Notions

Here you will find a number of quilting and sewing notions that I have found to be useful!

 


 

Omnigrid Quilters Travel Case, Black

I don't traven often, but I started wondering about purchasing a carry case for my various sewing accessories.   I stumbled across this Omnigrid Quilter's travel case and decided to give it a go.   It can hold several tools (rotary cutter, scissors & pencils.)  There is a pad for stick pins, two different sized pockets for various notions and several pencil-sized elastic straps.   The opposite side comes with an elastic band with snap to lock down fabric or smaller quilting projects.  It also comes with a mesh pad to seperate items.  I love this thing!  

 

     

 


 

Omnigrid 12-Inch-by-18-Inch Fold-Away Portable Cutting & Pressing Station

The travel case would only get me so far, because I then realized I would need a rotary mat and an ironing board.   This appeared when I started searching for a solution and, like the Travel Case, I love this thing!

 

       

 

 

 


 

Westinghouse Steam Iron with 7.4-Ounce Water Tank, 1200 watts, 3-Way Auto-Off Safety Function, White with Green Accents

I had my previous iron for 7-8 years and occasionally I would forget to unplug it and that is a BAD thing!  I researched irons and found this Westinghouse with good ratings and, above all, automatic shut off!

 


 

Steamfast SF-717 Home-and-Away Mini Steam Iron

So, I found the Omni Quilting Travel Case and the Omni Foldaway cutting and Pressing Board, but I was without a travel iron!  I found this on sale shortly afterward.  It even fits in the Travel Case!  It also works great when pressing the seams of small fabric strips that are 3 inches or less in width.    My big iron just can't move between the individual strips when grabbing other strips at the same time.

 

 


 

The Bobbini Bobbin Holder

It's normally difficult to keep track of bobbins and the spools they go with, but then I tried the Bobbini. I love thes things so much that I now 2 packages of them and then received a small set bundled in one month's Fat Quarter Shop Sew Sampler!

 

 


Con-Tact Brand Grip Premium Non-Adhesive Non-Slip Shelf and Drawer Liner

Why am I listing this here?   Have you ever been cutting fabric with a rotary blade and slipped- oops! Place a strip of this non-slip rubber under your ruler and it helps keep everything in place, minimizing wasted fabric.   

 


 

Olfa 24" x 36" Self-Healing Rotary Mat

Self-healing cutting boards are important, especially when you are cutting long strips. The Olfa 24" x 36" self-healing Rotary Mat almost fits my Studio Designs table. There is about a 1" to 1.5" overhang, but under the circumstances, I can leave with that!  I also have one at work, so that I can work on projects over my lunch break!

 


 

Omnigrip 8-1/2-Inch-by-24-Inch Non-Slip Quilter's Ruler

This is your general run-of-the-mill rotary cutting mats.  Not only do I have one at home, but I also have one at work so that I can make a little more progress on projects over my lunch break!

 

 


 

Omnigrip Neon Quilters Ruler - 8-1/2 Inch x8-1/2 Inch

Here's another ruler for use with rotary blade cutting.