Quilting Gadgets
01-24-2016, 01:36 PM
#62
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Location: British Columbia
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My favourite, most-used gadget just broke recently. "That Purple Thang" If it wasn't so inexpensive, I'd have a new one by now, but don't want to pay as much in postage as for the item. None of the shops I checked out carried it, so need to purchase online.
01-25-2016, 06:44 PM
#63
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Originally Posted by pocoellie
I almost forgot my snips that I get from this company:http://www.mygoodscissors.com/ThreadNippers.htm #6204, haven't used a seam ripper since I "discovered" them about 10 years ago.
03-13-2016, 08:17 AM
#65
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Richmond, VA.
Posts: 348
My go to, most favorite tools which are must haves for me are my Tucker Trimmer ruler, 6x24 ruler, magic wand(the ruler to mark 1/4" on either side to make half square triangles), my olfa rotary cutter and map. I'm a gadget girl so I'm a sucker, but I use those items every day.
03-13-2016, 11:39 AM
#66
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
Posts: 1,497
These are our favorites...
Tru Cut rulers and Rotary Cutter by Grace Co for cutting strips
Tru Cut rotary blade sharpener
Stilleto
Clover Patchwork Pins Fine... Glass heads, very fine, can be stitched over but I rarely do.
Deb Tucker rulers...Love them all.
Tru Cut rulers and Rotary Cutter by Grace Co for cutting strips
Tru Cut rotary blade sharpener
Stilleto
Clover Patchwork Pins Fine... Glass heads, very fine, can be stitched over but I rarely do.
Deb Tucker rulers...Love them all.
03-13-2016, 05:27 PM
#67
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boothbay Maine
Posts: 9,518
Originally Posted by b.zang
My favourite, most-used gadget just broke recently. "That Purple Thang" If it wasn't so inexpensive, I'd have a new one by now, but don't want to pay as much in postage as for the item. None of the shops I checked out carried it, so need to purchase online.
03-13-2016, 08:12 PM
#68
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Long Island
Posts: 24,820
i've been quilting for hundreds of years, and my only gadgets are my cutter, mat and some basic rulers. I McGuyver it the rest of the way. I'm to cheap to spend money on gadgets. Oh, and my original brooklny Revolver.
and a shout out to Brooklyn Revolver people. Got the original one years ago. I went to a show and complained that the mat slid off the revolver part. glue was gumming everything up. I went back the next day, and they gave me a brand new one. Amazing, great customer service.
and a shout out to Brooklyn Revolver people. Got the original one years ago. I went to a show and complained that the mat slid off the revolver part. glue was gumming everything up. I went back the next day, and they gave me a brand new one. Amazing, great customer service.
03-13-2016, 10:20 PM
#69
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: In God's Kingdom in Tennessee
Posts: 12,725
I have to have my seam ripper, my quarter in ruler, my stiletto, my rotary cutter, and the rest is standard. I have several rulers I use, but lately I have my paper piecing book, and the cd is invaluable with it. I don't know what I would do without my printer. If I have to though a needle and fabric will get me through. I think I could even paper piece if I had too now with only that.
03-14-2016, 03:55 AM
#70
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 599
My quilting life literally changed for the better when I got these two items:
1. LED light strip for my sewing machine... what a difference it makes!
2. Tiltable table to angle my machine forward.... no more neck pain!
1. LED light strip for my sewing machine... what a difference it makes!
2. Tiltable table to angle my machine forward.... no more neck pain!
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