Drinking wine really does help with quilting!
 

I needed to cut a fabric circle and a 3 inch circle seemed too big to fit in the 5 inch square and the 2 inch seemed too small. What to do, what to do? Hmmmm.... Well looky there!---my wine glass base is exactly the right circle size! I knew I could justify that glass somehow!

And of course you have to drain the glass before you can use it as a template, right? Works for me.

A new quilting tool! I like that. I think I will have some wine now!

LoL.....I just love this board!!

All items should have more than one purpose.

I wish you lived closer to me!!

I think free motion quilting and a glass of wine go very well together as well

Yes, plus a CD with a nice waltz LOL

Your's was the first post I read after having just taken my first sip as I sat down! Needless to say I nearly lost the lot all over the screen lol You've made my day!

I'll second that!!!

lol i think that is a fantastic idea

Bottoms up, LOL

We look at bathroom tiles as design inspiration and common household objects as potential templates--we quilters are full of imagination! :)

I always have at least 1 glass of wine when I FMQ. It helps my lines of stitching flow and keeps my muscles from tightening up!

I knew about using the glass part but never thought of drinking it first. I'd probably sew my fingers to the quilt then not want to cut them out cause I'd wreck the square I was working on. LOL ☺

I need to take one of those quilting tools up to my sewing room. I always use my Tupperware lids for circles. I like your idea better.

Hhhmmm, made me think of an old song. "Bottle of wine, Fruit of the vine......." LOL sorry, gotta go get my glass of wine.!

Great stuff! But I won't ever let myself take the wine glass into the sewing room (at least, when it has wine it it ;)) Just as a precaution .. taking wine spots out of my work is NOT what I want to be doing!

You're just finding this out???

A quilting tool with benefits!!

Need a bigger circle? Get a bigger wine glass :-)

Leah Day even "prescribes" it if you are too tense to flow with the free motion quilting. :-)

Marysewfun

And here I was thinking that you got smashed and ended up making a crazy quilt. Ha Ha.

The real question is, "Red or White?"

Shot glasses are great for creating smaller circles,holding smaller quilting toys,etc. They don't work well,until after " fully tested".

As long as it's white wine, it doesn't stain lol, red can be a bit dodgy, don't ask about the pink blotch/stain on the cream background of my lovely christmas Wall Hanging, white wine only in sewing room in future.

I'll drink to that!

And THAT's why we drink...
You people are funny.

Well heavens to Betsy .. I finally have an excuse errr reason to have wine LOL with my sewing !!
But honey I need the base to make circles <GRIN> .. LOL


Caution Do not operate heavy machinery when in that mode !LOL

I completely agree! Besides sewing, my husband and I have two acres of grapevines, so we make a little wine. I find wine breaks often make the free motion quilting go smoother. I do not take the wine into the sewing room, having had to get stains out once, but it is a required sewing notion.

Right! If you drink plenty, you don't really care if your seams are off. lol

What a smart thinker and I can't agree more that drinking wine helps with quilting ;-)

I like your thinking - quilters find their tools in the most unusual places, and of course you have to drink the wine first so that nothing gets onto the quilt. Great idea.

LOL! Great use of resources....

I totally agree !!! CHEERS to everyone !!!

Great idea - must buy wine glasses - and wine bottles as the bottom of them would give me another size option - and must first drink the wine as wouldn't want it spilling all over the fabric.

Okay, I have a plan!

Just what is needed in this cold weather.

After reading this thread, I think I will have some wine:) Seems red is my favorite color, might as well start there!

Beer don't hurt either!

I am joining you with a whiskey sour glass lol. Especially if you are making a rag quilt. Sew a few sip a few.