Day 4818: More about preferences

[wren08]

After I posted that last quilting entry, I got to thinking about some of the other, lesser things that I use for quilting...

I love

Aluminum foil... it's the only thing that keeps the cats from sleep on the quilt that's on the frame (which messes up the tension something fierce)

Reveal light bulbs. I put them in the fixture over the place where I quilt... much better colour, I can see better what I'm doing both with the colour and I can see my stitches better. (An aside on this, I have very good eyes, the difference might not be so noticeable to someone else.)

My over sized pin... kind of like a small hat pin. I think it was a corsage pin and then it lost it's head so I made it a new one from a bead of zebra wood I carved. I stick this in the quilt next to where I'm quilting and loop my scissor's handle over it... and hang my thimble on it when I'm not working. It keeps up with all my tools nicely and it's very mobile.

A paint can opener. It's the best thing I've found for tightening and loosening the eyebolts on the frame.