Favorite tips
11-13-2010, 09:47 AM
#71
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Heres a tip...I keep forgetting which end is the top...here is a tip that you may know..I cannot believe I did not think of it earlier....I place a safety pin on the top square...now I know which block not to sew and also how to lay it back down once sewn....so much easier...and no fear of sewing the wrong end.
11-07-2011, 03:42 AM
#73
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Stanley NC
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Thanks for the reminder! I struggled with tangled thread yesterday. Will grab a dryer sheet before I start sewing today.
11-18-2011, 03:33 AM
#75
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Location: East Tennessee
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Wow, I'm having a hard time describing this. Pretend you're hand-quilting a circle. We all know how much fun that is, especially in a floor frame!!
I don't make a knot but pull 1/2 of the thread at the top of the circle then quilt down one side until it becomes uncomfortable, then start again at the top and quilt down the other side. It's a big time and thread saver. And I hope that makes sense!!!
I don't make a knot but pull 1/2 of the thread at the top of the circle then quilt down one side until it becomes uncomfortable, then start again at the top and quilt down the other side. It's a big time and thread saver. And I hope that makes sense!!!
11-18-2011, 03:52 AM
#76
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Michigan/Florida
Posts: 203
I took an inexpensive "tomato" pincushion and divided it into sections with a marker. In each section I wrote the size of a sewing machine needle. I put used, but not used enough to throw out yet, needles by size in their sections. In the section that is the size I have in my sewing machine I put a flowered flat head pin. So, at a glance I know what size needle I have in my machine. Since I like to use a different size needle for cotton and flannel and machine quilting needles for machine quilting or sewing on binding I need to change my needle fairly often. Using the pin cushion for needles has really helped keep me organized.
11-18-2011, 04:10 AM
#77
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: MD
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Use rubber fingers you buy at office store to pull needle through when hand quilting.
Use Q-tips to clean machine.
Store needles in pill bottles.
Use plastic oblong containers that salad comes in to store scraps.
Use Q-tips to clean machine.
Store needles in pill bottles.
Use plastic oblong containers that salad comes in to store scraps.
11-18-2011, 04:41 AM
#78
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 503
My distributor told us that with newer, especially computer machines, using the air can blow dust and lint into areas where it could cause serious problems. We were told to use natural bristle brushes.
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