![]() The wooden dowel I bought at Home Depot, but you can get this item at a hardware store or even on Amazon*. I bought the Steady Betty mat from Amazon*, but Joann’s, Hobby Lobby and even Target claim they carry this item. I think you can see the difference in precision. In the photo of the 1.25″ fabric strips samples, the swatch on the left was pressed with my tools, and the swatch on the right just pressed on an ironing board. Since I prefer to press all the seams open in a quilt block, the seams are easier to match. Since these tools minimize distortion, my precision in matching points and seams has improved tremendously. How does it make quilting easier for you? The wooden dowel rod trick, I read about in Threads Magazine as a tool for pressing seams open in garments. and both prevent seam allowance impressions on the right side of your quilt.Ībout a year ago, I learned about the Steady Betty mat from a promotional video on the Quilt Show. One can even use steam with both of these tools. The dowel I use to press open seams for fabric strips. The mat has a nice toothy surface that grips fabric, and minimizes distortion when pressing, even if you carelessly run the iron on the fabric. Length is not that critical.īoth items are used for pressing seams of blocks and strips. The larger the diameter the better, especially if you can get it. The Steady Betty Pressing Surface* and a wooden dowel. The dowel is 3/4 ‘ in diameter and 30″ long. Many local quilt shops carry Creative Grids, but if you can’t track one down you can order it on Amazon. The Folded Corner Clipper by Creative Grids can save you time when making half square triangles, cornered rectangles, flying geese, diamond in a square, snowballs, binding, and mitered corners.įolded Corner Clipper by Creative Grids. for sharing these marking tools. If you have any tools or tricks you’d like to contribute to the blog, you can do that here.īarb’s Favorite Tool – Folded Corner Clipper by Creative Gridsīarb discovered this awesome tool while attending Quilt Market for a Quilt Store I worked in many years ago. ![]() Although Dritz says the marks last 24-48 hours, they usually fade within a few hours.Marks don’t return, even with ironing (which isn’t recommended by Dritz) CONS:.WINNER – Disappearing Ink Pen by Ditz – $7 Quilt needs to be thoroughly washed to remove markings spritzing it with water just makes the marks sink into the batting.If you press too hard, the chalk is difficult to remove.Couldn’t get the chalk sharp enough to get an accurate line in fabric.Īvailable in red, blue, white, and yellow.Comes with chalk sharpener and chalk pen to hold while using.The set contains 9 colors, which allows you to mark light and dark fabric.Chalk Pencil Cartridge Set by Dritz – $14 has tried so many marking techniques! Here’s a few that have filled her tool drawer in her sewing room, and notes from my experiences.
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