❤😊 Thank U Tracy, My Hubby's was walking in room, and said "What is Tracy doing Today" Got his Eye too 😘 I'm getting back into, Geez Louis why is Everything so $$$ Oh My Goodness, a shocking cost... I gave Everything away, were retired, so it will be a bit, before I can do Your big Quilting, Learning and Hubby's getting into it too!! Keep Rocking Life Beautifully ❤😊
Sometimes I have one of the layers just a smidge longer and if I put the longer one on the bottom next to the feed dog it easily takes it up for me. I know if I was perfect that wouldn’t happen though! Lol
I've also used a Post-It note pad -- either the 3 x 3 or the 3 x 5 -- as a seam guide in place of a magnet. Just take the protective back off the pad and stick it to the sewing machine bed at your desired distance from the needle. The thickness of the pad then becomes the guide. I also use a carpenter's measuring tape (the kind that rolls up and the case clips to a belt) to help me measure my quilts. They're pretty rigid, they lock in place, and even the small ones go to at least 10 feet, so measuring a queen or king quilt is much easier.
I think my local Harbor Freight ran out of the right angle ratchet screwdrivers within a week, because I told my entire sewing guild about them!!! What a great little tool. Thanks Tracy!
Thank you so much for sharing Tiffany’s hot glue tip for our rulers! I plugged my hot glue gun in the minute your video was over and I am AMAZED!! The glue lays so thin and works so GREAT!!!!!! Thank you Thank you!
Love all your hacking ideas. I'm a beginner quilter and still trying to get my quilting area set up. Having RA and waiting for spine surgery, hip and knee replacements, I often thought I wouldn't be able to get started but I've been watching Tiffany here on UA-cam since the beginning of this year. I've learned so much from all of you ladies and gents visually that I am excited about getting started. I appreciate everything each one of you share. We are definitely a community here, more than the one I live in, lol. I love the challenge and hope to grow. So thank you very much because now that I've found your channel as well I'm learning even more ❤
For tip 3, you can layer several pieces of tape (I use painters tape) and it creates a ledge similar to the magnet. I have also used post it notes. Thanks for the awesome video!
We have Tiffany to thank for that glue hack! It really is a game changer Kris...much better than those true dots! Happy quilting my quilty bestie! LOL😂
Oh Girlfriend, I love those hacks! The washy tape one blew my mind! I have that same edge issue and so does the class I teach. Tracy they are going to love you for the washy tape and the absolutely never ever thought of hot glue dots on the ruler! PS THANK YOU TO TIFFANY ALSO! Tracy, I have a class in the morning and I can’t wait to tell them the new things you have taught me! Oh I should say us subs, but you know...I always think you are just talking to me! LoL
That's because I am just talking to you Glenda LOL😂 If you don't have washi tape you can always use blue painter's tape!✅ Those hot glue dots are a total game changer!!!! I will be adding the glue to all my larger rulers too ....soon!
Thanks for the hot glue tip. I tried this before (with the hot glue) but did not like the huge uneven bumps….now I will do it again and press the glue flat! Thank you!!
Thank you I have been watching quilting videos for about a month now I've never made a quilt I have a few supplies but something as simple as cutting material my ruler was all over the place thank you I really appreciate what you're teaching me 💖😁
WONDERFUL tips...I'll remember to thank Tiffany, too! ~ LOVED and NEEDED that one! I ordered a few of the items from your Amazon list...excellent video!
I just finished hot glueing all the dots on ALL my rulers today✅ I was testing them out after and I just can’t believe how well it works. I’m absolutely stunned. I don’t think I will need to use a weight anymore on my long rulers either because the rulers just don’t budge!!!✅
I've used a glue stick when doing roll over binding and it works great. Why I've not used used it for regular binding, I do not know. Great idea! Where has that double sided quilting tape been? I've never seen that. Wow! It would good for so many things. Really great hacks. Thank you!
