Get a Grip!

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

7 Responses

  1. Teresa says:

    I had a lesson today in just how much I love Machingers. I went to my guild's sewing afternoon, but forgot my gloves at home. What a struggle! You can bet I won't forget them again!

  2. Anonymous says:

    These gloves are the best!!! I have tried many other solutions: garden gloves (way too bulky/not 'grippy' enough,hot), purple nitrile "barney" gloves (suffocating!!!), finger "cots" (don't really stay put!!) and, finally, bought these gloves from Leah..awesome. Can even thread the needle when needed! They fit! Cool! To "launder"…just put them on and add a couple of drops of dish soap (ex.Dawn) and rub hands together. They dry very quickly/overnight. Couldn't have done the FMQ Whole Cloth QAL without them!!!!!! Hugs, Doreen

  3. Sooli says:

    I'm a big fan of these gloves. Coming from Adelaide in South Australia where it gets very hot in summer I really love that they are so comfortable to wear in summer. My hands don't get overheated, they fit so well and don't move around on your hands and best of all you can move your quilt around so much easier. Love them!

  4. Thanks, Leah for this tip. I am so trying to improve my free motion quilting. Maybe these gloves will help. Have a super day!

    Jennifer

  5. June D says:

    I also go these from Leah, after starting to try to FMQ my first quilt. I waited as I was trying to save money, but man or man these make it possible to concentrate on the designs and not be all tensed up. I keep them at the side of my machine with the clover needle so they are always there when I need them!

    At first my son thought I wore them to protect my hands from the sewing machine needle! : )

  6. Malini says:

    It does make a huge difference in FMQ by using the Machingers gloves. Its just awesome!
    Can't quilt without it :-).

  7. Mike Pearson says:

    I'm going to try those when my Fons & Porter ones finally crap out. While I am happy with these, I just want to try others to see if I like them better. I find that the sizes though are more for women than men. Large for me is different than large for females. I have started to bust out of the current ones I have, but I just run it under the FMQ needle and it's fixed 🙂

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