Here you can find the tools Jen loves to use for her quilting journey. If it's on this page it is a tool that she uses and has on hand.
Jen sews on a Babylock Brilliant
Jen quilts on a Babylock Coronet
Jen also uses a Babylock Victory
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Lighting
Jen believes in good lighting for accurate quilting. Whether it's cutting, pressing, sewing, quilting or ripping, good lighting makes all the difference.
Pressing
This is the iron Jen uses. She does not use steam and finds this keeps the iron like new, longer. She keeps water in a mister shared below.
Jen has a wool mat she uses for pressing smaller units. The link leads to many size options as spaces vary, Jen has the 17" x 24" size.
Jen uses Scent-free Best Press. You can choose to make your own as well, she chooses to purchase.
To make the starch last longer Jen uses a misting bottle. She also has one for just water for stubborn creases.
Cutting
Jen has the space for a larger cutting mat, this is the size she currently uses:
24" x 36" Self Healing Cutting Mat
If you need a smaller size, this is the size Jen recommends if you mostly cut yardage, but need to stay smaller:
Jen recommends that you cut your yardage with rulers from the same company, whichever brand you choose.
Jen uses, and sells, Deb Tucker Studio 180 Designs specialty rulers for trimming special units.
Jen uses clear medical tape on the back of rulers so they don't slip on the fabric.
Jen uses these replacement blades?
Notions
Jen does use Frixion pens, but only on the wrong side of the fabric, not for marking quilting lines.
Jen pieces everything in grey.
Jen loves hand stitching her binding and currently uses these:
Seam rippers do get dull, so don't be afraid to replace yours! If it's tugging on the fabric, it's stretching the fabric and that is affecting your accuracy.
Disposal
Jen uses a Sharps container for old/broken needles, pins, rotary cutter blades, seam rippers, etc.
Quilting gives artists the opportunity to find what works for them. Find the tools and the techniques that work for you.
Then:
Go make something extraordinary!
Jen
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