I love the “built in” grip on creative grids rulers and prefer it to anything else I’ve tried, but-the command hook hack!! YESSS!!! My hands get so achy and swollen. That’s an awesome tip. Just trying to figure out storage now because I currently stack them all on top of each other.
OMG Tracy I have had that exact magnetic thing in a drawer for years and had no clue what it was for. Got it with a bucket of sewing stuff at a garage sale. I just bought a little magnetic guide on Amazon. Lol I can't believe it. 🙉
You are fabulous. I never click on the description box. I did today to see if you put a link to Tiffany from Tiffany’s quilting life. I realized that you had a time stamp for every tip. I love that. If I refer back and can know exactly where to go. Thank you. I know that’s extra work.
Fantastic hacks 😊 And the cool thing is... most supplies can be found at the Dollar Tree in the craft section is the double sided tape and washy tape, the home section has the command wall hooks. And they sell glue guns and glue too 😄 I also have a old wooden fold up ruler. They are great 😊 Great video Tracy ❤️
Thanks Tiffany! I knew you'd like the tweak! The glue is so "flush" on that ruler and it literally does not move on the fabric!!! Such an incredible game changer.....I can't wait to add all the glue dots to my BIG rulers...possibly won't need a weight on the ruler anymore🤷🏻♀️
Hi Tracy, I love your hacks. I suddenly need to go to the dollar tree. 🤣🤣 I love the hook and command sticky because I can’t pick up my rulers and boy I hear you loud and clear on the arthritis pain man, I have it too. Heck, all your hacks including the one from Tiffany. I’ve got to try that one also. Thanks for sharing these helpful tips, they are much appreciated. Have a wonderful weekend, 🥰 Chris
You are so welcome Chris...the hooks have been a big game changer for me because of the arthritis. The hot glue on the rulers is another big deal for me....the technique really does make the rulers adhere in an amazing way✅
I do have a few problems with that 1/4” seam and have tried lots-of ways to help. I don’t like the little guard thingie in some 1/4” feet - so I’ve got some washes tape around (bought it because it was pretty! Not a scrapbooked at all!) and I’ll give that one a try - and I can just carefully slice the tape where it crosses my accessories box that is always attached. Another one for the binding - love the two you showed (I do hand bind😃) but sewing is so much faster for charity quilts. A very long time ago a very well known appliquer (she has to machine everything as she cannot do handwork) uses small drops of good old WASHABLE Elmer’s White School Glue! And then presses it to dry quickly. It’s fabulous and works like a charm. I’ve also used it in place of a certain very expensive glue for quilters and Elmer’s is cheap!!! Did you know that white glue is just starch and water? That’s why this one washes out - must use washable Elmer’s!!! Love all your videos!!💓💓
Hello and great tips! I had a busy but fun day in my sewing room and now I get to sit with my hand quilting and watch your video! I'm so grateful for your time to make this. I hope you have a delightful week ahead! Thank you for sharing!
1/4" Seam Guide Trick: go to the Dollar Store, and purchase a pkg. of the sticky felted furniture feet protectors... the one that is just a large square where you can cut to your own desired shape... or the multi pkg. which as long oblong pieces... I stick those onto my sewing machine plate right butted up against my 1/4" foot... the sticky pad is long, and extends towards me, giving me a longer area to butt up my fabric and run it along.
Thelma writes: Tracy, I have just found you. What the lovely way you present your videos, quilting tutorial/hacks, or whatever you want to call it. You are so patient and calm, and you have many tips in solving some sewing frustrations which are simple and do not cost the earth. Thank you for the way you have come across. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you for all the information, my dad was a plumber and used that carpenters ruler all the time I love them for measuring better then any measuring tape. Thank you again.
