What is your favorite sewing gadget?
The Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop
The challenge:
Use your favorite sewing tool to create a project.
Tell us and show us why you love it.
I not only ‘used’ all my gadgets, I chose to ‘sew’ my favorite, or more accurately, my most used gadgets, around the border of a sewing themed panel.
Pins
I created the paper pieced pattern for the pin then die cut the pin heads using a thinlet circle die. They are raw edge appliqued to the tops of the pin metal.
Pincushion
Although I haven’t used an old fashioned tomato pin cushion for ages, I did have one way back in time. I’ve added real pins to the finished wall quilt in all the pincushions.
This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy
Can’t forget the little strawberry that is usually attached to the tomato pincushion.
This paper pieced pattern is by Center Street Quilts on Etsy.
This panel is of an old needle book design so I added a pair of old black handled scissors instead of a modern rotary cutter. I do still use scissors.
This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy.
A seam ripper might not be considered a favorite sewing gadget, but it’s a necessity when my machine sews something wrong.
This paper pieced pattern is by Full Bobbin Designs on Etsy.
I also added real pins to the printed tomato pincushion on the panel.
The completed wall quilt.
My grandmother actually had one of those cardboard pin blocks.
There were several pins still in it.
This is the fourth and final gifted panel I made into a wall quilt.
This panel was very fun to make a border for. It wasn’t until I was ready to sew everything together that this panel made known how terribly out of whack it is!!! The worse I have ever had. So disappointing as this one was my favorite. It measures approx. 29” X 49”. The top is 29”, the bottom is 29.5”. There was no way to even fudge squaring it up without cutting into the words or design. The quilt is okay hanging on a plain wall. But my wall where I wanted to hang it is bead board. The stripes in the board make it look even more than 1/2” out of whack.
Such is the life of a fabric panel.
The panel is by J. Wecker Frisch, Joy Studio and Riley Blake Designs
These are the blogs participating in the hop today. Check them out.
