Monthly Archives: January 2003
Tilt Your Sewing Machine The Other Way
| January 27, 2003 | Filled under Tips |
We’ve run tips in the past about tilting your sewing machine. This week a reader suggests a different approach.
Store Your Bobbins In A Doughnut
| January 27, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
It has no lid, but it holds bobbins securely. Give the stretchy blue doughnut a try!
Better Posture Without A Second Thought
| January 27, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
It couldn’t be easier, and I felt the effects immediately. The Posture Pleaser can help you quilt more comfortably.
Taming Troublesome Sewing-Machine Thread
| January 20, 2003 | Filled under Tips |
A Quilter’s Review reader’s tussle with stiff, metallic thread yields a great solution for all kinds of troublesome thread.
A Lush Banquet Of Paper Piecing Projects
| January 20, 2003 | Filled under Book Reviews |
Traditional, modern, novelty, kid’s — they’re all in here, and reviewer Sophie Littlefield finds them all hard to resist.
The Right Plastic For A Quilt Stencil
| January 20, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
With the right plastic and the right techniques, I finally can cut my own quilt stencils — and so can you!
“Foundation By The Yard” Improves On Paper Piecing
| January 20, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
Using fabric rather than paper as a foundation makes sense — especially when you can buy foundation fabric with the patterns already printed on it.
Tee Up Matching Spools And Bobbins
| January 13, 2003 | Filled under Tips |
Myrna S., a Quilter’s Review reader from Palm Beach, Florida, offers her clever trick for keeping wound bobbins with the spools of thread they were wound from.
WowQuilts Brings Out The Tinkerer In Quilters
| January 13, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
WowQuilts welds nice machine-quilting features onto old Singers and Whites, but ease-of-use is lacking.
Inexpensive Custom Rulers And Templates
| January 6, 2003 | Filled under Tips |
You’ll be surprised how inexpensive nice acrylic templates can be.
Pretty Quilts, Confusing Instructions
| January 6, 2003 | Filled under Book Reviews |
I thought this book from Alto’s would work well with Alto’s QuiltCut. But I was wrong.
Fast And Accurate Cutting With QuiltCut
| January 6, 2003 | Filled under Product Reviews |
It’s not for everyone, but if speed and accuracy are a priority, then cutting with QuiltCut could be for you.
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