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04-14-2011, 03:12 PM
#111
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My tip is for starch & mylar applique. Use a metal fingernail file to hold the edge in place instead of your fingernail. Saves a lot of burns.
Also I keep all of my free quilt patterns from the internet in clear plastic sleeves in a 3 ring binder.
Also I keep all of my free quilt patterns from the internet in clear plastic sleeves in a 3 ring binder.
04-14-2011, 03:29 PM
#115
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Originally Posted by homebody323
My favorite tip - when making a quilt, make the binding when you cut the pieces. Put the ready for quilting back on a hanger that has a cardboard cover (used for comforters at the cleaners) then use a old style no clip clothes pin and slip one end of your binding through the center. Place the fabric and pin on the table (open end of the pin down) and spin your binding like a jelly roll. When finished slip it off the pin and put in a sandwich bag, seal and snip a small hole in the center of the top edge. Hang over the hanger neck. Now everything is ready to go the second you finish the top and you are sure you won't use the binding material for something else by accident.
04-14-2011, 03:32 PM
#118
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I use Velcro dots on my older machine to hold a needle threader (New one has built in.) when the wire breaks, I just peel the (Fuzzy side) Velcro off the threader and stick it to a new threader.
04-14-2011, 04:12 PM
#120
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Location: Galveston Texas
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Sharon Schambers has a tut on You Tube that shows how to thread the needle by putting the needle on the thread as one poster was describing. I think the tut is the one about basting your quilt sandwich.
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