Tag: Product review

Cordless Steam Iron Product Review

A few weeks ago, I reached out to my readers asking for a recommendation for a Cordless Steam Iron. EVERY ONE of you said that Panasonic was best!!

With that in mind, I spent time at the Panasonic booth in the vendor mall at the International Quilt Festival, and guess what…..

I found a great iron!!

Here is the story…..

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So far, I am loving this iron…..

If you are interested in purchasing, check out the Panasonic website HERE

AND…..thanks for everyone who made suggestions. It made my search MUCH easier!!!

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Suggestions please!!

I leave for Houston tomorrow and will spend 3-1/2 days at the fantastic International Quilt Festival!!

I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing the wonderful quilts and catching up with quilters from all over the world.

I am also excited about doing some shopping and my list is growing, including thread, quilting rulers, Cherrywood Fabrics and a GOOD, cordless steam iron.

That is where I need your help.

I have a cordless steam iron that has served me for the last several years; however, it has some limitations…..

  • It takes a long time to warm up.
  • It doesn’t get very hot.
  • It doesn’t produce a lot of steam.

So….it is time to shop for a new one!!

There seem to be a number of choices from Panasonic…..

….and a couple of upright designs that I haven’t seen before…

I am hoping to view and try several different types in the vendor center, but was wondering…..

Do you have a favorite Cordless Steam Iron?

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Product Review – Easy Knit Tape

I was recently given a box of “Easy Knit Tape” from Pellon…..

While this tape has many uses in the sewing realm, I was interested in making “Franken-batting”!!

Since I was working on my small practice piece, I decided that it was time to give it a try!!

My first step was to straighten both pieces of batting…..

I pulled out a length of tape…..

The tape is a soft knit fabric with one fusible side.

It was easy to line up the batting and iron the tape in place…..

When I turned it over, things looked good…….

I don’t know if it was necessary, but I put a second piece on the other side….

It was perfectly secure and I didn’t notice any difference when I was quilting.

You can purchase it on Amazon HERE

So, I give this product a BIG THUMBS UP!!!

I will definitely use it again!!

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GRIPPY!!

A few months back, I made a comment in a post that I was having trouble with my quilting rulers slipping as I quilted around them.

Several people suggested that I try “Grippy”, a spray coating from Odif…..

Now I know that many people don’t like using sprays but…..OH MY this stuff is magic!!!

I tried it first on a 12-inch ruler that I use for long straight lines. I had already added “ruler grip” tape to the underside and that had definitely helped…

BUT, it would still slip, particularly at the ends of the ruler.

So, a quick spray with Grippy (on a piece of parchment paper)…..

….and it was ready to use!!

I sprayed it a bit heavier on the left end and the ruler became a little clouded (not sure if you can really see it in this picture, but trust me it did)!!

But you can see that the rest of the ruler is completely clear.

The test came when I started quilting long straight lines!!

The ruler stayed in place, from one end…..

….to the other…..

I am not sure how often you have to treat the ruler, but it worked wonderfully for 3+ hours of straight line quilting!!

This spray will DEFINITELY be part of my machine quilting toolbox!!

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A Tool From the Long-Arm World

I love to find tools that work in different contexts and that is exactly what I found with Long-Arm Centering Tape…..

I honestly have NO idea what it is used for in the long-arm world, but I used it to evenly space my border FMQ repeats.

Check it out…..

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Using the tape made fitting 4-inch repeats into a 54-inch border VERY easy, and that is what we want….. EASE!!!

Com back next Friday and we will finish quilting the outside border of this first scrap quilt of summer!!

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