Love the tip for bindings, wish I watched this last week, I made hot pads for Xmas gifts & had a heck of a time I got it done but would have saved some aggrevasion
Those are great hacks. Have you tried a carpenter's square? They come in different sizes and can be used to square up large blocks. They are also easy to hang over something to keep them handy and off your work surface until needed again. Men sometimes hang them from their carpenter's belts to keep them handy while working. A small Post-it note pad can be taped to your sewing machine to help you sew the correct seam allowance. When sewing from a cone of thread (and the thread keeps coming out of the regular thread guide) a plastic drinking straw can be cut to the size needed and used to make an extra thread guide on your machine (that the thread can not get itself out of). It can be installed with tape if needed. I'm seeing a lot of videos with pattern weights being used instead of pens to hold patterns in place before cutting. I have not seen any pattern weights offered for sale in any shops around here. However, large heavy galvanized washers can be bought and used for the same job. I'm thinking of buying myself a dozen and covering each one with fabric with a ribbon lop sewn over the hole so that I can pick them up easier. The fabric should keep any rough spots on the washers from damaging my patterns (and make the washers look like they belong in my sewing room). I have arthritis in my hands also.
Arvetta...I've been thinking about getting a carpenter's square..but haven't tried yet. You have great ideas....post it note is genius!!! I do use those big round washers as weights...I haven't decorated them up yet LOL 😂 The arthritis is hard to live with some days....I hope you're doing well🌸
@@TheSewingChannel At a Quilt Show Class (some years ago) someone went around the room measuring over from the needles and taping a Post-It note pads on every student's sewing machine. She used masking tape. It works. It is easy to do; and, everyone had perfect seams that day. I can't remember who the teacher was. That was a fun and educational sewing class.
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❤😊 Thank U Tracy, My Hubby's was walking in room, and said "What is Tracy doing Today" Got his Eye too 😘 I'm getting back into, Geez Louis why is Everything so $$$ Oh My Goodness, a shocking cost... I gave Everything away, were retired, so it will be a bit, before I can do Your big Quilting, Learning and Hubby's getting into it too!! Keep Rocking Life Beautifully ❤😊
That is awesome!
Wow 😮 My Sister just sent me this Video.. THANK YOU 🙏 For These Hacks 😇
On the first tip - I would simply flip things over so the seams are laying on top where I can see and guide them the direction I want them to go.
Virginia....I do that sometimes. Lots of times the way the fabric is I cannot always do...thanks for the tip💛
Sometimes I have one of the layers just a smidge longer and if I put the longer one on the bottom next to the feed dog it easily takes it up for me. I know if I was perfect that wouldn’t happen though! Lol
And who’s perfect? Lol I’m not! We are all a work in progress!!💛
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I've also used a Post-It note pad -- either the 3 x 3 or the 3 x 5 -- as a seam guide in place of a magnet. Just take the protective back off the pad and stick it to the sewing machine bed at your desired distance from the needle. The thickness of the pad then becomes the guide. I also use a carpenter's measuring tape (the kind that rolls up and the case clips to a belt) to help me measure my quilts. They're pretty rigid, they lock in place, and even the small ones go to at least 10 feet, so measuring a queen or king quilt is much easier.
The post it notes are such a great idea...thank you !!!✅
I think my local Harbor Freight ran out of the right angle ratchet screwdrivers within a week, because I told my entire sewing guild about them!!! What a great little tool. Thanks Tracy!
Lol ! Too funny!
Yep, those are good tips. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome Phyllis 💛
Oh My Gosh!! The hot glue gun hack!!! That is just too clever. Thank you, Tracy.
Thank you so much for sharing Tiffany’s hot glue tip for our rulers! I plugged my hot glue gun in the minute your video was over and I am AMAZED!! The glue lays so thin and works so GREAT!!!!!! Thank you Thank you!
So awesome!!!!✅
it sure does!!!!! Especially after I have bought those glue dots from Amazon a while back, they are wearing out.
Love all your hacking ideas. I'm a beginner quilter and still trying to get my quilting area set up. Having RA and waiting for spine surgery, hip and knee replacements, I often thought I wouldn't be able to get started but I've been watching Tiffany here on UA-cam since the beginning of this year. I've learned so much from all of you ladies and gents visually that I am excited about getting started. I appreciate everything each one of you share. We are definitely a community here, more than the one I live in, lol. I love the challenge and hope to grow. So thank you very much because now that I've found your channel as well I'm learning even more ❤
Thank Tiffany for her hot glue hack for keeping rulers from moving fro me. Also, Thank you for sharring the simple hack.
