I have heard of using the sponges. Glad to hear it works.

Where I got the original idea the person who posted it said to sew elastic on each one to fit your hand comfortably. Works great!

I may have to check this out...Sounds easy enough.

Thanks for finding that posting, Alyce. I'm going to try it tomorrow, as soon as I can get them. And MaryAnnMc, thank you for getting this thread going. I love this idea!

Leslie

Thanks for the tip!

I have never seen this tip before. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for sharing.

That's a tip I'm happy you shared. I'll be picking up new sponges the next time I'm out.

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I've not tried these yet, but somewhere on QB someone mentioned having some sort of elastic strap that they attached to the sponges to slip their hands through so that they didn't have to keep picking up the sponges. I have a cheap pair of quilting gloves from Fons and Porter that I use when I've got big quilt pieces to push through the machine.