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11-11-2010, 06:23 PM

#331

Annz

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None. Just purchase ones that you know you will need or that will make your quilting easier.

11-11-2010, 06:24 PM

#332

elizabeth

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I love my Alto cutter. You do have to practice to make it as easy as it looks on the dvd.

11-11-2010, 06:25 PM

#333

DebraK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 3plus2granny

I too have the pounce. I couldn't get it to work either until I complained to the people at the Int. Quilt Fest. in Houston where I bought it. They told me to take it out and whack it several time on a brick wall. The chalk now comes out and works great. I've let others borrow it and they too were chocked how well it worked.
So, don't give up on the product.

That must be it! I'm going outsde to bang that sucker hard ;-)

11-11-2010, 06:26 PM

#334

bgullett

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Location: Clinton Township MI

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Annaquilts

A pounce to stencil. I can't get it to work for me. I even bought a lot of the special stencils with it and I can not use those for other things. Some people love a pounce so maybe I am doing it wrong?

Well I am seeing people liking and using some stuff that others thought useless. Maybe time to sell some stuff?

I returned mine, didn't like it at all!

11-11-2010, 06:32 PM

#335

crankygran

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Location: Western Slope, Colorado

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I found the basting gun that uses the plastic gizmos was useless. It was too loose to call ot basting and jammed very easily. Was a wasted twentyfive dollars.

11-11-2010, 06:34 PM

#336

AnnaF

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Location: Hermon ME

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I bought that rotary blade cutter some time back from the Grace Co. It does not and has never made any blade that I've tried sharpen..sharp. In fact, it makes it worse than it was to start with...just watched that Youtube video of someone demonstrating the sharpener. The directions that came with my sharpener did not say anything close to the number of runs on the youtube. So I decided I'd give it one last try before pitching a very pricey no good product. Used it on two cutters..it made both of them much much less sharp, in fact, it rendered them unusable. I suppose I could have gotten a lemon but I suspect it just is useless.
Anna

11-11-2010, 06:38 PM

#337

bgullett

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadiemae

For me, the Zip Bind System was very expensive and garbage!

I returned mine to the store as well.

11-11-2010, 06:47 PM

#338

Sadiemae

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I have the Orbital rotary blade sharpener and it does work well if you don't wait too long. I have a tendency to wait until the blade is really dull and then it is too late to sharpen it.

11-11-2010, 06:59 PM

#339

sfjeffers

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Location: Vancouver Wa

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I got one of those handles with the rubber suction cups for your ruler too. But what she forgot to tell me is if you have the ruler with the holes in it it don't work. duh!!!
That was a waste of a few bucks.

11-11-2010, 07:10 PM

#340

AnnieF

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Rochester, NY

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grammy17

I bought the round flexible bobbin holder and love it. It keeps the bobbins in place and the thread does not tangle.

I love those bobbin holders.....I have three.....it has taken my bobbins from a tangled mess in boxes to right there in front of me. I find that when I'm piecing, I'm more apt to take a bobbin with a small amount of thread on it to use up....and now I can actually see which bobbin has a small amount of thread on it.