Love tips, hints and wisdoms
All I keep saying when I see these hacks are oh my god. So many good ideas
Thank you so very much you saved my life
Wow...really? how? LOL😂
For tip 3, you can layer several pieces of tape (I use painters tape) and it creates a ledge similar to the magnet. I have also used post it notes. Thanks for the awesome video!
Thank you . I never thought of this . Checked my machine n there’s a lip on mine too. Tky Tky Tky!!!
Happy to help Angie...that "lip" is aggravating to me lol😂
SO SMART!! Thanks for the great tips!
You are so welcome!
Fantastic ideas! Thank you!
Oh my goodness! That hot glue hack is a game changer!! Thank you for another amazing video!!!
We have Tiffany to thank for that glue hack! It really is a game changer Kris...much better than those true dots! Happy quilting my quilty bestie! LOL😂
Thanks for the great advice I will definitely being using them
Just found your channel. I have learned so much. Just saw your command hook hack. Waiting to receive mine.
I have such a problem with rulers so this glue gun idea is perfect for me! Thank you👌
And it totally works Valerie✅
Every time I watch you videos I learn something new. Thank you from Switzerland
You're welcome Elsa..thank you for supporting my channel😃
BAM! 2 minutes into this video and learned an amazing fix to a common problem! Back to the video and THANK YOU!
Love the carpenter's ruler hack and the one to put your own grippers on the fabric side of the ruler.
Thank you for watching and supporting my channel MsSixty!💛
Great tips Tracy
Thank you Nancy!!!💛
Thank you for all tips and hacks!
You're welcome Leesa🌸
First time watcher, subbed! I love how you get straight to the point and make everything so easy to see xx
Welcome to The Sewing Channel Sharon💛
I just love Tiffany of Tiffany’s Quilting Life.
She’s awesome!!!💛
Thank you for these tips... 🥰
You are so welcome Cindy!🧡
Great ideas, especially the carpenters ruler. Love that idea. And the magnate Wow! Never knew they made those. I need that.
Glad it was helpful Kathleen✅
You just saved me from my most frustrating binding issue! And I love the carpenter's ruler too!
Oh Girlfriend, I love those hacks! The washy tape one blew my mind! I have that same edge issue and so does the class I teach. Tracy they are going to love you for the washy tape and the absolutely never ever thought of hot glue dots on the ruler! PS THANK YOU TO TIFFANY ALSO!
Tracy, I have a class in the morning and I can’t wait to tell them the new things you have taught me! Oh I should say us subs, but you know...I always think you are just talking to me! LoL
That's because I am just talking to you Glenda LOL😂
If you don't have washi tape you can always use blue painter's tape!✅
Those hot glue dots are a total game changer!!!! I will be adding the glue to
all my larger rulers too ....soon!
@@TheSewingChannel ☺️Thank you!
These are the best hacks I've seen so far with sewing. They are actually ones I'll use. Thank you!
Tracy.... you are one clever woman! Thanks for sharing!
You are very kind J C 💛 Thank you for supporting my channel by watching✅
The carpenter ruler is a great ideal. I put a clip on the end of the flexible measurement tape and attach it to my quilt.
I love your presentations. Your funny asides are so real.
Great tips.TFS
You are so welcome!🌸
Thanks for the hot glue tip. I tried this before (with the hot glue) but did not like the huge uneven bumps….now I will do it again and press the glue flat! Thank you!!
Great tip on binding!
Thank you Linda💛
Hi Tracy. Great tips
Glad it was helpful Nancy💛
Ingenious.
WOW! WOW! & WOW!!!!!!
I'd never thought of that, brilliant tip with the washi tape thanks
You're welcome Jean🌸
Great hacks! I love the carpenter’s ruler!
