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Are you tired of burning your fingers when you have to do fiddly work with the iron? I certainly am and one day a student in one of my classes had this neat little tool that extended her finger and prevented it from being burnt while ironing.

This neat little gadget is called the Trolley Needle Thread Controller from Yarn Works, Inc. in Sharon, Wisconsin. It just slips over the end of your index finger.

I gave it a try while pressing a seam open and it worked like a charm – no heat from the iron touched my fingers at all.

All set to go

Almost to the end

It also works great if you need to fold over an edge of the fabric a ¼″ or more.

Folding edge of fabric over

Some other uses include helping to apply small objects to projects such as sequins, position materials for glueing, help to feed fabrics through the sewing machine and controlling threads of course as the name implies.

So no burnt fingers from hot fabric or steam escaping from the iron with this handy dandy little finger extender.

Happy Quilting!

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