Surgical clamps for grabbing a stubborn hand quilting needle. Good also for tying too-short threads.
I use an old letter-holder for my rulers. I purchased 5-power loupes from a gem shop that fit on the head for really close-up work. A Rubbermaid storage container for my travelling sewing kit. A rolling file caddy from Office Max for hauling my sewing machine to my weekly quilt group. I snagged one of several of DH's zippered bags he got when renewing his golf mag subscription to carry my iron and small projects to quilt groups. A beautiful antique wooden knitting needle to push out points. Fuzzy pipe cleaners to remove the lint from my machine's bobbin area. In my new sewing room that I'll have soon, I will have a beautiful 30" deep L-shaped computer desk for my sewing table. An 18-pound purr-baby to hold down those pesky flyaway blocks! Hair clips for holding binding. A cut-and-reshaped wire clothes hanger for my hand quilting pattern stencils. A three-panel screen-room divider that will be covered in flannel for my design wall. Two six-foot-tall steel racks that hold my stash in plastic bins, 4 to a shelf. A large fishing tackle box for quilting items. |
Originally Posted by olebat
Originally Posted by QuiltE
What a great idea ... I can never squint my eyes right to look thru those ruby beholders and make sense.
Where, pray tell, does one buy such quilt-fashionista eyeglasses? :) |
Originally Posted by karenpatrick
I use an empty paper towel roll to roll my binding on and I slip it over a metal clothes hanger that i have cut the bottom part of and slip the paper towel roll over it and hang it on the wall behind my sewing machine to unroll my binding as I sew. You can buy such things but mine was FREE.
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by olebat
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Where, pray tell, does one buy such quilt-fashionista
eyeglasses? :) |
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Originally Posted by catmcclure
I converted a wooden papertowel holder for large spools of thread. I drilled small holes in the base and put in two more dowels and put some eyelet lag screws in the top for thread guides. It can hold 3 large thread cones.
I also use a spoon to close safety pins but never thought of using it to finger press ! Thanks for that tip! |
From the Bass Pro Shop some kind of notebook zipper bag that they call a WORM BAG. Its has plastic bags that I put my sewing project that I'm working on. It has room for the fabrics that I'm using, finished blocks that I've already done, and all my thread and tools. Great for when you go to retreat and keeping your project all together. Only thing its not big enough to carry a pattern book, but you can put your individual single pattern in it.
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I would like more info on the foam in the foot peddal for speed cotrol ? Please sounds intersesting.
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Originally Posted by Steady Stiching
I use a heel sander from the dollar store to pick up frogged stitches, a bamboo scure (just realized I dont know how to spell squre *shisk kabob stick) (blush) as my stilus.
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Well, guess I won't be getting them, being that I'm not in the USA, at JoAnn's ... though I'll be watching to see if any show up in the stores here.
This is a GREAT tips & tricks thread!!! |
Originally Posted by sushi
I position grocery bags on the floor at every point where I think I'll want to discard stuff. For example, one sits on the left side of my sewing machine and another sits on the right. I have 4 positioned at different spots around my cutting table. So handy!
I know Eleanore Burns throws her scraps over her shoulder, but I don't have the staff she does :-) I use cardboard from cereal boxes to make patterns for applique |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by olebat
Originally Posted by QuiltE
What a great idea ... I can never squint my eyes right to look thru those ruby beholders and make sense.
Where, pray tell, does one buy such quilt-fashionista eyeglasses? :) |
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