Great idea! Is it sad how many of us have these and DON'T use them for exercising? :D

Thanks for the info-good stuff!

Thanks for sharing!

I would never be able to use these unless they were connected to my hands. I make large loops and circles and cover a lot of ground with each go around. I would be sewing through the elastic bands on every turn LOL !

I finally found my foot control permanently! I put a pillow unto the floor behind it against the wall, and the control doesn't go anywhere. If my machine were in the middle of the room, maybe the pillow would slip, too, but I think it would hold better than nothing.

I've got some and just learning to FMQ. Thanks for the tip!

G R E A T IDEA!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your discovery!

LOVE THIS THREAD! Maybe sew a section of it into a short tube shape so you can slip your fingers or hands in and out easily? I can't wait to try this. I'd be more tempted to leave the bands long, and take a stretch break every so often to keep from getting stiff.

Better than the real way, huh?

Great idea!!

I hope you will submit that idea to the quilting magazines - I know they pay some $$ for new tips, and this is a wonderful tip! Thank you!

Alison

Love it, me too

I always wondered what I was supposed to be doing with those bands! How nice of the PT people to support my quilting hobby that way!;)

I like thaat idea. Thanks.

Thanks soooo much for sharing! We get sooo many great tips from fellow quilters & sewers. Love this site!!!

Hubby and I used to own a print shop and we used glycerin - as dab on our fingers for collating (sorting stuff) - and one of the girls noticed a great improvement in her fingernails and hands. :-)

Also - - - thinking that with just a little chirp from anyone and all of the creative juices that start flowing in our brains about better ways to do things - - - love this Board!!

Marysewfun

Thanks for the info. I'm going to give it a try.

Quilt police labelling. For a show I would put the labelling in the bottom left it helps quilt angels, stewards to give information about your quilt to visitors. My own and friends quilts are labelled in all kinds of places. Free motion writing in one section of the quilt, labelling on the binding especially on table runners or table clothes, on bags somewhere easy to see but not too obvious usually on side.

That's brilliant :)
I think I'm going to look in to getting some elastic bands - or that rubbery shelf paper - and give it a go.