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We knew that TQS members would come through and they did.  Would you like to know where you can get porcupine quill and a few more unusual tools tips?  Here you go:

Porcupine Quills can be found on Ebay, an Indian Pow Wow, and possibly a bead store in Ann Arbor, MI.  Rumor also has it they can be found at a vendor booth at the Houston International Quilt Festival.  

Unusual Tool Tips:

Use a tie-rack hanger to hang your jelly roll strips once they have been ironed an are ready for use. It keeps them separate and helps to stop them from fraying.

For hand quilting, the best needle grip tool I've found is a finger cot (found in the first aid aisle of your drug store).

I keep a small ladder in my studio, so that I can reach the uppermost area of my design wall.

I use matchbox car holders found in the toy department to hold my thread.

Go to your local hardware store and look for replacement carpet cutter blades. They fit in your rotary cutters. So far all we have found are the 45's at Harbor Freight Tools.

A hammer. When I make carpet bags there can be too many thicknesses of fabric to feed through my sewing machine. I take it out in the garage on the cement and pound it down a few times and it compresses it enough that it will feed through the sewing machine. The needle goes through easily.

I have some used dental tools that I use for pulling out corners & using as a stileto. Also good for helping to position applique pieces.

And finally,

I even use my cats (when they are in the mood) for weighing down my quilts.

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