Cool Tool Thursday | Quilts By Jen

How To Reduce Thread Breakage With A Spool Stand

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Wow, I don’t know where the time goes but it seems like I was just writing last weeks post about the cool Fasturn Fabric Tube Turner. Seeing how I wrote all about The Thick and Thin of Thread on Tuesday for...

Fabric Tube Turner

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Well, with the winter storm warning here in Southern Ontario I am back into Santa Sac production. Yes, really I am making a Santa Sac but only one for my mother-in-law’s friend who needs a baby shower gift. I...

How To Make Fusible Tape – Straight or Bias Cut

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. As promised last week in Cool Tool Thursday I said I would do a post on how to make your own fusible tape with the Clover Fusible Bias Tape Maker. Some of the Quilts by Jen readers like video tutorials, some like the...

What Is A Bias Tape Maker

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Since I have been talking about sewing and cutting on the bias this week along with a mention of bias binding and tape I felt it would be appropriate to feature the fusible bias tape makers from Clover. Clover also...

How To Secure Unruly Spools of Thread

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. What to do with all of those unruly spools of thread that do not come with a built in place to secure the thread end. Everything is great, of course, until the packaging has been removed and then they just unwind from...

One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple Thread Eater

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Okay, so I am dating myself with this title and no it does not have one eye or a horn and it doesn’t fly but it is purple and I did get your attention. One of my favourite tools is my little collapsable purple...