Unusual tool?
#22
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Location: Lubbock, TX
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I've tried to do the same thing, using rubber rug backing for better grip . . .but kept losing the squares in the folds of my fabric in larger quilts, so just went back to my Hy-Flex gloves with the thumb and index fingers cut out, LOL
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Arizona
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Does anyone have any weird, "unintentional" favourite quilting tools in their sewing box?
I was squaring up some blocks this afternoon and my fingers were getting sore swiping away the skinny wisps of thread and fabric cut from each block when I hit upon the idea of using a recently purchased shaving brush...you know the sort....nice chunky little handle for easy grip and big boof of soft bristles. Now with a quick swipe around the edge of my square and block I can woosh away all those pesky little threads and fabric tatters leaving me with a lovely neat freshly squared block.
I was squaring up some blocks this afternoon and my fingers were getting sore swiping away the skinny wisps of thread and fabric cut from each block when I hit upon the idea of using a recently purchased shaving brush...you know the sort....nice chunky little handle for easy grip and big boof of soft bristles. Now with a quick swipe around the edge of my square and block I can woosh away all those pesky little threads and fabric tatters leaving me with a lovely neat freshly squared block.
#26
My favorite and most recent find is the $ store lint roller. I have an indoor/outdoor rug in my sewing room and the teeny/tiny threads (I am a PP piecer,need I say more) grip to that carpet like glue and the vacuum must go over & over & over to grab those little suckers.....roll that little lint catcher over once or twice and they gather like it's a party!!!! Try it on the ironing board also, works like a charm........and for a buck, you can afford more than one!!!!!
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