Onebyone

I buy all the new tools and notions to try. Too many to list. Quilters' Select products are the best by far of basic rulers, and mats. Wool pressing mat is nice, Go die cut machine is an oldie but great tool. My best purchase last year was the Grace LED light bar. It is five ft across on wheels so it goes over my sewing table or cutting table wherever I need it. My Arrow sewing chair is a back saver.

KalamaQuilts

my best tool purchase last year was the YoYo magnifier by daylight basics
Having vision problems I have at least a dozen magnifier scattered around the house and in sewing kits but I Love this one. And it is about the size of a yoyo when folded up.

Sewgood

There's a new product out by Odif called "Grippy" - Non-slip coating for rulers. You can also use it on the back of rugs. You spray it on the back of your ruler and it dries in seconds. It wears off on its own or you can remove it with Odif DK5 cleaner. It makes the ruler even more "unslippery" than Quilters Select. (IMHO)

costumegirl

So many great suggestions! I am already making a list so that when any sales come up I can take a second look!

I didn't know about the anti-glue needles and have ordered some through Amazon (1 pack for me and 1 pack for DD) - they should come in handy - Thank you rryder for the recommendation!
Besides the many rulers that I am drooling over I'm also going to look at the magnifier recommended by KalamaQuilts. I use magnifiers all the time and am always looking for a better design than the ones I have. Unfortunately my eyes need the extra help

QuiltnNan

I'm not at home, but I believe I ordered this to use on my ruler work rulers and was pleased with it.

juliasb

I received 2 different Quilter Select Rulers for Christmas. I already had one. I love them!

juliasb

I also got the GO/me for Christmas and have ordered a few dies to go with it. I can already see me getting the Go/Big in the near future. DH thought try first go big later. He didn't know it would be such a big hit. Got it a couple days after Christmas as a 12th night gift. It was on sale at $49 so at that price was a no brainer. Of course I was letting him know I really wanted it. .

juliasb

The jury is out on new gadgets yet. We have a speaker scheduled to come to our Guild in a couple months to demo new quilting gadgets. I have no doubt I will find things there that I will just have to have.

wesing

Here is a non quilt tool to use for quilting. We bought a Bluetooth speaker that connects wirelessly to a phone or tablet. We can use it to play music from Pandora or our collection (or any source our phone can access) or podcasts, or whatever we want to play. I love the freedom of it. Bose has a really nice one on sale right now for $100. Not cheap, but a good quality speaker for the price. We use ours all the time.

quiltingcandy

I bought this item at a LQS in San Diego and wish I had bought one for all my friends that sew.

"Craft supply organizer, scissor organizer, sewing caddy, organizer, tool organizer, scissor storage, needlework organizer"

Sorry I can't post a picture of it - they sell on Amazon and Easy. It doesn't hold large scissors but it holds my small scissors and pencils and many other items I use at my sewing and embroidery machines.

Also, I don't visit coffee shops very often but my DD brought me couple of eggnog lattes from Starbucks over the holidays and in the lid of the cup they have this stir stick that plugs the opening and it is plastic. Well, it works wonderfully for applying a spot of glue. Instead of squirting the glue onto something and risk squirting out too much, this little tool can reach down into the bottle and get just a bit. It has a little knob on the end so pulls the glue out easily. Other sticks work well too - but this is something usually thrown away, you can wipe the glue off easily and since it is weighted at the other end I stick it into my scissor caddy until it is totally dry.