Super Gadgets to the Rescue!
Help! I need a SuperHero!
Ok! How many times have you been sewing along, and needed a super gadget to the rescue? I have, many times, and I thought I would introduce you to what I call my SUPER GADGET TRIO today.
Always a hero, is the Orbital Rotary Cutter Blade Sharpener from USA Sharpeners. You’re cutting away on a beautiful gift for someone’s birthday, (next month!) and you’ve got to get this cut out and sewn back together … when, you realize that your rotarty cutter is chewing up the fabric, and you are out of new blades! Ugh! Never fear!
The Orbital Rotary Cutter Blade Sharpener works like an old fashioned record player. The blade is placed on a spindle. A grinding diamond wheel is then turned over the blade to sharpen it. The wheels come in two textures – rough and fine. In just a few minutes you’ll have a sharp blade, and you’re back up and cutting again!
Now, picture with me … You’re sewing along, (on that project again!) everything is going great until your bobbin thread runs out! You’ve already gone through the spare, too? Now you have to un-thread your machine, re-thread it to wind the bobbin, wind the bobbin, and finally … re-thread it to sew. That just seriously cut into your sewing time! Then…Kablam!
Side Winder™, The Portable Bobbin Winder saves the day! With the touch of a button, it quickly and easily fills your bobbins. No threading and un-threading required! It’s compact, fits anywhere, and since it runs on batteries or with a power cord, the Side Winder can be used anywhere—in class, on location, or at home. One less inconvenience, one more handsome hero!
If your sewing room is like mine, the piles of fabric are monstrous. My fabric stash is taking on a life of its’ own, and I don’t think it eats pizza! Just yesterday, when I was drooling over Moda’s new Oh My Dog fabrics, I think I heard it growl! Jinkies!
Suddenly! Creative Grids’ Charming Strip Stashbuster ruler jumps to the rescue! This great ruler makes it possible to tame your fabric stash quickly and easily! So, be brave, you can take down that monster with this 5″ x 23″ ruler. Armed with a line drawn the length of the ruler at 2 1/2″, and loaded with the necessary markings needed to square-up those half-square triangles made from the strips, you will be cutting fabrics, and sewing them together at an alarming rate. Pop in a few 5″ squares, and you’ve got your charming hero, and a great scrappy quilt.
Well, there they are … My heroes! Always there to help out in a time of crisis, and never a dull moment. Now, I am off to my StashBusting Party! I’ve invited several of my friends (and their heroes) and we’re gonna have a great time taming the monster haunting my sewing room. Good luck gals!
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Until we meet again, may your days be pieceful! -deb
