Geri B

My thoughts exactly!!! So far, besides that, all of the misc. gadgets I have bought over the yrs have not been a waste...some may be specific to a certain design/pattern, but, they make that easier. Actually just bought a Curve ruler...hope that one works!

craftiladi

I too like many of you used to be a impulse buyer, I have really been trying to get stern w/ myself and if I still feel I want it after walking away then I make sure it has a place in my sewing, not stuck in a drawer or closet never to be used again.
1] add a 1/4 thingy
2] pinking shears-I bought them yrs ago because my mom always had a pair-never use mine
3] pattern weights-might be a neat idea, never remember I have them...in a drawer-lol

quiltmom04

Just goes to show we don't all think the same! I wouldn't be without the "Add-a-quarter" ruler for paper piecing. If your teacher was having you mark a line with it, that was not the way to use the ruler. You butt it up against a card to cut the quarter inch seam allowance. If I didn't have the ruler, and the little ledge that's built in to it, my rotary cutter would always slip - sometimes I even forgot to add the quarter inch! But, hey, to each his own!

qwkslver

I have a stack of rulers I bought to go with my Sweet 16 which are useless. (I like the simple meandering pattern). I also have the chalk marker to mark patterns with and a stack of stencils. I guess I should ebay all that stuff.

lovelyl

I love my add a quarter rulers! Isn't it funny how different we all are?

tessagin

If I can make do with something else until I find something not so pricey I will. Depending on what it is and if I still have the receipt so I can return or replace, it gets pitched in file 13.

maviskw

I bought a Kaleidoscope Triangle Ruler a few months ago, But the directions for how to use it really don't help much. I need a pattern for a block to practice on.

SewOK

I bought the Genie Bobbin Washers also and they work in my embroidery machine and my other machines with a drop in bobbin but not in my Expression 4.0 due to the fact that it has a low bobbin sensor that will not work if I have a bobbin washer in the bobbin case because it raises the bobbin just a very fraction of an inch and confuses the sensor.

ccthomas

I bought "label/signature writing pens" packaged/sealed. I had a feeling as I paid that I bet they wouldn't write. When I got ready to "use | write" with either pen, they wouldn't write. I had lost the receipt.

Gabrielle's Mimi

I think it would be kind of you to let us know the pattern name so we don't have to struggle with mistakes. I always advise my new quilting students to go to the website of each book or pattern before they begin cutting to check for pattern corrections. Twice I have started patterns that had errors, so now I know to check first.