"Quilting Gloves"-Are they worth it??
08-13-2011, 08:30 AM
#71
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Valley, Washington
Posts: 487
I have to tell you what I found at the dollar store....a pair of gloves for bathing and boy would they be perfect I'm thinking for quilting. Check it out before buying the expensive ones.
Originally Posted by cny_sewer39
Good Evening Every1, again.
I hope that you are all doing well. I am working on my winnie-the-pooh quilt. I have been stitching in the ditch & was wondering if the quilting gloves that are available are worth it :?: :?: :?: :? :? I think that you use them to guide the quilt under the presser foot :? :? I was having a problem of getting the quilt under the presser foot. I am not very sure. Please any help would be appreciated very much. Thank you all in advance for your suggestions. When its done, I promise I will post pictures for your viewing.
Have a blessed day/weekend ahead.
debra
P.S.-Would you let me know what brands (if any) that you use & why??? :thumbup:THANKS SO MUCH :thumbup:
I hope that you are all doing well. I am working on my winnie-the-pooh quilt. I have been stitching in the ditch & was wondering if the quilting gloves that are available are worth it :?: :?: :?: :? :? I think that you use them to guide the quilt under the presser foot :? :? I was having a problem of getting the quilt under the presser foot. I am not very sure. Please any help would be appreciated very much. Thank you all in advance for your suggestions. When its done, I promise I will post pictures for your viewing.
Have a blessed day/weekend ahead.
debra
P.S.-Would you let me know what brands (if any) that you use & why??? :thumbup:THANKS SO MUCH :thumbup:
08-13-2011, 08:49 AM
#72
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Manchester, NH
Posts: 701
Having gloves really helps when you are quilting. They help you to control the quilt as you stitch. I first started with Fons and Porter gloves, but they seemed to stretch and become loose, so now I have a pair of Machingers which I will begin to use when I start quilting the current project I am working on. The gloves feel really good on and are sized so that no matter what size your hand is, there is a proper sized glove. And I have heard nothing but good about the Machinger gloves
08-13-2011, 09:28 AM
#74
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,474
ohhhh yes i use machingers gloves and love them , also if while you are quilting and some of the quilt is hanging off of the table it will create a drag which is heavy , make sure the biggest part of the quilt is on a flat surface, you will notice the differance in ease of quilting
08-13-2011, 09:35 AM
#76
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 104
Yes! I bought the halo, quilting bats and I then had a quilt I had to make in 2 weeks so couldn't take it to my local LAQ. I used the fons and porter gloves--I was even able to do feathers free hand!! Not perfect but everyone thought the quilt looked great. I'm sure I'lll get better wih practice.
08-13-2011, 10:34 AM
#79
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 145
This may be a suggestion. After wearing bath gloves for 20 years which I always purchased at Bed, Bath & Beyond, some know-it-all clerk there told me they had never carried these. So I traipsed over to a Dollar Store and bought two pair for a buck per glove! These are stretchable, come in colors and are slightly nubby. Might just be the thing for you.
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