Great tips!
Glad it was helpful Pat🌸
love the hot glue tip and the command hook!!! thanks!
Great hacks dear! Thank you
Thanks Faye💛🌸
Thank you I especially like the washi tape and carpenters ruler hack! 😍
Great ideas. Thanks
You’re welcome Vicki💛
YAHOOOOOO love gluing that binding! Thanks loads!
Love these!
Thank you Pamela 🌸
Thank you I have been watching quilting videos for about a month now I've never made a quilt I have a few supplies but something as simple as cutting material my ruler was all over the place thank you I really appreciate what you're teaching me
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Glad it was helpful!
The glue gun hack was a game changer! Thanks, Tracy 😊
I know! I hope more people realize it Marisa...it's a crazy gamechanger!✅
carpenters ruler is brilliant! great ideas here. thanks for making a great vid!
Thank you so much Jodi for the kind feedback! I really do appreciate it💛
Great ideas😊
Oh and double yes on the glue stick!! It’s my favorite for binding. You can also use an iron to make it dry quicker :))
Great tip Katie...thank you!✅
WONDERFUL tips...I'll remember to thank Tiffany, too! ~ LOVED and NEEDED that one! I ordered a few of the items from your Amazon list...excellent video!
Glad it was helpful! The hot glue ruler hack is the best Autumn!✅
Great hacks
Thanks 😀! Those were some great hacks and your great sense of humour keeps it light and fun.👍
You're welcome Jayne! It's good to laugh that's for sure! Thank you for watching💛
Tracy, I've been knocking my brain trying to figure out some hack to get my rulers to sit still. HOT GLUE!!! THANK YOU!
I just finished hot glueing all the dots on ALL my rulers today✅ I was testing them out after and I just can’t believe how well it works. I’m absolutely stunned. I don’t think I will need to use a weight anymore on my long rulers either because the rulers just don’t budge!!!✅
Thank you.
Excellent video. Thank you ❤️
You're welcome @TheJAG1357 Happy Quilting💛
Let me tell these hacks answered a part of my sewing problems. 🙏
Happy to help Idarean!!💛
Thank you!
You're welcome!💛
Thank you so much for these hacks. I am fairly new to your channel and have some videos to binge on while recovering from shoulder surgery.
I hope you have a fast recovery Gay!🌸 thank you for supporting my channel while you heal💛
@Gay You will love her channel and beautiful personality! Everything she does is great!
Glenda is one of my encouragement coaches! LOL😂💛 Thank you Miss Glenda💛
@@TheSewingChannel Trust me, I love you more! You are the best of the best! Plus you are real!
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I've used a glue stick when doing roll over binding and it works great. Why I've not used used it for regular binding, I do not know. Great idea! Where has that double sided quilting tape been? I've never seen that. Wow! It would good for so many things. Really great hacks. Thank you!
Thank you for the great feedback Charlene🧡
What a great hack. I bought one!
Oh Tracy i love the binding
Thank you!
Thank you! I’ve been listening/watching while trimming. Great channel/info!!
Awesome! Thank you for the great feedback Sheryl🧡
Thanks Tracey! I can always count on you to come up with helpful hacks that make my sewing life easier!
You're welcome Pj! Have a great weekend!💛
I love the “built in” grip on creative grids rulers and prefer it to anything else I’ve tried, but-the command hook hack!! YESSS!!! My hands get so achy and swollen. That’s an awesome tip. Just trying to figure out storage now because I currently stack them all on top of each other.
I store them on the wall in a deep (front to back ) bin✅
I use a letter holder - 7 slots and stack them upright. I think this system would allow for the hooks.
Excellent tips! TY so much for always providing great content.
Thank you for the kind feedback Jennifer!💛I appreciate it so much!
That glue hack it everything
You bet it is for sure. I hope everyone knows about this hack soon!! Game changer!!!
