| Looking for some gifts for your favorite quilter that | | | | seam; you could just rip it out, start over and know one |
| won't break the bank? Here is a list of great items that | | | | needs to know you made a mistake. |
| this quilter (and probably your quilter) can't live without! | | | | -fat quarters of fabric-A fat quarter is a quarter yard |
| -Curved safety pins are used for holding the three | | | | of fabric but the yard is cut in such a way as to |
| parts of the quilt together during the quilting process. | | | | create a fat quarter yard of fabric vs a skinny quarter |
| They're always lost and you never seem to have | | | | yard of fabric. |
| enough of these. | | | | There are whole quilt books dedicated to making quilts |
| -pins for seams-Get pins with the small plastic balls at | | | | just from fat quarters. Fat quarters can add a huge |
| the end so they can be seen easily and put in and | | | | range of colors to a quilter's stash without taking up |
| pulled out easily. | | | | lots of room. She who dies with the biggest stash, |
| -spools of off white, tan or light gray thread for piecing | | | | wins. |
| quilt tops together-Make sure it's for sewing and | | | | -needle case to hold sewing needles-I need these! I |
| piecing and NOT quilting thread which is different. | | | | have mine stuck into the cork board over my quilting |
| -A package of fine English needles for the quilter who | | | | area. That probably isn't good for those fine English |
| enjoys hand-piecing quilt tops. Okay, in my opinion, the | | | | piecing needles I love. |
| best needles I have ever found for my hand-piecing | | | | -wrist style pin cushion-I LOVE MINE! It makes it easy |
| have been the English ones. | | | | to keep track of pins as you pull them out of a seam |
| -Sewers and quilters ALWAYS need new needles for | | | | at the sewing machine, otherwise they end up in a pile |
| their sewing machines (take the name and model | | | | next to the machine where they inevitably fall off onto |
| number of the sewing machine to the store with you | | | | the floor and you have to find them. THEN you'll need |
| so they can make sure you buy the right type) | | | | the next little gadget. |
| -Archival quality fabric pens so your quilter can | | | | -magnetic pin collector-We quilters NEVER drop a |
| properly document their name, the date and who the | | | | container of pins all over the floor and then struggle to |
| quilt was made for on the quilt. In 100 years, you want | | | | pick them all up by hand. Oh no.... never. |
| your great grandchildren to know who made the quilt | | | | -metal needle threaders- NO! My eyes aren't getting |
| and why. In 200 years when it's in a museum, they'll | | | | older; they just keep making the holes in the needles |
| want the same information. | | | | smaller every year! |
| -A quilt journal so your quilter can take a picture of any | | | | -Regular table top style pin cushion |
| quilts they make and document it in their journal. | | | | -Bars of good quality chocolate-Oh yeah, a quilting |
| Hopefully, the journal last 200 years so it can be used | | | | necessity. When you can't get all of those stupid little |
| to match up those museum pieces with the maker. | | | | points to line up just right and you're reaching for the |
| -seam rippers-I notice as mine get older, they don't | | | | seam ripper yet again, you need chocolate therapy. |
| work as well. Oh and don't you wish life was like a bad | | | | Trust me on this. |