Looks like you have a good start. Of course all the new gadgets make things easier, but it's amazing what you can do with what you have to work with. I started like Clem55 - cardboard templates and sissors. Oh, the joy of rotary cutters.

I like to keep a good supply of needles (a sharp needle is a wonderful thing!), extra rotary blades and don't forget THREAD. A must have for me is a big cutting mat (24"x36").

May all your Christmas quilting dreams come true.

How about just gift certificates from different quilt shops so I can go and pick my own fabrics, rulers or whatever else I need!

I picked up the neatest stencil yesterday in Camden. It's thread spools , needles, etc and I'm going to use rainbow colors and stencil around my sewing room. I thought the rainbow colors would go better against the light lilac than just a plan color. Now to get dh to fix my fabric shelves for me so I can put my fabric back and get my quilting books in there to.

And they're guaranteed for LIFE; that's what I love about Fiskars - they DO honor their lifetime warranty :)

I know just what I want for christmas!!! I wan one of those pop up irons, man they are nice. Also a 60degree triangle. I would love to make one of those block quilts. Other than that of course MORE fabric!!! LOL HOpe everyone gets what they want. Happy Holidays

I'm not a beginner,but actually have very few things I couldn't do without.

A basic quilting book,rotary cutter & mat,cones of good thread & cone holder.Let me think...seam ripper,basic rulers.That's about it. All the rest is the results of "I want",rather than I need :-)Have a good machine, but any machine that works good is fine for piecing.

So guess I don't need anything.

I have received my secret santa gift, don't know what it is but, do know that is the only gift Santa's bringing this year. Just put my mom in a nursing home for Alz.