What notions are a waste of money?
11-10-2010, 10:01 AM
#51
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The pounce pad works great for marking ... until you start quilting; then all of the chalk rubs off before you get to it. Maybe it would work better with machine quilting, but I do my quilting by hand so it was a waste of money for me. I did recently read somewhere though that you can get a spray that stabilizes the chalk markings and I wondered if Aqua Net would do the same; haven't tried it though.
11-10-2010, 10:01 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by sewTinker
When I was Brand New to quilting, I saw a quilter on Simply Quilts use a kind of "ruler" that is essentially a big square with cutting slits every two inches. You square your fabric and lay this on it and then rotary cut through the slits. I used it once unsuccessfully - it required more coordination than apparently I possess. Perhaps with practice I could master it... Meanwhile, it sits propped behind my cutting table. for 10 years. lol...
11-10-2010, 10:05 AM
#54
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hmmmmm i was thinking of getting a pounce.... I would be afraid the pencil would not wash out? but I assume since so many ppl use pencil that it does wash out???????
I have a set of mini drawers from wallmart ( welllots of sets actually) that I keep all my threads in... ( by color) and have a drawer for my bobbins.. that is the best I have found for me....
I have a set of mini drawers from wallmart ( welllots of sets actually) that I keep all my threads in... ( by color) and have a drawer for my bobbins.. that is the best I have found for me....
11-10-2010, 10:13 AM
#55
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
The orangey things that you put on your ruler... It's a thin piece of orange something that sticks to your ruler. The idea is you put it where you want to cut - like on the 2.5" line, then you line your fabric up and it butts against the orange thing. It was kinda cool at first, but after 2 uses, it lost its sticky. Supposedly it works with static electricity... I dunno, but even the ones I haven't used don't work.
11-10-2010, 10:19 AM
#56
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One thing I bought when I first started quilting was one of those suction cup things that are supposed to hold your ruler down while cutting. The sales person told me I had to have them. I've never used them; my hand works best for me.
11-10-2010, 10:21 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by Jamiestitcher62
I love my pounce, but like to use it with regular stencils, not the special ones that it requires. After I'm done trying to get the chalk to go through the netting on the special stencils my sewing room looks like it could double as a cocaine distribution center.
11-10-2010, 10:21 AM
#59
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Originally Posted by bluteddi
hmmmmm i was thinking of getting a pounce.... I would be afraid the pencil would not wash out? but I assume since so many ppl use pencil that it does wash out???????
11-10-2010, 10:21 AM
#60
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i've seen thread nippers (little spring loaded scissors) selling for LOTS of money - but i bought some at wal mart. they were hanging on a card - for $1.98 and they had a cap on them like an ink pen. love 'em
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