Quilt-along 2021

What is your favorite notion to use? Have you come across an extremely useful tool? All of that information will be posted in this space here. So check back often!

Helpful Notions/Tools

  • Self healing cutting mat (can be purchased in inches, centimeters, or double sided with inches/centimeters on each side)
  • Rotary cutter & replacement blades
  • Quilting rulers
    • Stripology ruler (a specialized ruler that allows you to cut out strips and blocks of various sizes)
  • Binding clips (used to clip binding in place prior to sewing it)
  • Chain quilting cutter (used to quickly cut the threads between chain pieces)
  • That purple thang (helps turn things inside out, poke out corners, hold down fiddly bits so you don’t sew your fingers, etc)
  • Rotating cutting mat (allows you to cut on one side of your fabric, rotate the mat and cut down the other side of your fabric without having to contort your body or move your fabric or ruler)
  • Omnigrid InvisiGRIP (a clear film you can apply to the bottom of your ruler to prevent it from slipping)
  • OttLite (a light that provides bright daylight illumination that drastically reduces frustrating shadows)
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