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02-28-2011, 02:30 PM

#111

laurilli

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I love it! I did exactly the same thing with some scrap plastic my son brought home from work and scrap dowels- total cost FREE just my price range. LOL

02-28-2011, 02:49 PM

#112

Minding My Ps and Qs

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Lowes will cut most things - including plexiglass - for you - as will Home Depot. May be safer (considering the flying bits and pieces) than trying to do it yourself!
Sally

02-28-2011, 03:29 PM

#113

Pieceful Quilter

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Ha ha! I bet he is not the only one!

02-28-2011, 08:22 PM

#114

biscuitqueen

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that is really cool.

02-28-2011, 09:15 PM

#115

sewnserge

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thimblebug6000

Great job! To help with the drag of the quilt weight pull up an adjustable height ironing board along your left side and pile the quilt on it & then feed it onto the extension table. It's not perfect but it does help from catching & lifting the corner of the plastic.

Wow thimblebug -- you are genius! What a great, easy idea! Thank you!!

02-28-2011, 09:18 PM

#116

sewnserge

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It also helps to tape plexiglass with masking tape when cutting it. I make lot of my own templates useing plexiglass,such as squares dimonds,triangles etc.[/quote]

Plexiglass templates! Amazing idea!

02-28-2011, 10:53 PM

#117

Quilter2B

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dakotamaid

Love this. My hubby doesn't know it yet but he is making me one!

Mine too!

Sewnserge: What do you use to cut the plexiglass?

02-28-2011, 11:27 PM

#118

Rainy Day

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Someone beat me to the ironing board tip!

03-01-2011, 05:33 AM

#119

diannemc

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Well I used it yesterday and it did great!!! Makes a world of difference in FMQ to me!! Not bad for $19.27....

03-01-2011, 05:36 AM

#120

nana2

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One way to help with the weight of the quilt when doing FM is to get a table set up to your left making an "L" off of your sewing table. If you can get it the same height of the extension for your sewing machine that helps even more. Then having a table in back of your machine to hold the quilt as it moves off of the sewing area also helps. The only way I can do this is to move slap dab in the middle of the largest room in the house. LOL Some libraries around here allow folks to use some of their meeting rooms and I'm in a quilting group that meets in one of these rooms. Have to make reservations. Of course if all of us were blessed with unlimited $$$$$$$$$$ we could have one of the tables like some of the TV quilters have where the sewing machine sets down into the table and the table is as large as a small room.