What new notion or sewing tool is on your Christmas wish list?
 

I need ideas for my wish list. My kids and DH shop for me off my wish list. I never know which one I will get. I usually put several Go dies to choose from because they are easy to order. We limit our gifts to one each to the kids and grands and to DH and myself. Of course I give 'extra' surprise gifts during the year but keep to the one gift rule for Christmas.

I can always use fresh rotatory blades and a gift certificate to my favorite quilt store. That way, if I need something during the year, it is fun to go because it is a free shop day. I got the westalee rulers and new foot last year too tartan!

I think it would be fun to get a specialty ruler class paid for at the quilt shop too. There is nothing like learning from a pro to get you started using a foot or ruler.

Oh! I have been thinking of getting one of those light kits that attach to your machine to make winter sewing a little easier.

I'm not sure if they do this, but does Craftsy do gift certificates for classes? That might be an option.
A ruler foot and ruler starter kit.
LED light strip for your machine.

Watson

The Block-Loc rulers look like they might be useful/helpful.

What I would really like would be an assistant to help me go through my stuff and make what I don't care about go away. (Oh - that's supposed to be *me*????)

I've requested one of those vintage pop bottle sprinklers like my mom used to use for ironing. One with a metal sprinkling head; not plastic.

I remember those. We also had a "big" pop bottle that was quite the prize way back then.

Soda/pop was a rare treat when I was growing up. Kool-Aid and Watkins beverage flavors were what we had for "special" drinks.

Yep. Those sprinklers were great. Seems that I saw some in a magazine. I'll keep an eye out for them.

I'm going to Branson Mo after Thanksgiving to take the grands to Polar Express and Dixie Christmas Stampede. Visiting the quilt shop there, Quilts Quilts Fabric Shop is my Christmas gift. That shop is awesome. I like it better then Keepsakes Quilting Shop in NH (it's awesome too though) I plan several hours there to browse and shop for a quilting room gift for me.

Electric Quilt 8! :D

New “no slip”quilting ruler is on order at quilt shop, since they sold all they had. It’s “to me, from me” gift so I await arrival any day.

Ruler foot and start up rulers as soon as the 301 foot is released. I'm intrigued by ruler work, but I want it for my favorite quilter, the Singer 301.

I want one of these, too, though I might need three - one for every room with too much fabric.

Well I've been waiting and watching on a sale for one die I "thought" I needed.

Re-checked my inventory list and I already bought it last November. Yikes!

Time to find something else. More fun! LOL!

Craftsy doesn’t do gift certificates, which astounds me. Makes absolutely no sense.

Me, too!!!

We had those! The heads were always dented LOL! Just plain water in it. no steam irons... I think we might have had a second one that had starch.. that was a long time ago

Rob

Not really a notion - but I've been drooling over the Scan N Cut for some time. Friday we were picking up some stuff at the Sewing Machine place and I pointed it out to DH and said that is what I want for Christmas. Well, he didn't want the bother of coming back to pick one up, so it came home with us. I'm not going to wait until Christmas to use it though.

I put an old featherweight on my list. Of course, the rest of the items are in the $20 range. But that is the only sewing thing on my list.
Mike

you can give craftsy classes. there is a promo right now that give 3 and get one free. it says pick a class, hit button gift this class. the recipient can exchange for a different class if they like.

I'd like my own wife, so SHE could do the cooking, cleaning, laundry, chauffeuring, grocery shopping, etc. instead of me. I told my husband this and he got a sparkle in his eye and a smile on his face. I told him NO WAY, she was gonna be MY wife and I was NOT going to share! :D

My idea exactly. Or perhaps a gift certificate to a LA quilter so at least one would get done..binding is no problem; I love binding. Also loved hemming garments.

I put on my list for a set of sew mach feet, one of those big sets...

Wool batting, more fabric and a pattern or two. I have my eye on A Place for Everything.

Fabric ,cotton thread and lots of batting. So I don't have to run out every time I have a new project. Can always stuff more into my closets!:thumbup:

xmas gift
 

I want a set of BlocLoc Rulers. I know they are a more expensive quilting tool so this would be a wonderful surprise under the tree. The girls in our quilt group have them and they help so much with keeping the ruler straight. I hope santa hears me.

I have nothing on my list; primarily because I just purchase what I want or need. My sewing room is very well stocked. I could use a larger room, but that just is not possible at this time. So, I guess the only thing I need is: patience.

An acrylic extension table for my old PC420PRW. My new one is sunk in a table which is great! But my old one stopped feeding fabric and would have cost more to repair than a new one. So I took out the feed dogs and part of the auto thread cutter that had also become a problem and now it does a great job at FMQ. It’s way lighter than my main quilter and as a bonus I can use the zigzag and some of the programmed pattern stitches to FMQ! So it’d be great for taking to group sew days when I just want to FMQ.

Rob

I'd like a 3 day quilt retreat and the dishes done and house in order when I get back home from it.

I've been drooling over the Scan N Cut too! Once you've had a chance to use it please let us know how you like it. Especially if you use it for cutting quilt block pieces!

A Creative Grids Pineapple block ruler. Only it's no longer on my list because it was just delivered yesterday!

Does anyone have any experience or comment on the scan n cut. I was thinking it would be lovely to use when cutting out wool applique projects

I have a scan n cut for while now. I really like it for cutting for applique, but it is not really functional for normal piecing. I took a class that showed us how to use it, but it didn’t make sense. There are costly consumables such as the mat and blade that would need replacing a few times on a large quilt.

The machine does a lot of great things such as scan the fabric so you can fussy cut.

Hope this helps.

I have found Terial Magic is extremely helpful for applique. It’s similar to starch, but makes the fabric stiff as paper. I have only used it on cotton.

This is me, too. We're planning on moving some time next year too, so we're trying to do a "thingless" Christmas this year, or close to it. The gift I want is the gift of not having to sort and pack more things!

Plus, we had a terrible wildfire come through my city and destroy thousands of homes - I don't feel right buying a lot of unnecessary "stuff" this year. I'm telling people that what I want this year is for them to donate whatever they'd have spent on me to the local fire relief fund. I really don't need anything, and there are thousands of families here that need everything.

I'm still buying gifts for others, in fact making a concentrated effort to buy local to help support the local economy, but for me...I'll have nothing, please! "Nothing" is really easy to pack, will look great in the next house, and is just my size! :D

I bought the Accuquilt Studio 2 this year, so I consider myself well-gifted for 2017. I have a couple of dies on my wish list, but I buy what and do not wait for holidays. Your question made me realize what an incredibly blessed person I am to NOT need anything.

Check with Craftsy. I don’t know about the “new” Craftsy but as far as I know, they are not changing much. In the past, you could purchase a class for a friend. Perhaps you still can. Not exactly a “gift certificate” but same results.

One of my favorite sewing notions is these wonderful Rip Tweezers. http://store.quiltworx.com/product-p/riptweezer.htm

When my friend recommended them highly, I thought why do I need tweezers and a ripper on the same unit? Well, you don't rip but once or twice and you appreciate these so much. That little piece of thread you can't catch with your fingernails is no problem for the tweezer part. The ripping part is a fine small ripper and will rip even tiny stitches. The only thing they could do to improve these is to add a light. I will tell you, you cannot use either end as a crowbar....they do break.

Fons and Porter Quarter Inch Rulers

Bear, I hear you on needing a helper to sort and toss. I have a date with a cousin who does not sew, nor pull punches. She is going to help me purge the basement which has sewing related stuff in all 4 rooms.

Don't worry I will not toss in the garbage, I will donate the excess.

Her time is the best sewing gift I could receive.