What You REALLY Need as a new quilter! 

Absolutely!

You are so welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

I'm so sorry for your loss and completely understand wanting to make it yourself.

Condolences on your loss. Devastating😢.

If you get a Gingher Scissors, that is the last pair you will ever need. You can get them sharpened and they last for decades. Both of the Olfa Rotary Cutters can be set up for right or left handed use.

Martelli makes a rotary cutter for lefties! It is awesome & really worth the investment. Plus their blades last a really, really long time.

@@tonitoland846 thank you so much. Very grateful for the info. Will look it up on the internet.

Glad it was helpful!

Completely understand and good point! Many rotary cutters now are able to be used with either hand.

Yes, thread makes a huge difference!

Good point! And no, the sweater was purchased. Glad you like it, and thank you!

We love the wool pressing mat you see us use on camera, otherwise we use just a regular ironing board in the shop. Nothing special. :)

The Olisso directions say not to use distilled water or else the iron will spit.

@@mariettedemarest5173 The opposite should be true, because normal water contains calcium which clogs the wholes. Destilled water does not contain any other elements but the water itself, therefore it will not cause sputtering.

@@ElinT13 i agree with you, however, the User's Manual states that the iron is designed to run on tap water unless your water source is high in minerals (over 12 gms) , in this case it states to use 1/2 tap and 1/2 distilled water or inexpensive bottled spring water.

@@mariettedemarest5173 Ah, okay! Thanks for this clarification!

We use 50wt Aurafil 100% cotton thread in the shop, usually, but different machines and different quilters find they like different threads better. The best thing to do is try out a few and see what works best for you and your machine.

It's the same manufacturer but it is a lower grade.

@@QuiltAddictsAnonymous how do you know that? I’m not trying to be a smart aleck, I just really want to know. I have read in multiple places that Kona is Kona, no matter where they sell it.

@@bethg7931 I’ve noticed that the Kona from JoAnn seems to be a tad less tightly woven than Kona at a quilt store. That said we all have different tastes in fabric and different financial abilities. I try to get fabric from my LQS on sale when I can. Starch can help on less tightly woven fabric.

@@QuiltAddictsAnonymous I actually decided I would just make a phone call to the Kona manufacturers, which I believe is Robert Kaufman. They said there is only one grade of Kona. All Kona is created equally. Hobby Lobby is a big buyer from them, and it is all the same fabric. That’s what they told me at the manufacture. Could they have lied? Sure. Not sure why they would, but they could have.

You missed out on a lot of information meant for people who are new to sewing/quilting. Pretty sure those 60 year old machines were the ones she was talking about lasting forever. The negative comment doesn’t help anybody.

@@tippylaroux3137 I didn't say I've had the same machine for 60 years. I've had three machines during that time - all Singers. I upgraded each time only because I wanted. All my fabric and notions came from MSQC. Thank you for uour input.😊 No

My Gran gave me a top of the line Golden Touch&Sew for my highschool graduation in 1976. I made most of my clothing and did some home Dec projects with it along with reupholstering my car seats. The first 3 years, I had to spend $80/year to have the timing fixed. After that, I tended it myself until a plastic gear broke after 14 years. Singer no longer sold parts for it and Gran and I were so disappointed as it was dead. I then paid $279 for a Kenmore that has never required a trip to the shop in 32 years. Does everything the T&S did except offer an adjustment for needle position. I had the machine 10 years before I went to change the needle position and discovered I couldn't! No biggie. I oil, clean and grease myself. I also have a 1948 Singer 15-88, and a 1951 Singer 201-2. My niece's first machine was a Singer in 2000. It sewed fabulously right out of the box until it didn't - 3 years later - dead. You have been very fortunate with your Singer purchases. Most people aren't so lucky. Being open-minded makes learning so much easier. Personally, I find all computerized machines a silly, unnecessary extravagance, but I understand some people love them, and those people may have other suggestions that are worthwhile to me.