Which quilting/sewing subscription box is best!
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- I ranked 4 subscription boxes. Information given in this video is of my own opinion based on my personal experience. @SewWhatBox @FatQuarterShopTX @MrsQuilty @thequiltedcow
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Thank you for your honest opinion but I would rather actually see the products you are talking about. The fabric the items etc.
I do show them off in the unboxing videos.
Mrs. Quilty is great. i love it.
What a fun dialogue! Enjoyed watching your video. I always prefer to see what comes in the boxes…maybe a box opening?
I will come back to watch your next video. Thanks for taking a different angle on your videos! Fun to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it! There are videos of me unboxing all of these. Thank you for stopping by.
Would have loved to have seen what was in each box!!
Thank you for stopping by. If you check out my video section I do have videos of each unboxing.
Hi! First time viewer here. I have subscribed to the Fat Quarter Shop's Sew Sampler for a couple years now. I am always looking for other subscription boxes that I might enjoy. So far, I've stuck with FQS and their Sew Sampler. A couple things I've learned may help you or others while you evaluate these kits. 1) At Fat Quarter Shop they seem to give you ample fabric to complete the project. Some places give you just enough to finish - but what if you make a mistake? FQS is generous in the amount of fabric you have to work with. Often you have leftovers to put into your stash. 2) They have a terrific blog where you can find all their videos - and there are a lot of them! They have a good selection of beginner videos that can be very helpful. I"m going through those myself to learn or relearn what I've forgotten. 3) Also, each month they have an alternative pattern that you can find on the blog. Just use the link that comes with the kit to find. So that is 2 patterns that work with the fabric for that month. Plus you get the extra pattern in each kit. That pattern is part of a year long Block of the Month quilt. At the end of the year you'll have the patterns to make a sampler quilt. Anyway, I do find FQS to be a quality company and they work hard to produce a good product. They are so easy to get hold of if you have questions. They have a facebook group for the sew sampler club too where people post pictures of their finished quilts and share ideas about how they used their fabric. You can also ask questions in there. If anyone will know how to clean a gluey iron, that group will! Missouri Star also has similar perks that go with their products. Both companies are quality businesses and you can feel assured that you are in good hands. Now, I'm going to have a look at your No. 1 choice. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by! I do love the Sew Sampler Box as well. I usually purchase a lot of sale items from MSQC. I will definitely look at the links and see what other patterns FQS has.
I get the sew sampler from fat quarter shop and enjoy it. Carrie, i know you are new to you tube but please try to stay on course. I had great difficulty folliwing which box you were talking about as well as you mentioned Corton Cuts and then wrnt on to something else. Also showing us whst came in the boxes ir st keast whatever project you made would be helpful. As to the bowl cozy it didnt fit YOUR biwl but nay have fit someone elses just the way the pattern said to make it. Please dont make it soubd like the company had a bad pattern. Will continue to watch and hope to see you calm and settle and become more organized.
Thank you for the feed back! I appreciate it. As for staying on course that is why I had my notes. I still got off course! I think the more I do this the better I will get! Thank you again for stopping by.
@crafterslog you're doing great, and of course you'll get better as you go. Hang in there.
@@gigiodom156 thank you!!
For a clean iron, you can use a damp magic eraser on your cold iron. It will look brand new.
Thanks for the tip!!!
I second this but if it’s really gross I’ll use a damp magic eraser on my hot iron I lay the eraser on my ironing board and run the iron over it
Hi Carolyn
Use appliqué sheets when working with adhesives. One ont the bottom and on the top. They’re are silicone sheets to withstand heat and also protect your iron/board
Ooo. I have silicone sheets that I use with my heat press. Didn’t even think of that. Thank you!!
OMG! I can't remember what channel I use to watch, maybe the Midnight Quilter, were she would drink wine as she was sewing - hysterical, but she'd get pretty tired. LOL! Charcootie board? That is funny, I'm stealing it.
Sharkcutie board! I might have to try a late night live. I have a hard time sleeping so this might help.
@@crafterslog Lol! I just like saying "cootie" cause I'm a 65 year old 1st grader.
Lol@@GinaGrowe
Yes, it’s Angela Walters, she used to do the midnight quilting with wine, she’s insanely talented, she can quilt beautiful, intricate patterns on her domestic machine, free motioning like a boss big quilts, I used to think how on earth she can create such difficult quilting patterns whilst drinking wine? She’s on another level!
@@rebeccamulkern1051 I must look up this wizard!! Thanks.
Absolutely without a doubt to get things off of your iron. Use a Mr. clean scrub pad. It works on all iron services and takes out the nastiest of everything without damaging your iron soleplate. Be sure to rinse good when you’re finished and always always use your shot or burst of steam in your iron before you actually at try to iron your fabrics to clean it each time. Also, you should dump your water out of your iron after each use. I usually use a dry iron and a spray Mr rather than take a chance on my iron leaking onto my beautiful fabrics.
