Sandpaper Board
This may be our favorite tool of all time. One side of this 11" x 14" board is covered with sandpaper. Lay your applique fabric on it. Position your template on the fabric and trace. The sandpaper keeps your fabric from shifting as you trace. It's great! The size of this board is perfect for working on your lap in your easy chair.
We also use our sandboard when pinning applique pieces to the block. The sandpaper keeps the background in place as you pin. Try it - you'll like it.
HERE'S A TIP: When you get your board, the sandpaper is a little rougher than it needs to be. Lightly sand the sandpaper side with another piece of sandpaper to take off some of the roughness.
PLEASE NOTE: Shipping varies in price because of the size of the box, weight of the total order, and destination. The minimum in the US is $6.80, some orders may ship for $8.95. The most shipping has been is $12.95. Disregard the shipping price that is automatically calculated when you place your order. Linda will calculate the cost for order when it is boxed.
ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS we must ship them via global priority unless you state a different preference. The shipping charge will vary with each order. Linda will email you the cost of the shipping before she ships.
$17.00
Self-Adhesive Laminate for Templates
We use this product to make our templates. Each sheet of plastic is sticky on one side - peel off the backing and stick it to the paper copies of your pattern to make templates. It's great!
Instructions included.
10 sheets for $9.00
Quilter's Vinyl
We use Quilter's Vinyl to make a positioning overlay for our applique.
The positioning overlay is used to position each appliqué piece accurately on the block. The overlay is easy to make and use, and it makes your projects portable.
Quilter's Vinyl is 18" wide, we sell it by the yard. It comes with a tissue paper liner. Keep the tissue paper!
- Cut a piece of the upholstery vinyl, with its tissue paper lining, to the finished size of each block. Set the tissue paper aside until you are ready to fold or store the overlay.
- Tape your pattern onto a table. Tape the Quiliter's Vinyl over the pattern. Use a ruler and a Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Marker to draw the pattern’s horizontal and vertical center lines onto the vinyl.
- Trace all the lines and numbers from the pattern accurately onto the vinyl. When storing the overlay, place the tissue paper over the drawn side of the overlay. Fold or roll them together before storing.
- To use the overlay, place the background right side up on your sandpaper board. The sandpaper keeps the background from shifting as you position the appliqué on the block.
- Place the overlay right side up on top of the background. Line up the center grid in your background with the center grid of the overlay.
- Hold the overlay in place with one hand. Slide your applique piece into position between the vinyl and the fabric background. Pin it in place.
$5.99 per yard
Bias Bars
This is the tool you need to make long bias vines and stems. Instructions are included on the package and on pages 68-69 in the New Applique Sampler.
$6.50
Clover Needle Threader
This is a dandy little needle threader that works even on needles with very small eyes.
$7.25
Perfect Circles Template
Karen Kay Buckley designed this wonderful set of circle templates made from a heat resistant plastic. This package contains 15 different circle sizes, 4 of each size, ranging from 7/16" to 2" for a total of 60 circles. Included is a handy ring to hold put the templates on for safe-keeping.
There are a variety of ways to applique circles. Karen's method is included in the package. We prefer to needleturn applique our circles as we describe in our books. Whatever applique method you use, you will love these handy circle templates.
$12.95
Bigger Perfect Circles
Karen Kay Buckley has added bigger sizes to her Perfect Circle templates. Each set of circle templates is made from a heat resistant plastic that can be used with any iron.
There are ten different sizes ranging from 2-1/4” to 4-1/2”. These bigger sizes are great for the center of a Mariner’s Compass block, Drunkard’s Path blocks, traditional appliqué and so much more.
$15.00
Thimble-It
Sometimes you need some protection for your sore fingers! Thimble-It is just the ticket. Each package contains 64 small, flexible, self-adhesive finger pads. They protect your finger tips while still allowing you to feel what you're doing.
$4.40