What's your favorite quilting tool
Submitted by coco on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:51
For the past gazillion years my favorite tool has been a small piece of surgical rubber which I use to pull the needles through tough material. ( I tie demin backed quilts) Sometimes it is almost impossible to pull the needle and yarn through.
When I have blood drawn I always take the tourniquet with me. The lab tech has always been good to give it to me, now they just throw them away. We use to use pliers for needle pulling but these work so much better.
My second favorite item is my quilting frames I make them myself and just love them.
coco
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
I wish I had time to make
Lyn Penny I know what you
Lyn Penny I know what you mean about the rotary cutter and mat they are a must.
Grannyrose thanks for the info, those quilting horses are the greatest. I use stands one on each corner of the quilt. The stands I use can be cut out of a half sheet of plywood. This year I am going to set up a pulley system so that when I am not at the quilt working on it then I can raise it up to the ceiling and out of the way until I'm ready to work on it again. Someone told me about it and it sounds pretty clever and easy.
coco
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Oh wouldn't that be nice.
I forgot to add that I
I forgot to add that I have been using surg. rubber forever. The first ones I used were the rubber gasket from an IV bottle, yes I am that old.
Please grannyrose tell me what a quilting horse is. Maybe we just call them by a different name
coco
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Coco, the quiliting horse
Coco, the quiliting horse is a portable saw horse. I found a patten. I think this is the one I used to make mine. The top of it is flat so that you can drill large holes in it and your quilt frame. You roll your quilt in the two frames on each side then attach it to the quilting horse. The quilt is stable as you sew. Grannyrose
quilting horses
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my favorite quilting tool is
As far as I'm concerned
As far as I'm concerned denim quilts are the greatest esp. for babies. When you lay the quilt on the floor to put the baby on the quilt does not bunch up under them, the quilt stays flat. For a baby quilt I usually use flannel on the top and denim on the back.
These quilts are almost indestructable!!!!!!
coco
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
My favorite Quilting tool
My favorite QuiltingTool is my QuiltingHorses my mother made. They are full sized but fold up and I hang them on the wall in the gargage for storage.
My mom tells me my quilts are nice but my stitching are tool large. I am not taking them loose though. lol Grannyrose
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Hey, Coco, I make
Hey, Coco, I make denim quilts, too. I've never tried tying them, but love your tip about the surgical rubber. I never would have thought of that. I machine top stitch on the quilts, but could use a trick for pulling needles through tough fabrics on some other projects. Thanks!
~ Connie ~ Zone 5 ~ MN
I want Dizzy's visa and
I want Dizzy's visa and Susan's Mom cuz I have a daughter that's on me all the time cuz I haven't made her quilt yet.
coco
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!!
Dizzy, you're a riot! My
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Susan,The Assistant Administrator, the Texas Yankee and the Texas Rangerette.
my favorite?
Hmmmm... let's see.. would have to say my very favorite tool for quilting is a Visa!!
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