When it comes to ceiling, tools and equipment that is as important as the substance that you are going to vote. The right tools can build the quilt easier and more enjoyable. They also have an important role in the sequence, as the use of appropriate equipment may affect the precision and accuracy of your efforts. Your time is so precious, it is important that the waste, using inferior materials, or products or trying to take shortcuts. Choose wisely and well to achieveFinal results.
What are the best tools and accessories for machine quilting?
PFAFF Sewing Machine
The main point is built in plus feet at the foot Pfaff (also known as IDT - Integrated dual technology). When machine quilting, it is important that the device can handle multiple levels is like stitching layers of fabric and batting together. With the Pfaff IDT is the fabric, "crossing" from the top and bottom at the same time so there is no substanceSlides, making it ideal for quilting.
Clover Flower Head Pins
Clover Flower Head Pins have the big head lying flat. If I ever left out the seams of the track with your other foot, you will realize that this flat head, you can leave the pins in the car while you quilt quilt without worries. The flower-shaped heads are available in different colors makes it easy to see and easy to grasp. These long sharp needles glide smoothly through the materials and keepsmultiple layers of fabric.
Clover Blue Water Soluble Marker
The Clover Blue Water Soluble Marker is true to its label. It says it will wash out and it does. Be very careful when choosing a water soluble marker, as cheaper products can ruin a lot of hard work. Some do wash out, only to return as a brown stain anytime there is a bit of moisture in the air. Other inferior markers have been known to disappear along with some of the dye from your fabric. Water soluble markers are sometimes called a washout marker or a water erasable marker. You will need one with a fine tip and another with a thick tip.
Clover Chaco Liner
A chalk marker in a plastic tubular case can be used to draw the thinnest of lines. It is easy to use, refillable and leak proof. Chaco liners are available in white, yellow, pink and blue. You will need all the colours to deal with the multitude of fabric colours. An important tip when using a Chaco liner - Don't open or refill it in humid or rainy weather, as the chalk becomes damp and will not go through the dispenser.
Clover (Kuroha) Thread Clippers
Quality precision clipper has an excellent sharp cutting edge that goes right to the tip of the blade. These clippers are a "must have" for machine quilting. When you need to cut threads on the underside of your work, scissors are much too cumbersome. The thread clippers are much handier to pick up, reach underneath and snip!
Quilt and Tear Paper
A very thin, see-through, "tissue type" paper that is great for transferring quilting designs to your quilt. It is a breeze to tear away from stitching.
Freezer paper
This paper is rumoured to have been for wrapping meat, but has become an essential tool of the machine quilter. Freezer paper has a dull side great for marking designs on, and a shiny side that sticks to fabric when pressed with a hot iron. It will not harm the fabric nor leave a residue, and peels off easily. You can see through freezer paper making it perfect for tracing designs. It has the added bonus of being reusable, although the number of uses you get out of a sheet will depend on other factors, such as your fabric quality.
Pattern Packs
Keryn Emerson Designs are favourites for continuous line quilting designs. With about 30 patterns in every pack, they are great value! The design packs include Simple Blocks, Simple Borders, Feathers, Celtic Blocks and Celtic Borders. Not sure which to purchase first? Three packs will provide you with an endless supply of wonderful designs - Simple Blocks, Simple Borders and the Feathers.
WashAway Thread
This is a water soluble thread that will dissolve in water. Perfect for Trapunto and other times when you want a temporary thread.
Quality Stainless Steel Safety Pins
The ideal size is approximately 1¼" long pin. As the pin needs to go through three layers, any smaller will be too hard to close. A larger gauge pin will leave too big of a hole. Remember to use the good quality pins found at your quilt shop. If you use cheap pins you risk having rust ruin your quilt.
KwikKlip
A great tool that makes pin basting your quilt layers easier, safer and faster. Using KwikKlip the safety pins close with ease, preventing broken nails, pricked fingers and sore fingertips. The time it takes to pin baste is reduced dramatically.
Madeira Monofilament Thread
This "invisible" thread is a fine, soft and flexible monofilament that is ideal for machine quilting. It comes in clear and smoke colour. The clear is good on light fabrics while the smoke works well on darker colours.
Madeira Pre-wound Bobbins
Wonderfully compatible with PFAFF sewing machines these pre-wound bobbins hold about 30% more thread than those you wind yourself. That means more time quilting and less time filling bobbins! You will need both black and white.
Selection of Needles
Choosing the correct needle plays a big role in machine quilting. There are quilting needles, denim needles, topstitch needles, metallic needles, embroidery needles. All too often problems like thread breakage, skipped stitches, bad tension and such, are simply the result of selecting the incorrect needle for the quilting job at hand. Before making your needle choice you need to take into account what thread you will use (is it thick, thin, rough or smooth) and then what the needle will be pushing through (weight and type of fabric, appliqué).
Selection of Threads
You will need many different types of thread to play with - choice is a good thing to have! Depending on the project, you want to quilt, the thread types available each have something special to offer.
