What quilting/sewing notion are you most Thankful to have been invented?
11-25-2020, 07:15 AM
#31
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: northern minnesota
Posts: 2,480
I still have my grandmother's cardboard templates and almost finished hand stitched double wedding ring up in the attic....and there it is going to stay until someone else tosses it or finishes it. I can't even get a hand sewn button to stay on. I put all my buttons on by machine
11-26-2020, 05:43 AM
#33
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
Posts: 3,025
When I retired, I joined our small church quilt ladies. Nice people. They wanted me to sew but they’d cut the blocks with a yardstick, pen and scissors. Not a good experience - block size could vary almost an inch. One lady sewed blocks at home & when the corners didn’t meet, (bless her heart) she’d just make a fold. I couldn’t do that, so I’d take blocks home & recut so I could actually put the top together in a decent manner. We moved 8 years ago and our new church has modern methods, thank goodness !
11-26-2020, 09:32 AM
#35
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,426
They wanted me to sew but they’d cut the blocks with a yardstick, pen and scissors. Not a good experience
This sounds like the first sew group I joined. The used yardsticks and thought they were fancy using the 12 inch plastic school rulers. I was told the rotary cutter cost too much and you had to always by the blades and had to buy a cutting mat and it was a fad, wouldn't be around long and a waste of money. Fast forward a couple of decades and the very same thing was said about the brand new Accuquilt Die Cutter I bought at the time. Now most all guild members have one.
This sounds like the first sew group I joined. The used yardsticks and thought they were fancy using the 12 inch plastic school rulers. I was told the rotary cutter cost too much and you had to always by the blades and had to buy a cutting mat and it was a fad, wouldn't be around long and a waste of money. Fast forward a couple of decades and the very same thing was said about the brand new Accuquilt Die Cutter I bought at the time. Now most all guild members have one.
Last edited by Onebyone; 11-26-2020 at 09:47 AM.
11-27-2020, 08:53 AM
#39
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Posts: 266
Like almost everyone else, the top of my list would be my rotary cutters and mats. In that same category would be my rotating mats - I love those and would have a hard time squaring up blocks without them.
Next would be my magnetic seam guides. I need a "dam" when I sew - a simple line or strip of tape just doesn't work for me; I end up with a wiggly wobbly seam.
The "big board" ironing boards that I made. I have two of them - one of them is 36"x72" and the other one is 26"x72". They've made ironing so much easier.
Last, but not least, my design wall.
Next would be my magnetic seam guides. I need a "dam" when I sew - a simple line or strip of tape just doesn't work for me; I end up with a wiggly wobbly seam.
The "big board" ironing boards that I made. I have two of them - one of them is 36"x72" and the other one is 26"x72". They've made ironing so much easier.
Last, but not least, my design wall.
11-27-2020, 10:32 AM
#40
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Gainesville, Missouri
Posts: 520
The stiletto.
When I was making the DWR for my sister, I followed Shar Jorgenson's method and she recommended a stiletto. Love it so much I use it for everything now, it's the first thing I pick up when I sit down at my sewing machine.
When I was making the DWR for my sister, I followed Shar Jorgenson's method and she recommended a stiletto. Love it so much I use it for everything now, it's the first thing I pick up when I sit down at my sewing machine.
