Clover mesh transfer canvas review

Now that's a mouthfull for a title!
Quilting DD and I both bought the mesh thing in Birmingham last year. We saw a demonstration earlier and it seemed a very handy addition to the notion department.
When quilting the Midnight quilt, I finally came round using it.

It's a sheet of plastic tule, to transfer a quilting motif onto the fabric/quilt. I scribbled something on the quilt's template

 Put the mesh on top and , with a PERMANENT marker, went over the lines, so the design is now on the mesh. So far so good, only thing is that your pen shifts in the holes of the mesh, so your lines are a bit wobbly. It has to be a permanent marker because..a. you don't want to smear your hands while drawing and b. you absolutely don't want to smear your quilt in the next step!!!

Next, put the mesh on your quilt where you want the design. Ah...don't use a black marker when the area is black fabric!

 I got over the lines again with my white sewline pencil. Again, a bit wobbly

 ....corrected the lines afterwards

......and quilted

Since the design was on the mesh for 2 days, it wouldn't come off. It's really permanent, so the mesh can omly be used a couple of times untill it's "full".

I'm not very enthusiastic about it and I don't think it's worth the cost. You better use a piece of cheap tule which does the trick as well....

Don't.

 When C returned from her annual US trip she brought me a present: a pair of Gingher scissors!
O my, it slides through fabric. What a joy to cut a piece of fabric to shreds *lol*

I trained my family to stay away from my sewing stuff and always ask first before using something that's in my sewingroom.
But these scissors need extra protection and when I came across this tin in Oxford, I did not hestitate.
Perfect for my precious quilting notions!

So, now you know. My pencils are not for writing on paper, my scissors not for paper, my pins not for pinning posters on the wallpaper, my gluestick is not for an artproject and my rotarycutter is for fabric only. You cannot use my safetypins to replace a missing button. You can't take my buttons either and my rulers are off limit too.
Back away!

Measure twice, cut once.....

Last week I decided it was time to sort out all of my quilting stuff. I have small wooden drawers on my table filled with craft stuff and need that space for sewing things. After I did those, I moved on to the big lower drawers of the fabric cabinet. Everything that is bigger than a treadspool I toss into those and it was a mess.

Turns out I have a lot more notions than I thought i had, e.g my collection scissors...

I also retrieved my pinking sheers. The big one belonged to my Mum and I think it was the very first pinking sheers that came onto the market. I remember how thrilled we were when she bought it. We couldn't stop cutting up scraps which was by no means an easy thing to do! Look at the size of the thing!!

All off my tapemeasures share a small drawer now too.

And last but not least I needed a new blade for the rotarycutter..When I came across this limited edition at the quiltshop, I couldn't resist. My fav flowers!

(..and with all this equipment I STILL make lots of mistakes whenever I cut up fabric.  I know: it's not the lack off tools but the absent mind of the one who uses them..)

Strange thing is that I knew where everything was, when it was a mess. Now all is organized I have to open every drawer 10 times before I find whatever I'm searching for.