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Keep It or Bin It: Lickety Grip, WonderFil Rayon, and the Clover Embroidery Threader

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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I’m finally getting around to sharing some of my experiences with some new products I picked up at the quilt shows last October. Up on the Keep It or Bin It review block today are a few products that I’ve been using and testing since then. Did they make the grade? Let’s see: Lickety [...]

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Clover White Marking Pen Love

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Clover White Marking Pen review: Keep It or Bin It? I’ve blathered on about the Clover White Marking Pen before, but it bears repeating, especially after my “A-Ha” moment” the other day. This is why the White Marking Pen (Fine) from Clover rocks: No, you’re not seeing double, I marked the first set [...]

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WFMW–Basting quilts with a tagging gun

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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For many years I’ve used plastic tags and a tagging gun to baste quilts together for quilting. In fact, this is the only method I’ve ever used, since I purchased the tagging gun when i was making crafts to sell (BQ) and needed to tag them with prices and info. When I started [...]

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Favorite Things: It’s hip to be square!

Monday, October 9, 2006

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Okay, I realize this is not your usual quilting type tool, and no, I’m not taking up carpentry along with all my other hats that I wear. This tool is a borderline “must have,” though, even for us quilter types, and it definitely saved me the other day as I was finishing up my [...]

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Favorite Things: Infinite Feathers Quilting Design Book and Template

Thursday, May 25, 2006

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Infinite Feathers,by Anita Shackelford If you’re interested in feather quilting, you won’t want to miss this one! Anita Shackelford takes you on a feather odyssey in Infinite Feathers: Quilt Designs, and introduces you to her indispensable companion tool, the Infinite Feathers Quilting Design Template. Feather quilting seems to be the hallmark of [...]

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Hanging Quilts

Monday, April 24, 2006

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How do you hang your quilts? Do you use the “hanging sleeve and dowel rod method?” I have for years, and still do, but recently I wondered if there wasn’t something better out there. I like to have a seasonal quilt hanging in my entryway that changes depending on the time of [...]

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