A New Nifty Trick

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11-07-2013, 04:35 AM

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sosew4fun

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Considering the red snappers... How do you like them, are they as easy it looks

11-07-2013, 05:25 AM

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twinkie

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Very good idea.

11-07-2013, 05:37 AM

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lorli

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It's funny, I have one of those Dritz basting guns in the back of a drawer too. Did we all buy them and then give up on them? I don't remember why I stopped using it.

11-07-2013, 06:55 AM

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HisPatchwork

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good ideas!...last time i pinned a quilt on my frame for hand quilting, i was smoothing it out and ran a pin into the soft part of my forearm!...ooohhhh that hurt!

11-07-2013, 11:07 AM

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MargeD

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Sounds like a great solution - you know what they say - Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

11-07-2013, 02:42 PM

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ube quilting

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This is a great alternative to pins. My leaders are zippered. I just baste the edges of the quilt to the zipper and zip, I'm done.
peace

11-07-2013, 03:05 PM

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BCM

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Thanks for sharing!

11-07-2013, 04:17 PM

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meow meow

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You can also use a stapler.

11-07-2013, 08:34 PM

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quiltingshorttimer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by quiltstringz

I agree - I love the red snappers. BUT please note if you are using a Mid-Arm or a long arm other than APQS or Innova, you have to watch where that rod hits when you roll your machine. If you are using a machine where you have to raise/lower the bar you can run into issues. You can easily adjust for this, just have to be aware. You may have to raise your bar to accomodate, and on the next row if the rod isn't in the same place you may have to lower it again.

Not sure I understand this and always looking for quicker ways to load my Gammill--are you saying that the Red Snappers get hung up on the take up roller? I guess part of my confusion is I don't understand how the Snappers actually work in the first place.