Cool Tool Thursday | Quilts By Jen

Lint Rollers – A Quilters Best Friend

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. This is definitely one of those tools that is a must in the quilting studio to remove all the little threads and bits from a quilt when it is finished. The dark fabrics are the worst and seem to attract every little...

Self-Threading Needles – The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Anyone who has taken a class from me can tell you that I love self-threading needles and am forever recommending them. What is a self-threading needle? It is a needle that has an opening at the top that looks like a 2...

The Wave Edge Ruler

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

The Wave Edge ruler is from Matilda’s Own and I bought it way back when I was living in the Outback. It comes in two lengths – 16″ and 24″. I have the smaller one as they were sold out of the larger one. The rulers have different sized waves on each side...

Cookie Cutters Create Great Quilting Motifs

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. This tool isn’t found in the quilt shop but is found in just about everyone’s kitchen who has kids and bakes cookies. Well, you don’t even need to have kids just like to bake and eat cookies. Cookie...

Creative Grids’ Perfect Rectangle Ruler Review

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Have you ever had problems getting those half square rectangles to line up just right and not look totally out of whack? Which corner is suppose to hang over and on what side. I suspect all of us have asked this...

Upcycled Storage Buckets

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. The other day on Facebook I was reading along and saw these great fabric buckets that my sister-in-law’s friend had made. I thought these would look great on my tables in my studio and would hold my scissors and...