What type of notions are your go-to items?
09-08-2011, 11:53 AM
#74
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,265
Right off the top of my head:
Booksandbooksandbooks - Books are tools - can't quilt or design without them
Design Board (mine is 96"x96", wall-mounted)
Iron - regular sized steam Iron
Iron - travel steam iron (classes)
Ironing Board (floor and desk models)
Mats - Rotary Cutting Mat (all sizes)
Mats - totable Cutting Board/pressing board all-in-one (classes)
Needles - hand - several types and sizes depending on what I'm doing
Needles - sewing machine - Schmetz Universal Needles sizes 10 & 12 mostly
Paper - precut templates for English paper piecing (hexagons, diamonds, thimbles)
Paper - printer loadable for duplicating foundation piecing templates en masse
Paper - Thangles - all sizes of half-square and quarter-square triangles and flying geese,
Pincushion & Thread catcher (all-in-one unit)
Presser Feet - I have a veritable arsenal of presser feet
Pressing Ham
Rotary Cutters (all sizes)
Ruler - Add a Quarter Inch 6" and 12" sizes
Ruler - Add an Eighth Inch
Rulers - O'Lipfa Rotary Cutting Rulers (all sizes - MUST have the lip for stability)
Rulers - Square-Up Rulers (all sizes)
Scissors - Curved Snip-Its (I have 1 at my sewing table and 1 at the ironing board)
Spray bottle loaded with distilled water (ironing board)
Spray Starch for flannel quilts and bias-cut quilt block pieces
Booksandbooksandbooks - Books are tools - can't quilt or design without them
Design Board (mine is 96"x96", wall-mounted)
Iron - regular sized steam Iron
Iron - travel steam iron (classes)
Ironing Board (floor and desk models)
Mats - Rotary Cutting Mat (all sizes)
Mats - totable Cutting Board/pressing board all-in-one (classes)
Needles - hand - several types and sizes depending on what I'm doing
Needles - sewing machine - Schmetz Universal Needles sizes 10 & 12 mostly
Paper - precut templates for English paper piecing (hexagons, diamonds, thimbles)
Paper - printer loadable for duplicating foundation piecing templates en masse
Paper - Thangles - all sizes of half-square and quarter-square triangles and flying geese,
Pincushion & Thread catcher (all-in-one unit)
Presser Feet - I have a veritable arsenal of presser feet
Pressing Ham
Rotary Cutters (all sizes)
Ruler - Add a Quarter Inch 6" and 12" sizes
Ruler - Add an Eighth Inch
Rulers - O'Lipfa Rotary Cutting Rulers (all sizes - MUST have the lip for stability)
Rulers - Square-Up Rulers (all sizes)
Scissors - Curved Snip-Its (I have 1 at my sewing table and 1 at the ironing board)
Spray bottle loaded with distilled water (ironing board)
Spray Starch for flannel quilts and bias-cut quilt block pieces
09-08-2011, 01:50 PM
#77
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central VA
Posts: 413
Originally Posted by acesgame
I have most things mentioned but really I couldn't sew without my bendy bright light (best $50 investment ever!) and my 1/4 inch foot. And if sewing curves on drunkards patch, 1/4 inch double sided tape that washes out is really useful. I probably wouldn't have tried curves without learning that technique.
09-08-2011, 03:10 PM
#78
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: King George Virginia
Posts: 1,198
Rotary cutter, mat, seam ripper, purple thang, rullers, pencils, blue painters tape, gingers, snipps, post it notes, singer 301, bernina 640, computer, iphone/ipod( got to have music). I think that all of these are the most important.
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