editor's letter
Tools, are our best friends, they make our quilting tasks so much easier. As I enjoy the process of
making a quilt, I often try to imagine what our ancestors might have used to cut fabric, all those
small triangles, squares and stripes, and so accurately cut using scissors. They used whatever
little amount of tools they had.
The rotary cutter was thankfully introduced to the quilter in the late '70s, allowing several layers
of fabric to be cut with one precision cut. This allowed to cut our pieces in a different manner
altogether, as a strip that would then be sub-cut, for example. In this decade, we now have the
TrueCut System which has a guide on the ruler so the ergonomic rotary cutter doesn't veer off
the straight line! I mean, how much better can it get? While I'm talking about one tool here,
there are thousands of great products that make our quilting more enjoyable than ever before,
not counting the evolution that has taken place in our sewing machines. Phenomenal. You
could say, we are spoiled. This gives us greater freedom to create what we imagine.
One of my goals on QUILTsocial is to show the many effective quilting and sewing tools and
how to use them to make your quilting life more pleasant, or perhaps with less tears.
I hope when you visit QUILTsocial, you discover new tools that improve not only your quilting
experience, but make every one of your tasks that much easier.
Cheerfully,
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