What is one of the handiest little tools you have in your sewing room?
12-07-2010, 03:00 AM
#42
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I have four things I'm constantly reaching for:
1) The Ginghers scissors I inherited from my Granny. They're so sharp I bet they could cut thread in half length-wise! he he
2) Pincushion / pins
3) My 6-1/2" square template that I've used so much that I wore the lines off! LOL! I re-drew them with a Sharpie. :lol:
4) Rotary cutter
1) The Ginghers scissors I inherited from my Granny. They're so sharp I bet they could cut thread in half length-wise! he he
2) Pincushion / pins
3) My 6-1/2" square template that I've used so much that I wore the lines off! LOL! I re-drew them with a Sharpie. :lol:
4) Rotary cutter
12-07-2010, 04:20 AM
#44
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Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
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Originally Posted by SuziC
Mine is an extra long tweezers that i use to thread the needle on my machine..saves my eyesight :!:
12-07-2010, 04:28 AM
#46
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Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
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Originally Posted by crewsemj
Don't know if this considered a tool, but it is to me. It is an old fashioned flat iron that I'm in the habit of reaching for to hold down the end of my cutting ruler so it doesn't slip on that last few inches of a cut!!! Next would be a pincushion. Need one that moves around with me!!
12-07-2010, 04:30 AM
#47
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OK, don't laugh, but my favorite tool in my sewing room is my TV & DVR satellite box. I MUST have noise and something to occupy my brain while I sew/quilt and this does the trick. My DH will tell you, when I didn't have the TV in the room yet, I wouldn't stay in there for 30 minutes before getting up, now that the TV is in there I only came out for breaks on Saturday a few times and was in there sewing/quilting for more than 10 hours!!
12-07-2010, 04:48 AM
#49
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My handiest tool isn't beside my machine but on the arm of my chair. I have this thing (don't know what to call it) but it has pockets on each end with a pin cushion in the center. It is pinned on the chair arm. I keep my spool of thread in it, along with my thimble and scissors. When I'm quilting and run upon a pin, I take it out and poke it in the cushion on top. GREAT!! I found mine at a yard sale for a quarter. My friend came over an traced a pattern off and made her one. They are neat!
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