Have any of you seen the wooden mallets that they are selling to hit your joining points with. I saw them a a quilt show. No I didn't get sucked in. They were $10 and I thought DH might have a better idea. It seemed to work for the people demonstrating it, but I still was in doubt. DH said to go to Lowe's and buy a white rubber mallet and it would work for this purpose. I looked at Lowe's and they were out of them, but only $4.97.

lol, at hammering out a quilt ;-)

i thought the ads i saw for quilt hammers were jokes.

were people actually buying them?

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I thought it was so funny! I went in and got my "meat pounder" out of the kitchen. I didn't think it made a heck of a lotta difference!

OMG! What on earth would a hammer do for a quilt? LOl and $10? Is this real?

If I see one more new gadget I'm gonna scream!!!!!! lol
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I have seen them...dear hubby bought me a rubber mallet for 3.00..works the same. It does work, turn over your quilt and pound the intersecting seams. They will lay flater. I do it all the time.
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I like Eleanor Burns' method: put your index finger on the spot, push down and do a twistsy-turn motion with your finger. She say's to push it into submission. :D

That sounds like her. Isn't she just the best.

LOL! She is something else and although she likes to show how to use some of the new gadgets I don't get the idea that we she wants us to belive "can't live without this new (fill in the blank)"

yep, i bought a wooden roller to press my seams right by my machine. almost same thing as a cheap wall paper seam roller.but mine cost more. i love it anyway.

Those pesky seams can be a problem when doing quilting. The mallet is a good idea but not at $10.00.

For those that sew clothes a mallet is a common thing to use. Very effective on wool and denim and other thick and stubborn fabrics.

I have done a lot of stars and other things with points, I haven't ever needed a hammer for the seams. Seriously, I have never heard of this. Where, how, why would you use a hammer? or other poinding device?

I thought when I read this that it was for hitting their body joints. hehehehe boy is my face red. now I like having my dd or my hubby hit my back hard with their hands or fists but I thought a mallet. wow that could do real damage. then I realized that it was for the seams on their quilts. hehe. I will have to try that some time. much like eleanor burns, says but you are beating it into submission hehe,

Just another useless tool someone came up with to get our hard earned money, like Fons and Porter. Most of their stuff is over priced and useless. Quilters have made do with so much less than we have today. Ask your self the next time you see one of these gadgets, do I really need this? And is this something I will use? Do I already have something that will work as well or better???

Now I've got a use for the pretty floral painted little hammer that I bought at a tool outlet store in Branson years ago! I paid $3 for it but it's so pretty I'm afraid to hit anything very hard with it. Pounding on fabric seams should be fairly safe for the paint--probably not safe for my fingers, though!

Yup, those of us who sew jeans use a mallet to bang the heck out seams...stress relief! LOL...

Gosh, am ALWAYS learning something new on this Board! Who would have thought?...

my aim is so lousy a hammer wouldn't do me any good. everything would be flat except the points and intersections. :lol:

I have some in my bits and bobs - never thought to use it quilting - I used them when i sewed winter coats and jackets. Out they come! I have them on display as mine are probably antiques - they were my grandmothers. All sizes and shapes. Lucky I didn't glue them to the frames!

Well as I have been saying learn something new everyday here!

I have never seen the hammer, but it sounds like a good idea. Not quite sure I would spend $10 on it though

Oh My Goodness! I can't IMAGINE what my husband would say if he walked in and saw me with a big hammer pounding on a quilt! LOL He might ask me how much wine or tequila I've been drinking. ROFL! :D

I own a nifty little wooden mallet from yesteryear from my leathercrafting phase that would work nicely, but I have no idea where it is. I have a couple of little rollers from past (& future?) wallpapering days, so I'm all set if I decide to roll or pound bulky seams.

I, like some of you thought this was funny but now I actually think this is a pretty good idea. I do learn alot from this board!

Wouldn't pounding on the seams like that wreck the threads and maybe weaken the seam? I think it is really stupid and rather find other ways to deal with it. It would be better to starch the seam and put a 10 pound weight on it instead until it is dry.

You don't pound it like you're putting a nail in a 2x4. More like your putting a tack in a firring strip.

I guess there's always something new out there - the hamnmer is a new one for me. Thanks for letting us know what we're missing.

Cover your tendering mallet from the kitchen w batting & a rubber band? I just cleaned on the kitchen junk drawer & found 3 of these.

i think "stupid" is a bit too strong a word. i will confess that i'd feel awfully silly assaulting my quilts with a hammer or mallet. but, i don't think i'd feel any sillier than i did when, on a training mission while in the Army, we were told to aim our unloaded weapons and go "bang! bang-bang! brrrrrrrrrrrrow!" because they'd run out of blanks for us to use. now that was stupid! (and a true story - cross my heart.) :XD:

i guess i will have to try it sometime. otherwise the curiosity will drive me crazier. :lol:

I saw someone (can't remember who) on TV doing this on a quilting show. It is supposed to "knock" down the seam where several connect so it lays flatter for quilting. They steamed it then pounded it. I thought it was a bit extreme myself, but what ever suits the quilter I guess.

Well this is a quilting board and talking about quilting not guns. If you want to beat your seams that is your choice. :roll:

tailors use them for pressing seams in wool.
just helps keep the seam flat especially in multiple seams.

I worked for a tailer and also sewed in a factory and we didn't use mallots at all but used steam pressers to flatten the seams. They used it on all types of fabric like heavy wool, fur, denum and even swade.

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I have seen this demonstrated at quilt shows. It seems to work, although I did not buy one. Imaging taking your frustrations out on seams that will NOT lay flat! Maybe that's why I want to try flower pounding!

Sometimes I want to take a hammer to my quilt.....or my sewing machine.....or my computer, but I try to control those urges. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I use a Tailor's Press. I really makes a difference in flat seams. The hammer does work on bulky seams if they are fanned out first. Any hammer will work to flatten but a wood hammer is best and you use it after pressing the seam hot so the wood absorbs the heat super fast and sets the seam. The pricey wood hammers are made from wood that that is used to make the Tailor's Press. It's not just a gimmick, there is a reason.