Love these tips! ❤️🧵
So glad Helen! Have a great quilty weekend🌸
OMG Tracy I have had that exact magnetic thing in a drawer for years and had no clue what it was for. Got it with a bucket of sewing stuff at a garage sale. I just bought a little magnetic guide on Amazon. Lol I can't believe it. 🙉
That is so funny Terri that you have been holding onto something like that not knowing what it did LOL😂 That sounds like something I would do LOL
More great notion tips. Thanks Tracy! ❤️❤️
You're welcome Michelle💛
You are fabulous. I never click on the description box. I did today to see if you put a link to Tiffany from Tiffany’s quilting life. I realized that you had a time stamp for every tip. I love that. If I refer back and can know exactly where to go. Thank you. I know that’s extra work.
Thank you for such kind feedback Destry🌸 Tiffany has a great channel💛
Fantastic hacks 😊 And the cool thing is... most supplies can be found at the Dollar Tree in the craft section is the double sided tape and washy tape, the home section has the command wall hooks. And they sell glue guns and glue too 😄 I also have a old wooden fold up ruler. They are great 😊 Great video Tracy ❤️
Wow that's true Tiffany...It all can be found at the Dollar Tree! Thanks again for the genius ruler hack!!! LOVE it!!💛
@@TheSewingChannel I love how you changed it to get them flat 😊
Thanks Tiffany! I knew you'd like the tweak! The glue is so "flush" on that ruler and it literally does not move on the fabric!!! Such an incredible game changer.....I can't wait to add all the glue dots to my BIG rulers...possibly won't need a weight on the ruler anymore🤷🏻♀️
@@TheSewingChannel woot woot 🙌 👏
@@TheSewingChannel Becca is on right now if ya wanna watch 😊
Hi Tracy, I love your hacks. I suddenly need to go to the dollar tree. 🤣🤣 I love the hook and command sticky because I can’t pick up my rulers and boy I hear you loud and clear on the arthritis pain man, I have it too. Heck, all your hacks including the one from Tiffany. I’ve got to try that one also. Thanks for sharing these helpful tips, they are much appreciated. Have a wonderful weekend, 🥰 Chris
You are so welcome Chris...the hooks have been a big game changer for me because of the arthritis. The hot glue on the rulers is another big deal for me....the technique really does make the rulers adhere in an amazing way✅
Thank you for these wonderful tips. Especially the hot glue on the backs of the rulers.
Oh the hot glue ruler hack is my ultimate favorite!!!! Works amazingly!!!✅
My grandfather was a tailor and I have that fold up ruler
Please, keep the hacks coming! I have learned so much!
Happy to help Gloria💛
Thanks!
Bonnie...thank you so much💛
Ok fine… not just one hack … all of the hacks are AWESOME!!!! I just love watching your videos!!!! 💜💜💜💜
LOL 😂 Martha...you are so kind!💛 I love all the quilting hacks too!✅
I've been using the double sided tape in binding for years - no puckers or pleats. I haven't tried glue but I bet it is a lot cheaper.
Yes the glue is very inexpensive and it works well!✅ Double sided tape is awesome too!
I do have a few problems with that 1/4” seam and have tried lots-of ways to help. I don’t like the little guard thingie in some 1/4” feet - so I’ve got some washes tape around (bought it because it was pretty! Not a scrapbooked at all!) and I’ll give that one a try - and I can just carefully slice the tape where it crosses my accessories box that is always attached. Another one for the binding - love the two you showed (I do hand bind😃) but sewing is so much faster for charity quilts. A very long time ago a very well known appliquer (she has to machine everything as she cannot do handwork) uses small drops of good old WASHABLE Elmer’s White School Glue! And then presses it to dry quickly. It’s fabulous and works like a charm. I’ve also used it in place of a certain very expensive glue for quilters and Elmer’s is cheap!!! Did you know that white glue is just starch and water? That’s why this one washes out - must use washable Elmer’s!!! Love all your videos!!💓💓
Thank you for your tips Sandy!!! Gotta love some elmers washable for sure✅💛
Great tips. I can’t say which is my favorite. Love the washi tape, hot glue, and carpenters’ ruler. I love watching your videos
Thank you so much Sharon! Have a great weekend!!!🌸
Thanks for all the great tips. I love your channel ❤
Thank you so much Mary Ann💛
Hello and great tips! I had a busy but fun day in my sewing room and now I get to sit with my hand quilting and watch your video! I'm so grateful for your time to make this. I hope you have a delightful week ahead! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Brenda!
