What is your favorite quilting gadget or notions?
09-16-2010, 02:27 PM
#111
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Oh, I have some hemostats and they are great! I have the best little scissors and I love my rotary cutter! Plus I just love those little binding clips that look like hair clips. They are the best invention since ice cream!
09-16-2010, 02:58 PM
#113
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Originally Posted by trisha
Do you think the glue sticks would work lining up the OBW's?Instead of having to pin them?
I love the idea of using glue sticks,but I haven't been quilting long and when you gals use abreviated letters instead of the words, I have no clue what they stand for. What is OBWs? If for a while you all would maybe type the word after it, us new quilters would catch on quicker. Thanks!
09-16-2010, 03:10 PM
#114
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Originally Posted by Derla
I guess I'd include a seam ripper - hate using them, but when they are needed, I'd certainly hate to be without one.
09-16-2010, 03:14 PM
#115
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I use a cuticle remover tool to pick stitches, no more fear of poking through my fabric. Kinda like this http://www.sallybeauty.com/Cuticle-R...her/SBS-164200,default,pd.html but plain brown
09-16-2010, 03:22 PM
#116
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I love my elna 7300 machine it does all the good things
one needs to do, like the idea of the glue stick,please let me know where you could,obtain these self threading needles for the sewing machine,I have heard of the hand self threading needles I like my glass head pins they so sharp.
one needs to do, like the idea of the glue stick,please let me know where you could,obtain these self threading needles for the sewing machine,I have heard of the hand self threading needles I like my glass head pins they so sharp.
09-16-2010, 03:38 PM
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I suppose that my favorites also are the cutter and mats. I have a very large rotating one that is wonderful. But I mostly use the 35 by 40 regular one.
I love my snip sissors for sewing. No holes to get my fingers stuck in.
My quarter inch foot with the fabric guide is a must now too.
Clover stelleto, tiny iron and smallish iron mat so I don't have to get up to press across the room.
And here is my tip if you can't find the sewing machine needles that you barely use and have to change out. I bought a tomato pin cushion and wrote on the little quadrants the numbers of the sizes I use. Then I just push the slightly used needle into the pie shape with the right number. Easy as pie to find it now!
I love my snip sissors for sewing. No holes to get my fingers stuck in.
My quarter inch foot with the fabric guide is a must now too.
Clover stelleto, tiny iron and smallish iron mat so I don't have to get up to press across the room.
And here is my tip if you can't find the sewing machine needles that you barely use and have to change out. I bought a tomato pin cushion and wrote on the little quadrants the numbers of the sizes I use. Then I just push the slightly used needle into the pie shape with the right number. Easy as pie to find it now!
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