Gadgets and must-haves

There are myriad gadgets and must-haves that the manufacturers of quilting notions insist you cannot do without. You can really spend up big or you can spend smart and buy the things that really help you to craft your projects effectively and with joy.

with Anita Ellis

Anita Ellis www.hillsidequilting.com.au Everyone is different in their needs and I am going to discuss the things that I believe a machine quilter and patchworker gets good value from in their everyday work. Needles for machine quilting These needles have quite specific properties: sharp and smooth to get though many layers, strong to reduce needle deflection when you are pulling your quilt in all directions, and with an eye appropriate to the thread you are using. The size of the eye, i.e. the size of the needle, should be chosen to match your thread. The finer the thread, the smaller the needle and the thicker the thread, the bigger the needle. With a 40-weight thread such as Glide, I use a 90/14 top stitch/quilting needle. If I were using a finer thread, I would…

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Quilters Companion (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue #124 2023

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