Great..Super Explanations ❣️❣️❣️THANX A BUNCH❤️Janet
Wonderful tips! I have arthritis too. Good to know we can still have fun crafting!
Absolutely! We can’t let our limitations get in the way Brittny!✅
1/4" Seam Guide Trick: go to the Dollar Store, and purchase a pkg. of the sticky felted furniture feet protectors... the one that is just a large square where you can cut to your own desired shape... or the multi pkg. which as long oblong pieces... I stick those onto my sewing machine plate right butted up against my 1/4" foot... the sticky pad is long, and extends towards me, giving me a longer area to butt up my fabric and run it along.
Wow what a great tip DH!! Thank you💛
Thelma writes: Tracy, I have just found you. What the lovely way you present your videos, quilting tutorial/hacks, or whatever you want to call it. You are so patient and calm, and you have many tips in solving some sewing frustrations which are simple and do not cost the earth. Thank you for the way you have come across. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you so much Thelma for such kind words💛I appreciate your support of my channel💛
Hi sis!! GREAT TIPS!!👍🤗
Thanks sis🌸 I know you are enjoying this wonderful weekend! enjoy!
@@TheSewingChannel Yes! You enjoy as well!!
I love the washi tape and the glue stick havks. Keep em coming. Thanks!!
Thanks for the great feedback Pam! have an awesome weekend!🌸
Thank you for all the information, my dad was a plumber and used that carpenters ruler all the time I love them for measuring better then any measuring tape. Thank you again.
What a great memory with your dad Donna💛 I am really loving the carpenter's ruler!
😲 Awesome!
Thank you for this tutorial 💕
You're welcome 😊
Love the tip for bindings, wish I watched this last week, I made hot pads for Xmas gifts & had a heck of a time I got it done but would have saved some aggrevasion
Those are great hacks. Have you tried a carpenter's square? They come in different sizes and can be used to square up large blocks. They are also easy to hang over something to keep them handy and off your work surface until needed again. Men sometimes hang them from their carpenter's belts to keep them handy while working.
A small Post-it note pad can be taped to your sewing machine to help you sew the correct seam allowance.
When sewing from a cone of thread (and the thread keeps coming out of the regular thread guide) a plastic drinking straw can be cut to the size needed and used to make an extra thread guide on your machine (that the thread can not get itself out of). It can be installed with tape if needed.
I'm seeing a lot of videos with pattern weights being used instead of pens to hold patterns in place before cutting. I have not seen any pattern weights offered for sale in any shops around here. However, large heavy galvanized washers can be bought and used for the same job. I'm thinking of buying myself a dozen and covering each one with fabric with a ribbon lop sewn over the hole so that I can pick them up easier. The fabric should keep any rough spots on the washers from damaging my patterns (and make the washers look like they belong in my sewing room). I have arthritis in my hands also.
Arvetta...I've been thinking about getting a carpenter's square..but haven't tried yet. You have great ideas....post it note is genius!!! I do use those big round washers as weights...I haven't decorated them up yet LOL 😂 The arthritis is hard to live with some days....I hope you're doing well🌸
@@TheSewingChannel At a Quilt Show Class (some years ago) someone went around the room measuring over from the needles and taping a Post-It note pads on every student's sewing machine. She used masking tape. It works. It is easy to do; and, everyone had perfect seams that day. I can't remember who the teacher was. That was a fun and educational sewing class.
I bought flat irons at antique stores for weight, have handles
I also use a mason'ruler..northern freight
Have wandered lots of beaches and picked up interesting rocks, they have since become pattern weights, memories of places I've been