What is your favorite quilting tool
05-17-2010, 03:46 AM
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I like blue painters tape. It is flexible and I use it to insure that I quilt in straight lines or curved ones when hand quilting a design. You can get it in different widths and it doesn't leave a sticky residue when you remove it.
05-17-2010, 04:11 AM
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Maybe the poster will correct me if I am wrong.
moleskin found in the aisle for care is where I found mine. Find the 1/4 inch on your machine, I use a small ruler and set the needle down on the 1/4 inch mark of the ruler, but the mole skin right up to this make, the mole skin is adhesive on the back. Test your 1/4 lining your fabric against the edge of the moleskin. You may have to move it a tadd. Hope this helps.
moleskin found in the aisle for care is where I found mine. Find the 1/4 inch on your machine, I use a small ruler and set the needle down on the 1/4 inch mark of the ruler, but the mole skin right up to this make, the mole skin is adhesive on the back. Test your 1/4 lining your fabric against the edge of the moleskin. You may have to move it a tadd. Hope this helps.
05-17-2010, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Originally Posted by craftybear
awesome, love to see a photo of your cool tables/benches!
What I have adapted to make quilts would be my quilting tables/benches. They are solid wood door planks that I cut a hole into one of them and mounted a treadle under. I can change wooden plates out to fit which ever machine I want to use that day and if I want another layout table I can put a solid plank in it and I am good to go.
Billy
What I have adapted to make quilts would be my quilting tables/benches. They are solid wood door planks that I cut a hole into one of them and mounted a treadle under. I can change wooden plates out to fit which ever machine I want to use that day and if I want another layout table I can put a solid plank in it and I am good to go.
Billy
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WOW BILLY those are really COOL EFFICIENT work areas! Thanks for posting picture I can show hubby - :)
05-17-2010, 04:41 AM
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I am just lovin' this thread!!!!! Such useful info. I have been thinking about getting the June T shape cutter ruler, I have now decided to do it with my 40% off coupon this week thanks to the positive feedback.
Billy, Very nice uncluttered work area. Nice machines too!
Billy, Very nice uncluttered work area. Nice machines too!
05-17-2010, 04:59 AM
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My favorite tool is a converted cuticle pusher from my very early years as a beautician to use as an awl, and the next one is forceps shaped like tweezers from my years of being a surgical nurse to grab the fabric and keep the edges together when sewing curves.
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