What is one of the handiest little tools you have in your sewing room?
12-07-2010, 05:39 AM
#54
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Originally Posted by #1piecemaker
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!
12-07-2010, 05:54 AM
#55
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The tool I can't sew without are my reading glasses!!!! I buy cheap 'cheaters' at any store that stocks them! --- I have a pair in every room of the house - in the car - in my purse - sometimes I have a pair on my face and another on top my head and a pair hanging from my shirt all at the same time! LOL
12-07-2010, 05:57 AM
#56
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gramquilter2,(It is called Tweezer Snips with Curved blades.
http://www.123snip.com) Thank you so much for the site to order the little snips. I LOVE mine and they are a lot less than at the quilt shops. I just ordered me some so I can have one at each machine, $1.50 shipping is great to boot.
http://www.123snip.com) Thank you so much for the site to order the little snips. I LOVE mine and they are a lot less than at the quilt shops. I just ordered me some so I can have one at each machine, $1.50 shipping is great to boot.
12-07-2010, 06:20 AM
#58
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Favorite tool thingy -- a red round plastic-covered magnet -- it secures needles, my scissors, sometimes my thimble and some pins -- it is really useful when I drop needles and big pins on the carpet and have to search for them (I seem to spend a lot of time doing that) --I could use another one
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