JenZ
12-03-2007, 03:58 PM
So my favorite parts of sewing and cooking magazines are the sections where average people write in and tell how they used some everday thing or unusual tool to solve a problem. I know we have some creative people here so I was wondering what is everyone's most unusual sewing/crafting/embroidery tool or what is the most usual use found for a sewing tools or supplies
My usual tool is a pair of jewler's tweezers (I am not sure that tweezers are the "technical" term) But it is the long handled tweezer thing they use to grip diamonds and precious gems. My husband is a jewler and he brought these home one day by half-accident. I snagged them right away! They are long and super skinny at the tip so they go everywhere and the ridges at the tip hold onto everything. I use them to hold jump threads at I trim them, reach looose threads that fall down into the machine, and to hold tiny edges as they go under the foot as I sew hems. Whenever my husband sees me using them he reminds me that they are made from such and such type of steel, were imported from Germany and cost at least 100 dollars...oh well.
I also got funny looks this weeked when my husband walked into the kitchen and I was using my large square quilting ruler to measure and score a slab of carmel that I made and was cutting into little pieces for a bake sale. Don't worry, I washed it first!
My usual tool is a pair of jewler's tweezers (I am not sure that tweezers are the "technical" term) But it is the long handled tweezer thing they use to grip diamonds and precious gems. My husband is a jewler and he brought these home one day by half-accident. I snagged them right away! They are long and super skinny at the tip so they go everywhere and the ridges at the tip hold onto everything. I use them to hold jump threads at I trim them, reach looose threads that fall down into the machine, and to hold tiny edges as they go under the foot as I sew hems. Whenever my husband sees me using them he reminds me that they are made from such and such type of steel, were imported from Germany and cost at least 100 dollars...oh well.
I also got funny looks this weeked when my husband walked into the kitchen and I was using my large square quilting ruler to measure and score a slab of carmel that I made and was cutting into little pieces for a bake sale. Don't worry, I washed it first!