MommaDorian

Can anybody tell me what these are? I've been cleaning out my supplies, but can't figure it out.

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char7439

they are pressing bars.tobe used to press the seams of small tubes

JustAbitCrazy

That's what they look like to me, too. I guess I'm not the only person who has never used hers? If you had ever used them, I think you'd remember what you did with them, thus what they were, right?

QuiltnNan

i bought a set too and used them once or twice. but i don't do stems for appliques too often.

quilterpurpledog

They are indeed pressing bars for narrow tubes. I have used them more for applique stems than anything else. As with so many tools, they were sort of replaced by those tubes with the hooked turning mechanism.

GemState

They are GREAT for making stems. If you do much appliqué they are really handy and easy to use.

ManiacQuilter2

Yes, like everyone else, they are pressing bars mostly for pressing applique stems which I very seldom make anymore. I am NOT sure where mine are hiding out at this moment.

sewwhat85

I also have those and have used them once great for stems

Dolphyngyrl

bias bars for stems for applique

DOTTYMO

I thought they were the stiff parts of old corsets.