Pass On The Best Idea You've Had While Quilting
02-26-2011, 05:04 PM
#141
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Originally Posted by overdew
I fill my iron with water from an empty detergent squirt bottle. My best sewing box is a $.50 Kaboodle I got at a yard sale.
02-26-2011, 05:05 PM
#142
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Originally Posted by marlene tarzwell
Originally Posted by ann31039
Originally Posted by gellybean402
I always seem to rip a pattern after one use so I trace the pattern onto a piece of interfacing (including all the markings) and cut it out. Now I have a pattern that won't tear and is very durable and will last forever!
Blessings
02-26-2011, 05:14 PM
#145
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another tip i heard and it works is to heat the fabric with the iron first (just run the iron over as in pressing) and then use spray starch .. no more white flakes on the quilt. the fabric absorbs the starch right away.
02-26-2011, 05:17 PM
#146
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Originally Posted by nanna-up-north
I use an old drying rack when I'm working on a quilt that has a lot of strips to cut and stitch. I'll stack the same color and size strips on one spot and another color and/or size strips on another spot. It's so easy to grab just the right color and/or size. I used to pile them in a box and it would get all messy..... this is so much better
Blessings,
MaryAnna
02-26-2011, 05:19 PM
#148
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I buy the bright colored pencil erasers from the Dollar Tree. I snip off the part of the erasers that fits over the Pencil. I use the part that is left (kinda-sorta pyramid shaped) when pinning layers together. Stick your long pins through the layers and into the flat part of the eraser. Keeps me from sticking myself with the pins as I work. I am on blood thinners and one stick from a pin results in blood on my fabric.
02-26-2011, 05:25 PM
#150
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Originally Posted by suesembroidery
buy clear christmas tree bulbs and stuff the scrap thread in them and hang them on your tree. I fill one up every year and write the year on them. They are prettier than you would think.
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