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What is the one quilting tool you had to have but have never used?

What is the one quilting tool you had to have but have never used?

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Old 12-07-2017, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaMS View Post
I bought several sizes of the metal bias tape makers...I never use them.
I can top this for useless. I bought the nylon ones. They are so thick, that you can not press on them except to press the seam to one side. I tried them one time. My Clover bias tape makers do a much better job and saves me several steps over the bars.
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:29 PM
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LOL you girls are cracking me up. Let's see, what do I hate? Of course, the pounce but not because of the slam factor... it's because I can't stand the smell of it (I have a very sensitive nose). I really need to put it up for sale because I will never use it and of course I bought TWO kinds of pounce and a bunch of stencils LOL. And it was at a show, where they can convince me to buy anything.

The other thing (also a show purchase) that I've never used is my electric seam ripper that looks like a shaver. It supposedly zips away down the seam without harming the fabric. I very seldom need to rip out a long seam so what the heck was I thinking there? It isn't worth getting the thing out unless you're ripping a queen sized something or other!

Also, most of my very expensive Martelli collection sits in a drawer... the shapes, the rotary cutter that I never could figure out how to use without losing a digit, those binding thingys they sell.... bought the whole collection off HSN when they used to sell Martelli. Again, my brain was dysfunctional, apparently.

I do use both the Purple Thang and the bobbin winder, so I suppose that's a win. Oh, and I love the Simplicity binding machine that most people hate... the one that presses and folds the binding for you. I use that all the time.
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Old 12-07-2017, 01:21 PM
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Thangles and "the angler", for sewing straight hst. I do us my needdle threader a lot for hand sewing.
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Old 12-07-2017, 01:26 PM
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The fabric calculator hasn't been used since I purchased it--maybe I need to read the instructions and I might use it! Just kidding.......
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Old 12-07-2017, 04:45 PM
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I bought a freemotion thingy that fits Viking machines. It has a metal bed that is supposed to help you move your quilt on the Viking DSM's. Brought it home, tried to use it a few times, then put my longarm on lay-away. Once I got the longarm, I never looked back. I need to sell the darn thing!! Anyone here have a Viking machine that they want to buy this for?

Some specialty templates/rulers (like the "Twister"). Mostly because I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I think I will do this little thing...
1) find all the stuff I've never used
2) gift wrap all of them
3) put them up until I get that "I want something new" urge
4) then unwrap one of my "gifts"

Of course, I could always just have them handy for quilty friends too.
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Old 12-07-2017, 05:18 PM
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I don't know the name of it, but it has a very nice round wooden handle, and a metal shank (round and smooth) with notches intended to help take quilting safety pins out. I never use it for anything!
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Old 12-07-2017, 07:33 PM
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lol at the pounce thing. another thing i never use is the bloc-loc ruler. had to have it tho. the lori holt Seams Sew Easy guide for sewing perfect 1/4" seam. didn't realize that because my pfaff has a curved bed that the seam guide wouldn't work for it. waste of money. those handy dandy binding clips are great if i can find them. put them in a container so i wouldn't lose them. can't find the container.
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Old 12-07-2017, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by maminstl View Post
EQ7 for me too. I've tried to use it, but the learning curve is longer than my attention span, so it sits and waits for me to want to try again.
I did that too. I keep remembering a t shirt I saw once it said SQUIRREL??!! That would be me.
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Old 12-08-2017, 03:26 AM
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Does it count if I bought it by mistake? I bought a ruler that I thought was just a regular grid but when I got it home I realized it was something else. I'm not sure what it's for, but for some reason I didn't get to returning it, and now it sits at the bottom of my ruler pile.
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Old 12-08-2017, 04:27 AM
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I got a Double-Strip cutting template, never used and never will unless I can figure out what quilt I wanted to make with it.

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