I've been looking for that little needle holder and haven't found it yet! Love to have it to the top again.
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This is a tool that came with my brother pr620. I use it to undo for the thumb screws to adjust my hoop size, to undo the needle plate screw and to tighten the hoops. It is a a really good shape and size to fit in lots of places.
19430My very favourite has to be my dress maker shears. They were not the most expensive but they are wonderful. I dread something happening to them as they do not even have the make on them.
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by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
When we still had big kids at home my DH put a ribbon on his best pair of scissors that said Take and Die! he he
255050Jan asked what this tool was - clipper/nipper/seam ripper:
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211079I'm absolutely lost without my awl or stiletto. I don't know how I managed before I had to imitate my hero, Eleanor Burns, now matching seams, piecing blocks is so simple. Funny how we all seem to have a different favorite....
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by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
I don't even know what that is, except for in a Scrabble game! What is it? And who is your adorable kitty??? Crackle want to meet him/her!
17161I'd probably say my iron. My Mum used to tell me that you need to spend as much time pressing as sewing if the finished item is to look really good. It is a habit which has stayed with me.
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by airyfairy
11 Apr 2011
This goes for me too. Too many people who sew do not press as they go. My mum used to make all her own tailored suits and every seam was pressed and double pressed, usually over a ham.
140717Actually, I thought of these other tools I really like too. The forceps are great for getting the thread out when it gets wrapped around the uplift bar inside the machine, the little tweezers, made by Clover, work nicely on pulling theads out after it has been clipped on the other side (also for chin whiskers -LOL), and the little bent scissors are great for trimming jump stitches. It's easy to spend big bucks on little tools, isn't it?
59631I was sorta ridiculed on one forum, when I stated I loved the rounded blunt end eybrow tweezers for lifting jump threads to trim, instead of the sharp pointed ones. But, they are quick and firm in gripping those threads to trim, so laugh all you want to!! The next most helpful item in my sewing room is a bendable magnifying glass I can aim towards my needle for threading, as I have never been successful at getting the automatic threader to work!! The magnifier is on a stand, that I gently push aside a few inches, until I need it again. Works great for these aging eyes!!
Angel
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by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
I hadn't thought of using a tool to lift them up. Duh! and blunt does make sense so you don't shred threads. When my threader wasn't working they adjusted it at one of my cleanings and it worked again - they can adjust almost everything - maybe yours can be adjusted. I know what you mean about aging eyes, Angel.
by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
I hadn't thought of using a tool to lift them up. Duh! and blunt does make sense so you don't shred threads. When my threader wasn't working they adjusted it at one of my cleanings and it worked again - they can adjust almost everything - maybe yours can be adjusted. I know what you mean about aging eyes, Angel.
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42046One of these at each machine. Fantastic for holding the short, tiny pieces of thread so I can cut them close to the fabric. I had to do some work on each of them, in the beginning. Squeeze the points together. But hold it about 2" up from the curve and it works great. I don't know which I like best. Think JoAnn's has one of them. Got one at a flea market where they sell the dental tools.
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22300Oone of my best discoveries is that the sticky lint rollers pick up all the little threads & pins-I have carpet in my room and the rollers have saved my vacuum cleaner!
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by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
That's a great idea. I've been using packaging tape rolled backwards, but I have lint rollers I could be using!
by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
You should submit that to Em Library and maybe you can win a $5 gift certificate!
8230Carolyn your ripper looks just like the one I was talking about but by a different name. Glad to see there are other brands out there like it. I love mine also. Nice to see a picture of it since I can't post pictures.
4077Well this is my zupped up ripper i love it !!carolyn
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by fannyfurkin
11 Apr 2011
I was going to say it looks exactly like a surgical scalpel, then I actually read it that is precisely what it is. silly me.
by nonna57
11 Apr 2011
Carolyn I am called in my sewing group the queen of unsewing >> This little unsewer is a godsend for me. Ladies in Australia you can get them at Lincraft for around $5. Greatest tool out. :)
360641Jan, I posted on this some time ago - but here is a picture that I shared at the time - as I really couldn't decide which was the one tool I used the most.
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by hightechgrammy
10 Apr 2011
I see you have those special applique scissors. Do they really work better? And what is that tool under the handles of them? What are the tiny things? I love my long tweezers too, and the bent handled scissors too!
by shirlener88
11 Apr 2011
Yes, the special applique scissors really do work better. I believe you mean the nipper/clippers? The tiny things are clips for the edge of your embroidery hoop - so the stabilizer will not slip.
211079Next to my embroidery machine it has to be my seam ripper. It comes from Havel's Inc. but made in England. Its actually for serged seams and regular seams but great for Embroidery. I use it to take out embroidery designs from the back if I need to. Not like a regular seam ripper. It has a blade on the end and and works wonders. Very sharp blade I should add and you need to be careful not to cut fabric. I've used it to take names off of items I want to replace. I'm so lost without it. Sorry I can't post a picture for you all since I need to replace my digital camera. since the shop where I worked has closed I'll be looking for another source for one after mine wears out. It's also great for those small jump stitches. Right now I have 3 new ones so I'm ok for awhile.
4077I can't help you with a needle holder. Sorry. I love my Babylock machines, my software, my computer , fabric, stablizer and thread. I need the all to do my favoite hobby.
169064I think it would be my machine but next is the cutting tool that cuts fabric.
72397Great little tool to have is this little screw driver tip from Sears. I got it for my DH but borrowed it from him some time ago and he hasn't missed it yet. I can grip it easily and it fits in lots of tight places on my machine.
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by mysugarfootswife
10 Apr 2011
I have 2 of these. One at each machine. I don't know how I survived before I found mine at Sears. Of course, had to go back and get one for hubby. He lost it. so he thinks he can use one of mine. NOT
by hightechgrammy
11 Apr 2011
I probably should replace my DH's since I took his. I still want my own tools, only I want them to look nice with no oil all over them! Did you find them at the cash register counter too?
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