I will definitely try the Mr. Clean.
I love the quilted cow and sewers club box. I also get the Open Gate box which is good for more experienced sewists. I like all of them as I like project driven boxes.
Open Gate is on my list to try.
@@crafterslog it’s my favorite of all of them. I find the projects interesting and the fabric is always beautiful. I pay an additional amount to include the project backing.
@@Robinrinaldi23 that’s a great idea to get the backing. Helps to ensure it will match the top.
Open Gate also does a specialty box like at Halloween - not part of the subscription and it is quite a bit more expensive but so worth it! Good grief that woman can do an awesome Halloween box!
@@GinaGrowe ooooo! I love Halloween!!
🎉 I love the Quilted Cow. All of the boxes I like except for Mrs. Quilty. My opinion. There are cleaners to help iron problems. I have no solids. I love Fat Quarter Shop.
Same!! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your honest opinions, I really appreciated them being a newish quilter myself.
You are welcome. Thank you for stopping by!
You are being so kind about the Mrs Quilty boxes. I’ll just leave it at that.
Oh I could have been harsh. But, I felt people got the idea of how……not good it was. Thanks for stopping by.
They have iron cleaner. Look at any quilt store and order it.
Thank you!!
There is a iron cleaner at MSQ you may want to try. I would try rubbing alcohol to see if that's works??? Yesss! I always quilt with coffee, tea or wine, depending on the time of day 😊 Love the quilted cow unboxings, have not tried it yet tho. I may try it next year. I think sew sampler is great but I like a little more fabric in a box. My favorite is Pastry Quilt Shop.
Pastry Quilt Shop is on my list to try.
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Many many sizes of Bowl cozies. I have 6 different sizes myself.
I bought a template off Amazon and it can make 6 or 8 different sizes.
I haven't tried Quilted Cow but I've really enjoyed the unboxings and the project selections have been great. They do have the best looking boxes. I keep hoping to win one from Holly so I can try before buy ;-)
I will have an extra August box up for a giveaway as well.
Try open gate you will love it
I bought it! Just patiently waiting on it to arrive!!
Just subscribed after watching Crystal Heart mention you on her u tube channel.
Oh, thank you so much!
Also, use a pressing sheet, even if it’s a piece of parchment paper when you go over some of that green type stuff. I have a Teflon sheet I use for appliqué iron on interfacing type stuff, and I just use regular parchment paper from the kitchen for setting glue.
Great tips! Thank you.
In my opinion the best three boxes are Bella Rose, Open Gates and Pastry Shop. Both Bella Rose and Open Gates provide complete products for the main projects and they use their own patterns. They both have a secondary and sometimes third project and provide everything but the fabric since they are considered "stash buster" projects. They also provide an additional block of the month or extra pattern and they both have tutorials with Bella Rose doing a Zoom type gathering/retreat once every other month.
Open Gates is monthly and Bella Rose is bi-monthly. The Pastry Shop is also a great box that comes out every 6 weeks. You get most everything for the project, sometimes you might need background. All the fabrics are top of the line for all three boxes. All three boxes have notions and include some type of edible treat.
Bella Rose started their boxes in January of this year, so they are really new. Open Gates has been going for several years and The Pastry Shop is a couple of years old. They each offer something different and I would compare them to each other in price and value - def getting your value with all three boxes.
The other box that I'd like to add for your consideration is called Sweetwater. I waited a year and half to get off the wait list! They come out every three months and it is 100% their fabric line, so if you like Sweetwater fabric you'll love their quarterly subscription box. You need to read carefully because they do have different boxes like you can get fabric labels with your name or get them without for your quilt backs. Anyway, you should take a look at Sweetwater Company.
If you like Alison Glass fabrics she started a subscription box, limited time, that will come out quarterly but it is expensive - I'd compare it to Julie's at Intrepid Thread and she does the Tilda and Liberty fabrics. Alison Glass is brand new but you'd really want to read thoroughly the sign-up instructions and check to see if you like her fabrics. I LOVE her fabrics, very soft and vibrant and they wash up beautifully.
I love that you remind to read!!! It takes a village!!
@@crafterslog I've gotten better - when I first started getting subscription boxes I didn't read everything and got caught up in a couple that were 3 month and 6 months. Man, that fine print, it will gitcha!
I agree with Gina, I don't get open gates but I get the Bella Rose and Pastry Shop. Would love to get Sweetwater! But there is always a wait list, I just started primitive gatherings. Excited to see how that one is. Love everything farmhouse, that one may not be for you Carrie, I know it's not your jam. Pastry Quilt Shop is my favorite box out of all the ones I have ever tried.
