Quilting Notions You Don't Like or Use
#71
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#73
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My two least favorite notions: Every thimble I ever bought, finally gave up and let the callouses develop while keeping band-aids nearby just in case I poked myself. The other thing is every rotary blade sharpener that I purchased, also gave up, the cost of replacement blades is money well spent rather than the frustration of sharpeners that don't work.
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The binding tool is great for joining the the two ends. I seldom do two fold bindings or bias binding anymore. I use single fold straight seam binding. A quilt historian said it will take a long time for a single fold binding to wear away before the quilt so she quit using double fold bindings.
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The binding tool is great for joining the the two ends. I seldom do two fold bindings or bias binding anymore. I use single fold straight seam binding. A quilt historian said it will take a long time for a single fold binding to wear away before the quilt so she quit using double fold bindings.
#76
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My two least favorite notions: Every thimble I ever bought, finally gave up and let the callouses develop while keeping band-aids nearby just in case I poked myself. The other thing is every rotary blade sharpener that I purchased, also gave up, the cost of replacement blades is money well spent rather than the frustration of sharpeners that don't work.
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I use the Pounce chalk marker a lot. Did you know you have to slam it about 50 times as hard as you can after filling before the initial use? After that all you have to do is swipe it across the stencil.
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