BAAhahahahaha! :D

Thank you for the reminder - this has been on my To Do list for MONTHS.

I bought mine back in the mid-80's when I worked at Jo-Ann Fabrics (before they started selling everything else), and I love those scissors. They're just so dull right now I couldn't cut butter with them...

I love my slide locks! What do you dislike about them?

How are you using the SlideLocks? I won't cut with a rotary cutter without one. I don't use it as a ruler but to hold the ruler on the fabric. Nothing moves, not the ruler or the fabric. They are like the seatbelt in my car at my cutting table.


I love the Pounce. I took a class on how to use it! Fill it with chalk, put both lids back on, hit it flat on the table hard fifty times. Refill, and repeat for fifty more times. You do not have to Pounce again. Do not pounce the chalk on the stencil. Swipe it. The new white chalk will not rub off or smear. It will iron off. The blue chalk won't iron off but can be rubbed off. Pounce stencils have fine mesh instead of open holes if you are looking for buy any new stencils for marking.

One of my downfalls is taking classes. I always manage to buy more than I need or have time to do.
Hand quilting by Luixin - a $60 situpon frame and several silver thimbles - a few hundred dollars spent years ago, I'm sure. Luixin is so cute - how could I not buy? Nice stuff, excellent quality stuff, but not used since the class many years ago.
Another was a class with Sue Spargo on embellished embroidery. She's so talented and makes/has beautiful stuff. But I never finished my VERY expensive acorn pinkeeper - I know it will be lovely if I get it finished - maybe before I'm 90. And of course, there's the cd of designs. Love them, but have no time for it. Oh, maybe if I get my act together.... Maybe if I print them out for the grandkids to color.

I love mine too -- BUT, it took me a while to change my habitual way of cutting fabric so I could use them. At first it seemed awkward to measure with a grid ruler and then switch to the slide lock but now it's a breeze. I also bought a Martelli cutting mat (wait for their sales!) and often just go by the very accurate markings on the mat instead of using a grid ruler.

I can't even remember the name of them but they are little rubber stoppers to put onto straight pins to hold them in place so you don't have to pin your quilt with safety pins. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY! I tried to use them; they are very hard to put onto the end of the pin especially if you have arthritic hands which I do. They don't stay in place. They fall off onto the floor and the dog tries to eat them. I have them in a safe place now. In the drawer. They also cost me a wopping $35.00. Stupidest thing I ever bought.

QUOTE=auntnana;7234195]I think the only thing I absolutely hated and literally threw across the room was that horrible binding foot that was supposed to do it all in one step. That thing almost brought me to tears!![/QUOTE]

If that was the Martelli...DON'T GIVE UP ON IT. I had mine for several years before I thought that I paid so much for this and couldn't get it to work, I'm going to sit at the machine until I figure it out. There are videos online and the instruction book for reference. I finally got it and can bind a baby quilt perfectly in an hour. There is a learning curve!

Same here and because a Craftsy teacher recommended it. Doesn't work for me either.

dcamarote - Those little buggers are called Pinmoors... I have a stash of 'em and I dislike them as much as you do! :)