I think I mentioned this before. I subscribed to the knitting box by the same company; directions were horrible (and I’m a decent knitter). The yarn in the first box wasn’t bad. The yarn in the second box was rough. The second box required a length of cable needle and they sent 2 short needles to add up to that length.
I think the other boxes are you are evaluating are affiliated with brick and mortar or online stores…not sure about Mrs. Quilty.
I don’t think Mrs. Quilty is a brick n mortar either.
@@crafterslog I wondered if Mrs. Quilty might actually be Temu products? Temu prices are much better though, I think several places get some of the notions from Temu since it is more affordable. If it doesn't have a company name on it like Clover, etc. you have to wonder.
@@GinaGrowe not to be a downer, but many temu products come from factories that use slave labor.
Mrs. Quilty I didn’t care for they mess up my first box and customer service is awful. So I cancelled after 3 months due incorrect items or missing things (never received any of the free gift that supposed to come with the box. By the shipping is not included. TQC subscription everything is great and it’s always a surprise however, the cost is too high and a lot of the notions is starting to be repeated. FQS I had about 2 years of the subscription before trying the other two companies their stuff is great too but again notions were starting to be repetitive. So at this time I’m not subscribing to anything of the 3 companies. Currently I’m giving Sweetwater a try.
Ooo. How do you like Sweetwater?
I love how MSQ bundles. You pay shipping on first order, then can add to it all week without paying more shipping.
I ordered stuff from MSQC. I forgot what I ordered so I am looking forward to unboxing it.
What I liked about the Sew What box was the fact they put in all usable items and no fillers like jewelry and candy. I only got it for 3 months because I liked one of the 3 projects in those months. So, it wasn't a good fit for me.
Carrie, could you screen shot your recipes and add for us to see? I love them! With the Sew Sampler there is normally a tutorial for the patterns and the Block of the Month changes every year.
I will post to my Facebook page.
@@crafterslog Sweet! I'll join your FB page.
I tried ironing over a dryer sheet a few times and rubbing toothpaste on my iron to get glue off. The dryer sheet worked after elbow grease!!
Elbow grease!!! 😃
Thank you for sharing your honest opinion about the boxes. As for the projects, I know it’s a personal choice but the patterns have to be written clearly for me. I am a new subscriber, thank you again.
You are so welcome! Thank you for subscribing!
Very clever recipe card! Love the comparison. You know Carrie, you might want to give Cotton Cuts a try since you get pre-cut fabrics and really good directions. Once you get the feel of putting the pieces together and doing a 1/4" stitch then maybe go on to doing projects that you cut yourself?
I did order from cotton cuts! I am looking forward to my first box.
@@crafterslog Are you doing the mystery quilt or a banner/table runner?
Carrie...thanks❤
Absolutely! You are welcome.
Use the fabric from the Ms Quilty boxes to practice different quilt blocks
That’s a great idea. I was also going to make up some pet beds using it.
I have quite a large stash since I have been quilting for years. I have been making some scrap quilts, to try and use up some of my fabric. I am not sure they would be a good idea for me. They do sound fun, oh.
Thanks for watching!!
Which you would have shown some of the fabric /items included
Thanks for stopping by. I showed the fabrics in the unboxing videos
I do like t g e Block A Month because you can get a quilt done in a year or so.
That seems reasonable. I can handle a block a month vs. trying to get all of the projects in the subscription boxes. (Especially, since I get 3 or 4 a month.
I'm curious, have you ever taken a quilt class? It might help you understand how to read patterns if you haven't. I appreciate it when kits show you how to cut the fabric as they only give so much. You are a bit hard to follow, but I'm sure you will find your groove. Honestly, I would probably be all over the place as well. 😂 A little advice, don't use a rotary cutter if you've been drinking. And always, always close your rotary cutter before putting it down. I wanted to add that I appreciate your honesty. It would be interesting to see you revaluate some of these earlier boxes after you've become more experienced. A then vs. now type of thing.
I have never taken a quilt class that covered basics. It was more of let's make this and ask questions if you have any. I was hoping for more of machine basics and quilting terminology/pattern interruptions. I highly doubt I will drink alcohol while cutting/sewing. I am too paranoid.
I tried Mrs quilty, the patterns are so hard to read! I didn't care for it. But the others are good.
There is a UA-camr saying that the fabric from the SewWhatBox is from JoAnn
Interesting. I will be looking into that. Thanks for stopping by.
From what I can tell based on unboxings that I've watched & fabrics I've seen and/or purchased at JoAnn, I'd say that UA-camr is correct.
hope your knee is feeling this evening
I iced it as soon as we stopped the live! Thank you!