Tools of the Trade – Part 4
By brenda | January 20, 2009
In this segment, we will be studying some more of the quilting tools that you will use every day. We will be looking at three areas of tools including:
- some of the tools and supplies necessary for your sewing machine;
- various marking tools and their uses and;
- special segment on a rotating cutting mat.
Marking tools
Why would you need one in your kit? I use mine to mark out designs, draw a straight line and mark my seams when I am mitering my fabric. The list is endless on the uses and definitely a good tool to have. You will see several examples of using marking tools within this course.
There are various kinds of marking tools out on the market today. You will discover that they can have specific purposes such as marking dark cloth,water soluble, and etc . One of my favorite tools that I use the most in
quilting is the blue water soluble pen. The markings will disappear when you spray it with water. Make sure you do not iron over the markings before spraying water on them, or they will become permanent markings in your quilt!
A chalk pen is sometimes easier to see on dark fabric than the blue. The chalk will also disappear with brushing or washing
Within this segment, I will be highlighting one of the wonderful marking tools and a specialty cutting mat.
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January 26th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Mrs Thomas… this is good stuff. I never knew about some of those markers, esspecially the white one that makes the line without the ink!! I think that this is inspiring. It is not too complicated (so far!!) and clear. I think that many of us need this kind of thing where we can see, and watch it over if need be… great stuff!!