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What Is The Cutting Gizmo?

What Is The Cutting Gizmo?

by | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday on Tuesday. I’ll make up Technique Tuesday on Thursday. This past weekend I was at Quilting By the Lake, a retreat put on by Wanda and Sue of Sew Squared and sponsored by Thimbles and Things of Orillia. The...
What is Timtex?

What is Timtex?

by | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. Timtex is a very stiff interfacing used in items such as bowls, bottom of a bag and postcards to name a few. This stiff interfacing can come plain or with fusible on both sides. As you can see in the photo above it is...
Parchment Paper: An Alternative To Teflon

Parchment Paper: An Alternative To Teflon

by | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. When doing appliqué with fusible web it is always a good idea to cover the ironing board and fabric with a Teflon appliqué sheet to prevent any glue getting in unwanted places such as the iron or ironing board. Nothing...
Use Pellon Fusible Fleece As A Stabilizer

Use Pellon Fusible Fleece As A Stabilizer

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Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I started using fusible fleece as a stabilizer for appliqué stitching back when I was living in Australia. I was able to get a wonderful fusible fleece called Vilene H630 – it was nice and soft and thin. Upon...
Light Up Your Templates With A Light Box

Light Up Your Templates With A Light Box

by | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. For years I taped my templates to a window and stood there with my arms up in the air tracing out my templates onto fusible web or whatever they needed to be traced onto. This method certainly works but is very tiring...