Reducing glass for quilting
 

I bought a reducing glass to use with my watercolor paintings. I didn't realize when I bought it how much I would enjoy using it with my quilting. It lets you visualize your blocks as you would see them from a distance. It is a wonderful tool to use with block placement. Check it out here. :thumbup:

It also allows you to catch many errors up on the design board before sewing (and after), especially on large quilts.

The eyes can't take in a queen size quilt with multi-patched blocks in one take......they're darting all over.
When it's reduced to a much smaller image, it's easier to see if something is out of whack.

A camera or a peephole can also be used if you don't have or want to buy the specific tool.

I think it's one of the most useful notions in my sewing room - it prevents a LOT of potential grief.

I picked one up after using it in a class, seeing an entire quilt at a distance is so helpful!!!! I use mine all the time.

I agree, they are very helpful! I use a door peephole I picked up at the hardware store, think I paid all of a buck-fifty for it.

I have this glass and my DGD loved looking through it when she was always in my sewing room. She took it to Show and Tell. She took a lot of my sewing tools to Show and Tell! She used my tube turners for a middle school science project one year. She got a B. Her teacher had never seen such a tool! Great idea when it's the night before it's due. LOL. I like the peephole to view my quilt.

I have one and wouldn't do without. It was a freebie when I purchased mosaic software. It's very useful to me as my sewing room is quite small - I can view the quilt on the board instead of having to take it outside.

looking through binoculars backwards does good in a pinch too!

I've heard of using both a peep hole and binoculars. Funny, I was just thinking about this very thing yesterday.