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When I was younger,I used the round circle thing and ballons. Now that I have arthritic hands, I'm grateful for needle pullers and pliers.
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Originally Posted by shequilts
I use a pair of small, spring handled, needle nose, pliars.
$3.00 at a flea market. |
Originally Posted by davidwent
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Jan in VA David |
I use a piece from a rubber glove and also carry I small pair of pliers in my quilting basket. I have seen small round disc that you use like the piece of rubber glove.
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they sell them at clotilde.com they are called needle pullers to make it easier on your hand
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I guess I'll be looking for the pliers @ dollar tree. lol
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
When hand quilting, I have never had a problem pulling a needle through where I required any kind of tool other then a little rubber gripper and for that I simply cut a piece of rubber from rubber cleaning gloves.
I have, on the rare occasion, had to use plyers on a tied T-Shirt quilt where I was using embroidery floss and a large embroidery needle. |
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Quickie youtube video...what's the yellow thing? Is it a common handquilting tool? I think it would be UBER helpful for me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oh_g...eature=related :thumbup: |
A needle puller but I don't think I would use one.
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Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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