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New Gadget: Seams Sew Easy
Lori Holt (Bee In My Bonnet) has a new gadget out that is kind of fun. Extremely useful too. She calls it Seams Sew Easy. It is a plastic seam guide you can adhere to the bed of your sewing machine with little sticky dots that are re-positionable. It sure is a lot cuter…
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Good Construction Method
My current project, Viola, calls for a construction method that I think is a very good one. That would be making half square triangles (and other block units) slightly over sized, then trimming them down. These trimmed units are all so uniform in size that sewing them together is a precision lovers dream. If you…
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My Next Iron
No, this isn't it. But, seriously, thank you all so much for weighing in with your recommendations, comments and experiences. That was so valuable to me. My gosh, what a wealth of information. My experience is that I am hard on irons. I have had cheap ones and I have had good German made Rowentas.…
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Another One Bites the Dust
My last Rowenta from Germany has finally bitten the dust. It lasted a good while, for me, anyway, and I tend to be brutal on my steam irons. I believe I have had this one going on three years. The thing I liked about the Rowenta Pro Master was that it has 400 holes and…
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The Block Tool
When I was trying to select a category for the post I was in a quandary. "Books"? "Blocks"? "Tools"? The little fan of wonderfulness above is all of those things. The pages are laminated and double sided, and contain instructions for making 102 rotary cut quilt blocks in 5 different sizes, from 3" on up.…
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Prepping Fabric
There is a new movement that is underway. You may or may not be aware that a lot of fabric and pattern designers are practicing a technique that supposedly makes cutting, sewing, and fabric handling much nicer. I have never been a pre-washer. Not at all. Well, once when I made a red and…
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Three More
I have a feeling there won't be a lot of sewing going on until the end of the week. It was a busy weekend, with time spent in the garden as well as visiting relatives. I managed to squeeze out three more Steam Punk blocks, but that is it. I think it may be a…
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Easy Angle or Folded Corner Clipper?
I recently learned about a ruler called the Folded Corner Clipper, a handy tool for when you need to sew squares on corners. There is a quarter inch seam allowance and ruler markings that when all in alignment, give you very accurate blocks. You line up the ruler with your pieces of fabric, and…
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Nifty Notion
Have any of you seen these neat new pins? They came to my attention a few months ago, and I even have some in my Amazon "Wish List" to buy sometime. I guess I can remove that item from my list, because I received this box as a holiday gift. They are called Marilee's Numbered…
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Steady Betty Has Landed
While I was away on my recent trip, in a class I took, I was introduced to this interesting pressing board called Steady Betty. I had just taken an applique class the day before, and the instructor was emphasizing how important it is to have a very firm pressing surface to press those narrow edges…