Tools you thought were extravagant and now can't live without......
04-18-2018, 06:27 AM
#42
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grass Lake, MI and Bradenton, FL
Posts: 785
My Martelli rotating cutting mat. Magnetic telescoping pin picker-upper. Creative Grids Pineapple Block trim tool (both sizes). Magnetic pin cushion.
Last edited by janjanq; 04-18-2018 at 06:31 AM.
04-18-2018, 06:36 AM
#43
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grass Lake, MI and Bradenton, FL
Posts: 785
Originally Posted by QuiltE
So far, I haven't seen the merits in a rotating mat.
Instead, I lay a smaller cutting mat overtop of my regular large one.
Cut, then turn the mat with everything on it.
Maybe someone else will enlighten me as to the "need" for a rotating one vs. what I am doing?
Instead, I lay a smaller cutting mat overtop of my regular large one.
Cut, then turn the mat with everything on it.
Maybe someone else will enlighten me as to the "need" for a rotating one vs. what I am doing?
04-18-2018, 06:37 AM
#44
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Camarillo, California
Posts: 1,746
Good Morning, May I add the Roxanne thimble to the list here. I was never able to us a standard thimble though Mother tried to teach me to use one. After using the Roxanne thimble for about 5 minutes I was hooked. Can't sew without it now and I better understand what Mom was trying to tell me.
My second offering to the list is a sewing table that allows your sewing machine to drop down to table top level. That alone relieved so much pressure on my body that I can sew for much longer than I ever could with the machine on the table top.
Lastly, the biggest tool of all, my Pfaff sewing machine. Wow! What a difference their dual feed system made in my piecing. Can't piece without it now.
Oh, and the Martelli rotary cutters. They are much easier for me to use than the standard cutters.
Thanks to all the other suggestions mentioned here!
My second offering to the list is a sewing table that allows your sewing machine to drop down to table top level. That alone relieved so much pressure on my body that I can sew for much longer than I ever could with the machine on the table top.
Lastly, the biggest tool of all, my Pfaff sewing machine. Wow! What a difference their dual feed system made in my piecing. Can't piece without it now.
Oh, and the Martelli rotary cutters. They are much easier for me to use than the standard cutters.
Thanks to all the other suggestions mentioned here!
04-18-2018, 06:54 AM
#45
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: CT
Posts: 21
Automatic scissors on my Janome. I scoffed at it when I bought it but can’t imagine not having it now.
Desk size sewing table. Y’all weren’t kidding about having support area for quilting. 😀
My serger. I really need to sit down and learn how to use all the functions.
Desk size sewing table. Y’all weren’t kidding about having support area for quilting. 😀
My serger. I really need to sit down and learn how to use all the functions.
04-18-2018, 09:03 AM
#46
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,666
It would have to be my Janome 15000 and Horn cabinet. Never, ever a regret on buying them. First bought my machine and had it sitting on another cabinet; was too tall and didn't fit in cabinet, so bought the Horn and so glad I did. Now I can quilt without having to move my machine to my kitchen island and it always stays in my sewing room. Love everything about my 15000 and the embroidery unit. My third Janome.
04-18-2018, 09:17 AM
#47
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,715
Originally Posted by janjanq
Rotary mats are small enough to take to classes. They're also great for cutting when using templates.
Originally Posted by moonrise
It's not a tool per se', but fabric! ............
As time went on, I'd occasionally find a deal on quality fabric, and was amazed by the difference. It cuts better. It sews better. It turns out a much better product. It didn't take long for me to turn into kind of a fabric snob. Although I'm willing to pay more for quality, I still look for deals on "the good stuff"!
ha ha..................
As time went on, I'd occasionally find a deal on quality fabric, and was amazed by the difference. It cuts better. It sews better. It turns out a much better product. It didn't take long for me to turn into kind of a fabric snob. Although I'm willing to pay more for quality, I still look for deals on "the good stuff"!
ha ha..................Absolutely ... watch for sales, end-of-bolt pricing etc. and you can sew with quality fabric all the time!
04-18-2018, 09:29 AM
#48
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 3,456
QuiltE, trust me, you haven't missed anything. I have the rotary mat and
seldom use it. Let's say I will use it until it wears out but will not replace it.
A small mat on top of the big mat does the same trick.
seldom use it. Let's say I will use it until it wears out but will not replace it.
A small mat on top of the big mat does the same trick.
04-18-2018, 09:38 AM
#49
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 547
my Juki 2010 straight stitcher! I had a hard time buying it cause I'd gotten a newer DSM only a couple years before but I wanted the bigger throat machine and I wanted a white one. My Juki has become my primary machine, I use her all the time for clothes, bags, quilts, blankets, etc...
04-18-2018, 09:51 AM
#50
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
QuiltE, trust me, you haven't missed anything. I have the rotary mat and
seldom use it. Let's say I will use it until it wears out but will not replace it.
A small mat on top of the big mat does the same trick.
seldom use it. Let's say I will use it until it wears out but will not replace it.
A small mat on top of the big mat does the same trick.
I was starting to wonder if there was something I did not understand about it.
Like maybe it was one of those things, that until you used it,
that you didn't realize what it did and how it worked!
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