way by basting what I could then moving it around to do what hung over the sides.
07-28-2010, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LAQUITA
Great suggestios! Besides I would imagine that that MIGHT be some cheaper than being labeled 'QUILT" tools.:)
THANKS for sharing.
LaQuita
THANKS for sharing.
LaQuita
I knew what his reaction was going to be.
He laughed and said "you can buy those for $2 at the ___ Tool Store".
07-28-2010, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by seasaw2mch
Originally Posted by ksea
What a wonderful thread, I was just reading some of it to my DH and he said I had better stay out of his garage, but he offered to take me to Home Depot or the Bass Pro Shop, imagine that!!
07-28-2010, 07:38 PM
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We going on trips to Harbor Freight. Last trip picked up a magnetic bowl, meant for nuts and bolts, works perfectly for pins. And a velcro wrist magnet, meant to hold screws and stuff while you are working on something, i use for pins when i am stitching and dont want to pay attention to where i put the pin down as I pull them. The bowl was 1.99 and the wrist thingy was 99 cents.
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