Machine quilting lessons (Gloves?)

I've gotten quilting gloves from the LQS and haven't machine quilted without them since. They cost me $9 that are knitted with rubber dots for grip. They work well for me. I know others have used gardening gloves with similar effect.

I've also known people who use surgical (latex) gloves.

Cheri On Vancouver Island, Canada

Well. Just to be a good sport, I'll go try it. At my age, I don't go in for sports much but what the heck. Polly

Since I've tried Diane Gaudynski's suggestion in her guide to machine quilting book, I'll never go back to gloves - that would be the Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream, makes your fingers tacky enough to move the quilt for hand- guided quilting, but not too stickey to use snips and pins and stray threads. Diane shares a lot of her free motion quilting tips at her website:

Everyone I know likes gardening gloves so I'm in the minority, but I love big ol' yellow dishwashing gloves. I do have to take them off to remove safety pins and thread needles, but they come off and go on easily. They're wonderful tacky for moving big quilts around the table. Now I even wear them for sewing borders to the top because they help me move the fabric around so easily.

--Lia

I bought a pair of garden gloves on sale at K-mart at the end of the garden season last year. They work quite well. Then I discovered Machingers in the quilt shop. They are light and stretchy and fit snug enough so that I can replace a bobbin and snip threads with them on. But they are a bit pricey. Stick with the garden gloves until you are sure you like MQing and you like the way gloves help you move the quilt around.

Julia in MN

Hi I've been lurking for about a month now, great group, I love reading your emails! I use a pair of garden gloves with the little rubber knobs on the palm of them for machine quilting but I cut off the top of the thumb and forefinger in them so when I want to thread the needle or rewind the bobbin I don't have to take the gloves off. Works great! I find latex makes my hands sweat too much. When I first started machine quilting I was using a pair of yellow rubber gloves and dh walked by the sewing room one day and asked me if I was getting ready to clean the toilets! ha! He just shakes his head at what we quilters will do next!!

Dianne Prince Edward Island Canada

Oh yes, the Machingers are the best!! Very comfy and flexible.

Iris

I used the plastic bags that the newspaper comes in when I clean out QI's litter box. The perfect size, knot it and toss. Nothing wrong with being frugal to save the landfills. Linda

-- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E

It doesn't leave an oily residue on the fabric at all? Julie

Nope, not in my experience at least..... and I've used it for quilting on black and white fabrics, as well as assortted colors. Another product that works almost as well (though I find that I have to re-apply it more frequently) is the finger moistener sold under names such as Keene's "Take Hold" or Lee's "Sortkwik". Mickie

Where ya been??? I was just thinking about you this morning...thinking I hadn't seen a note from you for ages.(Course, I don't read every thread.) What's happening??? Cheers,

Lynne >

Welcome Dianne, its nice to see another Canadian quilter here. It has taken me a while to look through your quilt gallery - the webTV glitched yesterday when I was halfway through your photos and I have just now found your post again to finish the job! You must tell me more about your hockey quilts (not for me personally but there are certain people I know who would enjoy something like that - it would have to be the Ottawa Senators though) The rest of the group will ask you about things like chocolate preference, QI's, etc. and some might try to fake you out by telling you of initiaton rites and dues to pay - if that happens, you can send it all to Ottawa first where Lorraine and I will vet it for you before sending it on! Jennifer in Ottawa

--------- Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2003, 12:50pm (EDT+4) From: snipped-for-privacy@islandtelecom.com (Dianne) Hi I've been lurking for about a month now, great group, I love reading your emails! I use a pair of garden gloves with the little rubber knobs on the palm of them for machine quilting but I cut off the top of the thumb and forefinger in them so when I want to thread the needle or rewind the bobbin I don't have to take the gloves off. =A0 Works great! I find latex makes my hands sweat too much. When I first started machine quilting I was using a pair of yellow rubber gloves and dh walked by the sewing room one day and asked me if I was getting ready to clean the toilets! ha! He just shakes his head at what we quilters will do next!! Dianne Prince Edward Island Canada

What a great tip! Welcome to the group, I hope you will make an official unlurking, intro kind of post so everyone can get to know you as well. My DH hails from right next door to you, in NB, but we are ensconsed in Wisconsin now. He misses the coast, so I shall pass your urls along to him to savor. I hope you enjoy our group. Its family and encyclopedia joined into one... who could ask for more?... I mean aside from LN? ;-) Diana

That reminds me...

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