Which tool have you recently found useful?
#1
Which tool have you recently found useful?
I mean an existing tool that you just discovered!
I really enjoy using the plastic handled tool with a wooden roller on the end. I use it when joining rows and columns. It helps tremendously when pressing the seams.
I really enjoy using the plastic handled tool with a wooden roller on the end. I use it when joining rows and columns. It helps tremendously when pressing the seams.
#2
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,408
For me it's the clapper. It's been very rare for me to open my seams but lately my blocks have required it - and I found a clapper with a wool covered piece that the block fits over perfectly and my full sized iron slides easily. Sorry I am not describing it very well, this tool works so well because of the weight of the item and the length.
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,540
A tool I had no idea I would use as much as I do is the Thread Genie:
https://www.missouriquiltco.com/prod...39280773201955.
The tip is so fine there are no burn marks at all. Great for tiny thread ends that stick out and I use it to instantly take thread ends off quilt top without using scissors or snips. No danger of cutting the fabric.
https://www.missouriquiltco.com/prod...39280773201955.
The tip is so fine there are no burn marks at all. Great for tiny thread ends that stick out and I use it to instantly take thread ends off quilt top without using scissors or snips. No danger of cutting the fabric.
#4
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,540
Quiltingcandy I have this clapper with wool bar. It's great for pressing opening seams. I think it is what you are describing:
https://www.fatquartershop.com/12-in...-gypsy-quilter
https://www.fatquartershop.com/12-in...-gypsy-quilter
#5
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,006
I have a floor-standing 3-axis positionable OTT light that has a magnifier and binder clip arm as well. It's at my cutting cabinet. I rarely need the light or magnifier, but I've been working on a more involved pattern and the binder clip arm has been priceless for hanging the instructions at eye level while I cut and arrange, and I can see it from my sewing machine to double-check my piecing orientation.
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