Things You Gotta Have

This is an unofficial list of items that I find make the job a little easier. This list does not include the obvious tools like
the rotary cutter, etc. Let me know if you have tried any or if you wish to add something and why you find it handy.

Triangulations™ 2.0 by Bear Paw Productions. For half square triangles and quarter square triangles. Great for big jobs. Makes them perfect every time.
Thangles™ for half square triangles. Great for small jobs and perfect HST.
Mary Ellen’s Best Press – the clear starch alternative. This is fabulous, especially used before cutting and piecing with flimsy fabric or bias edges.
The Angler 2 by Pam Bono Designs. Fits on your sewing machine and provides sewing guides.
Magnifying reading glasses – lets you get closer to your work when your arms are not long enough anymore. This is just before you actually require a prescription.
Magnet bowl designed perfectly for quilting pins (originally used for small auto parts)
Chinese food paper Take Out bags (not the fancy little boxes). Those heavy paper bags taped to the side of your cutting table are convenient garbage bags for all those little scraps of fabric and threads. I also have one at my machine table, too.