Saturday, April 2, 2011

Recent acquistions


I have started the hand sewing on the binding of my Matisse quilt.  Roscoe's Pa has seen it and really likes it.  :o)  I will snap a picture of it after I finish the binding which hopefully will be soon.  In the meantime, I will show you some recent acquisitions.


Santa brought me the 16 inch Olfa revolving cutting board.  It has been handy with squaring up the 8 1/2 inch blocks for my Matisse quilt.  No more stretching around the cutting table in rather unnatural positions to cut each side.  Just turn the board.   It occurs to me now that this picture would have been better had I had a piece of fabric on it and a rotary cutter and ruler.  Next time...


Also helpful was the 8 1/2 Omnigrip square.


And finally, Santa brought me a sleeve board which I plan to use in constructing doll clothes and little girl clothes.  I struggled with the last few items that I made from this category when pressing on my over-sized ironing board.  I am hoping this will help get better results.


 I like that I can hang this when not in use.


:o)

6 comments:

Abby and Stephanie said...

I have a small rotating mat. Great for next to my machine for squaring up as I sew. I've never seen a bigger one. Great tools always make our sewing life much easier.

Unknown said...

These are all great additions to your gadgets! I have both sizes of the rotary mats and love them. They are great when you are cutting odd shapes.

Laurel H. said...

Nice! I have recently really been wanting a revolving cutting mat myself.

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

That is a great group of tools for you. I have my old sleeve board from the 1960's but it doesn't fold up. I should get it out to use when I am pressing seams open on patchwork. thanks for the reminder!

marlene@ByTheSeam said...

I like the rotating cutting mat. I have a small one but don't care for it. I will have to check them out and see if I can find one like yours. Would be better for some cutting of dresden's.

Browndirtcottage said...

That is w-a-y cool. I sure needed one of those for the recent red/white block lotto blocks we did....and what a cute little ironing board too!!