Useless Quiling Gadgets & Other Boondoggles
04-05-2013, 06:55 PM
#101
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Originally Posted by QuiltingHaven
I LOVE my sidewinder bobbin winder. I can sit and load up bunches of bobbins and when I am sewing, I don't have to stop and un-thread the machine and go through the filling of the bobbin on the machine.
04-05-2013, 06:59 PM
#102
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Originally Posted by IBQUILTIN
A plastic cone holder. It falls over every time you try to use it. Now I have a homemade one out of a plant saucer and welding rod that hubby made for me. It even has a spindle for filled bobbins. I love it.
04-05-2013, 08:43 PM
#105
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I stand corrected on condeming the Dritz brand just because the Dritz items I used were inferior. Thanks for reminding us that it is judge an entire bag of apples by one bad apple in there.
As for the spinning cutting mat, I have never used it...just sitting there reminding me of how I just thought I had to have it because it would make my cutting jobs so much easier. Ha! My big old cutting mat & rotary cutter on my dining room table allows me to move around to all sides to get cut whatever angle I need to cut. I have kicked myself for yet another "mistake".
As for the spinning cutting mat, I have never used it...just sitting there reminding me of how I just thought I had to have it because it would make my cutting jobs so much easier. Ha! My big old cutting mat & rotary cutter on my dining room table allows me to move around to all sides to get cut whatever angle I need to cut. I have kicked myself for yet another "mistake".
04-06-2013, 03:10 AM
#108
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Location: Central Indiana
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Originally Posted by mandyrose
I have a few but top of the list for me is the martelli zip bind system big waste of money and the quilt halo just can't use it for some reason
04-06-2013, 03:15 AM
#109
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Location: Mass
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I bought a the large Sidewinder to wind Viking green bobbins because the small one will not. It winds them great and hold the bobbin nice and tight so it doesn't fly off, it even shuts off at the right load point. Problem is, in order for the thread to come off the bobbin in the right direction to actually sew with it, it has to go on the spindle upside down. (The large machine has a blue spindle which is strictly for green Viking bobbins.) When put on upside down, the little spring thingy that holds the bobbin is not quite in the right position so the bobbin doesn't sit square. This makes it wind wonky. It is very obvious that the person who designed the blue spindle never put a wound bobbin in a machine and actually SEWED with it. If the spring holder were just in a little different spot, I'd LOVE it. Or, if my machines were any other brand than Viking. I'm not an engineer, but I am very mechanical and I DO check engineers' work at work. I had to return it and get my money back. It worked great!! Just not for green Viking bobbins. :-(
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