This is my current favourite :)
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I am sorry to say everthing in my sewing room!

:o The link isn't what I had intended - 2nd time lucky!

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Parchment is non-stick and won't burn. It's fabulous when you're using fusible web because the fusible won't stick to it. It's cheap and available at any grocery store. I'll put a piece of it on my ironing board, then put my applique shapes on that, then another piece of parchment on top. The parchment sandwich will protect both my iron and the board from fusible web goofs. Parchment is the same paper backing that fusible web comes on when you purchase it.

Freezer paper (also cheap and available at grocery stores) is great because you can draw on one side, and the other side will stick to fabric when you iron it. I use it for applique shapes and patterns. I actually use it for garment sewing also; I draw or trace the pattern pieces onto freezer paper, iron it to the fabric, then cut. No pinning necessary. If I'm out of heat-resistant template plastic, I can make a template by gluing 2 pieces of freezer paper (shiny side out) to some cardstock, cutting it in the desired shape, and now I have a template I can use for pressing the seam allowances under on my appliques.

Knitette,


I need one of those. I had the F&P one that held a seam ripper upright but that was an accident waiting to happen in my sewing room.

I have larger roll of freezer paper and two rolls of parchment paper in my sewing room. You can iron two pieces of freezer paper together (wax side) and have a great pressing sheet and be any size you need. It holds up to starch and steam.

I'm lucky - the thread cutter on my sewing machine is situated perfectly for cutting chain-pieced sections apart.
My friend Cindi has a cool one she found somewhere that is small and sticks to a surface. I think she stuck it to the edge of a worktable. It's about the size of a nickel.

Among my favorites

extendable magnet-------picks up pins and such
magnetic pin holder-----I just aim pins toward it and it sucks them in
rag quilt snipper--------in addition to snipping fabric, they are just plain handy to use since they "open" themselves and saves some energy (got stiff hands!)
AND my ever present seam ripper.

This is my favorite tool, also!! I absolutely can't live without it. I've had it a few years and have given my best friend on The Quilting Board one and she loves it, also.

My best hing isn't a tool exactly but is all the wonderful friends I have made.
Books books patterns patterns.
I love small needles for hand sewing. Sharp pointed scissors.
The joy of being creative.
Sorry but I love trying different sewing machines tools etc I'm a gadget fiend.