Hey happy 9th day of december, only 15 more days until Christmas! I have a table runner that I have been designing that I must finish this week, hopefully I can get back into sewing. It has been so cold here and there is no heat so I spend my days curled up with knitting watching classic television and old movies. I am told it will be even colder in January. I have a space heater on my Christmas list but since the electrical here is so poor it wouldn't be as safe to have one as I'd like. I also have a puppy on my Christmas list. We will see what Santa brings me!
I thought I would talk a little about marking quilts. I use an old stand by. I use shards of soap. We use Dial soap, my husband loves it's antibacterial properties and as it gets down to the end I save the slivers and they are wonderful for marking darker fabrics, I haven't had a problem with them leaving stains yet. I also like the price! I also use a soft lead pencil for marking applique work, it rubs off and I usually turn it under when I am sewing.
I took a look at "Go" advertised on the Quilt Show, I couldn't believe they wanted $1200 for the thing. Then you still have to buy more dies. Does anyone have one of these. Is it worth the money? I still like to preserve my money for fabric (I just buy less and have to love what I buy) so anything that would make that big of a hit in my budget would have to be a real time saver.
I found a nice blog this week that I thought I would share with you. You can find it here:
http://www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/margueritas-blog/
She has a nice videos some nice crazy quilt patterns which are always a great way to use up fabric! Have a great week everyone and I'll see you next week.
I thought I would talk a little about marking quilts. I use an old stand by. I use shards of soap. We use Dial soap, my husband loves it's antibacterial properties and as it gets down to the end I save the slivers and they are wonderful for marking darker fabrics, I haven't had a problem with them leaving stains yet. I also like the price! I also use a soft lead pencil for marking applique work, it rubs off and I usually turn it under when I am sewing.
I took a look at "Go" advertised on the Quilt Show, I couldn't believe they wanted $1200 for the thing. Then you still have to buy more dies. Does anyone have one of these. Is it worth the money? I still like to preserve my money for fabric (I just buy less and have to love what I buy) so anything that would make that big of a hit in my budget would have to be a real time saver.
I found a nice blog this week that I thought I would share with you. You can find it here:
http://www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/margueritas-blog/
She has a nice videos some nice crazy quilt patterns which are always a great way to use up fabric! Have a great week everyone and I'll see you next week.
2 comments:
wow, was that a stateside price? If so, that markup was about 900%. They are under $400. They have a deal right now that you can get: http://www.accuquilt.com/GO-Basic-Starter-Set-P3689.aspx
If you want only the cutter, it's $349: http://www.accuquilt.com/GO-Cutters-C437.aspx
That was bundle price that the company had advertised with "all" the start up stuff needed and several dies.
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