What is the best tip you ever got?
10-12-2010, 09:01 AM
#231
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Originally Posted by Sewslow
Originally Posted by Bev
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Originally Posted by Bev
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Originally Posted by JeanieG
I checked at Michael's and they did not have it. Hope someone can find us a source!
This is even better. "Purchase in Store Only" but I plan to head to our local one.
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-piec...kit-98600.html
:lol:
I ordered the one on line. Let's see how that turns out. It better be good considering how much it's costing for this little thingee.
Thanks for the info.
:lol:
10-12-2010, 09:13 AM
#232
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Originally Posted by katesnanna
The VERY best tip I ever got was to use 2 pins when lining up seams. One on either side of the seam. Providing I have it properly lined up before I pin it won't shift and has saved me lots of unstitching over the years.
10-14-2010, 10:37 AM
#233
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You can make your own glue tip.
Here's how:
* Pull off the orange tip of the Elmer's glue bottle.
* Trim about 1/8" off the end.
* Pull the end off a BIC plastic mechanical pencil
* Push it out from the inside of the orange glue tip.
* Push the orange tip back onto the glue bottle.
I used a rubber knitting needle stop as a cover for the tip.
This is a really slick tool and when heat set with the iron, it really holds. But comes right out in the wash!
Here's how:
* Pull off the orange tip of the Elmer's glue bottle.
* Trim about 1/8" off the end.
* Pull the end off a BIC plastic mechanical pencil
* Push it out from the inside of the orange glue tip.
* Push the orange tip back onto the glue bottle.
I used a rubber knitting needle stop as a cover for the tip.
This is a really slick tool and when heat set with the iron, it really holds. But comes right out in the wash!
10-14-2010, 11:33 AM
#235
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i read on this thread about doing this - but NOW i see and it makes sense. this is the best tip i've rec'd. - no, it's the one about glueing the binding, no, it's the one..... gosh they're ALL good. it's like a gold mine of info. - better than any 'how to' book.
i think the first thread didn't specify the tip from a 'mechanical' pencil - or else i didn't catch that part. a ball point pen tip isn't very small. i have another brand of mechanical pencil here in the office, 7mm and it works too - very small tip.
i think the first thread didn't specify the tip from a 'mechanical' pencil - or else i didn't catch that part. a ball point pen tip isn't very small. i have another brand of mechanical pencil here in the office, 7mm and it works too - very small tip.
10-14-2010, 11:41 AM
#236
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Originally Posted by misseva
i read on this thread about doing this - but NOW i see and it makes sense. this is the best tip i've rec'd. - no, it's the one about glueing the binding, no, it's the one..... gosh they're ALL good. it's like a gold mine of info. - better than any 'how to' book.
i think the first thread didn't specify the tip from a 'mechanical' pencil - or else i didn't catch that part. a ball point pen tip isn't very small. i have another brand of mechanical pencil here in the office, 7mm and it works too - very small tip.
i think the first thread didn't specify the tip from a 'mechanical' pencil - or else i didn't catch that part. a ball point pen tip isn't very small. i have another brand of mechanical pencil here in the office, 7mm and it works too - very small tip.
10-14-2010, 01:00 PM
#238
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Good one. Another use for those swimming noodles. (Not my idea) but I
read somewhere that a quilter used those noodles to roll her quilts to
take/ship to quilt shows and said it's also good for storage...no crease in
your quilts. Of course you'd have to cover the whole thing with a sheet or
something. Please don't buy too many swimming noodles at once and make
the prices climb like the rotary blades at Harbor Freight. ;-)
read somewhere that a quilter used those noodles to roll her quilts to
take/ship to quilt shows and said it's also good for storage...no crease in
your quilts. Of course you'd have to cover the whole thing with a sheet or
something. Please don't buy too many swimming noodles at once and make
the prices climb like the rotary blades at Harbor Freight. ;-)
10-14-2010, 01:04 PM
#239
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
Too hard to pick one! but the latest was really useful....winding your binding on a toilet roll tube...so simple and effective.
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