What is this tool? (Handquilting)
#94
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Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Quickie youtube video...what's the yellow thing? Is it a common handquilting tool? I think it would be UBER helpful for me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oh_g...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oh_g...eature=related
I checked out some sites and apparently the tool {aka hedgehog) is new to the US. (It was developed in 1998 in Holland.) I've seen them as low as $10 so far.
"[The needle puller]Enables [the] needle to be pulled through when loaded with up to 7 stitches."
It looks like the convenience is that you don't have to pick up another tool while quilting, millinery or dollmaking.
http://gomestic.com/consumer-informa...ller/#comments
I'm a gadget person. I go to the hardware store all the time and look at tools thinking how can I use them in other ways.
I thought about using the needle puller for dog grooming when my farm dogs shed their matted winter coats and for removing ticks. ;-) ok...someone said "yuck"..... ;-)
What other ways could it be used?
#95
It is a needle puller, I have had 2 of them and although they work well for a little while, they break easily. I now use a needlenose pliers if I need help. I have a lot of arthritis in my hands and sometimes I do not have the dexterity to pull the needle through the fabric. I won't purchase another one because the break too easily.
#96
Here's the translation from Dutch: Demonstration of the Needle Tractor, tool for hand quilting. No more sore fingers and aching muscles at the quilting! No more sore hands constantly quilting with this Needlepuller. See the demonstration of how the Neeldepuller is Used.
#97
I, too, have used needle nose pliers, which means time to pick up, put down, etc. I ordered one as I do hand quilting most of the time. Looks like a bargain to me! Thanks for all the help from you nice people. I love this forum. Bless you all.
#99
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Originally Posted by ptquilts
Jan in VA
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
never seen it before, it is used like a pliers to grip the needle and pull it through. I usually use my scissors to do that on the rare occasion when it gets stuck.
I had to watch it twice to see what she was doing.
I had to watch it twice to see what she was doing.
When I finally have to get the binding finished and MUST sew by hand I use a thinble on my middle finger and a rubber thumb thinble I call it on my thumb and use both to pull the needle through if it gets stuck. I has worked for me, not practical perhaps but, then I do as little hand sewing as possible.
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