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QOTD for July 2nd

12 years ago

Do you have 1 tool that you feel you just couldn't quilt without?

I have this little thing called a Whiz Kid from Brandy's Quilt Patterns. It is a 1/2 wide little ruler type thing to make HST. I LOVE it and use it all the time.

Here is a link that might be useful: Whiz Kid

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barbara_l
12 years ago
My Elenor Burns square up ruler - can't do without this one.
jennifer_in_va
12 years ago
Yup, have that Whiz Kid tool and love it too! But I could live without that one.

But I couldn't live without the Add-A-Quarter/Add-An-Eight ruler for paper piecing! That is a wonderful tool!
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geezerfolks_SharonG_FL
12 years ago
I suppose I could live without a rotary cutter and mat, but it sure does make quilting easier.

SharonG/FL
teresa_nc7
12 years ago
Hmmmmm....looks like I need to get a Whizz-kid AND a square up ruler.

Lately I've been using my tailor's chalk a lot for marking. This is a set of 3 colors that I got years ago, but it has not deteriorated at all and still has some sharp edges on it. My white marking pencil doesn't show up well and I don't have a good pencil sharpener for regular lead pencils - so it's the chalk or an automatic pencil for marking.

Teresa
K8Orlando
12 years ago
I'm pretty dependent on all of my rulers. It took me a while to find the 12.5x12.5 square up ruler I use for completed blocks but I love it. After receiving some birthday and lotto blocks that were too small to use, I have to admit that I wish everyone used a ruler to verify sizes.

I don't think I would enjoy quilting as much as I do if I didn't have the mat and rotary cutter. What a huge difference that's made in speed and accuracy!

My quilting friend, who sadly doesn't visit this forum, uses Jinny Beyer's "Perfect Piecer" multi-ruler for much of her hand piecing. She loves it and says she can't imagine how she sewed before she got it!

Kate
magothyrivergirl
12 years ago
How do you use the Whiz Kid? I googled - did not come up with instructions.
I guess I lucked out on my 12.5" x 12.5" ruler. When I first started piecing, I went to Joanns to buy rulers for the class. I asked a lady (another customer) who was looking at the quilting notions wall if she could recommend some rulers. She told me to get the 12.5" square - a must! and a 6 x 12. I thought everybody had / used a 12.5" X 12.5". So, maybe that is my answer - but, the item, I don't want to do without is a June Tailor Shape-cut. I think Rosa recommended it. I love it, and want the bigger one, but it is soooo expensive.
mary_c_gw
12 years ago
My go-to rulers are the 6x24, the 6.5 square, and the 12.5 square. I do have a 6x12, but I rarely use it. When making a cross-cut on a piece of fabric, I want that full 24".

Other notions - well, not so much. I do not have the Whiz Kid, but another device for marking HST. I find I just don't get it out and use it. I can slap down a regular ruler, draw the diagonal, and my 1/4" foot takes care of the rest.
nanajayne
12 years ago
It is hard to say just one--but life would be more difficult without my seam ripper. Rulers are a given but another thing that I love is my ice teaspoon---I would have a hard time closing my "sandwich pins" without it.
I have a ruler like the whis kid but can't say that I like it. Each his own. Jayne
tuppermom
12 years ago
I use my Eleanor Burns 1/2 square triangle square up ruler and my 12.5x12.5 square up ruler all of the time but my new favorite is my 20.5x20.5 square ruler. I never thought I would need a ruler this big but use it all of the time. It is great for squaring up a quilt top, cutting large squares for setting and corner squares for blocks that are set on point, squaring up larger blocks....and the list goes on
The only problem I have is "where to store it?"

Mary
karpet
12 years ago
This is my favorite tool - my ruler and rotary cutter all in one.
Karlene

Here is a link that might be useful: rotary cutter ruler
toolgranny
12 years ago
I have lots of tools but I think my light is my most essential tool. Strange how my age seems to creep up on me and things just aren't as easy to see anymore. I have an Ott light, and a generic version floor lamp and they are essential to what I do, both piecing and applique.
grammyp
12 years ago
Rotary cutter and mat, and big ironing board excluded, the one thing I could not give up would be my little squeeze thread nips. I live in fear of losing them.

beverly

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