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Thread Saver
Robin SruoginisDescription
Robin Sruoginis shares some ideas that can help quilters save time and frustration. Robin shows us how she organizes repetitive quilt squares for seaming and piecing. Then, learn how to make a simple thread saver out of a small piece of fabric to make sewing your quilt squares much easier and less time consuming.
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I have found with my machine if I back up my machine just a stitch or two at the very beginning, I do not get that birds nest at the beginning of my sewing. Try it. I have a Brother Innovis.
Great suggestions! Thank you.
Robin - Thank you so much for the wonderful tips! I will share it with others because they are so useful. Please share more tips or ideas :)
This is a great idea! I was struggling with this just yesterday. Save my seam ripper some trouble. Thanks.
This method is what I was told is called "leaders & enders". Used for this and also used when you have multiple thickness and your project just slides along.
Great video Robin--very helpful tips for all sewers. Linda in TX, I LOVE my Janome too! I actually would have written everything that Linda wrote. My Mom taught me to use the thread saver many years ago, and it has been quite helpful to save thread AND to help avoid getting the 'knots' on the back of my pieces--pet peeve of mine too!
No closed captioned??? I tried to turn it on but there was no captioned. I’m deaf and don’t understand what the person saying.
I’ve seen a few quilts but still consider myself a novice. The tips here are most helpful and I will definitely be trying out my next quilt. Threadsaver a great tip but even more I loved the idea of using my ruler to move pieces to sewing table. That was always an issue for me. It was one of those, that’s so simple why didn’t I think of that!
I loved this video <3
Thank you! This seems very helpful. I’m excited to try it