A Good Little Gismo

One of my friends had 

the opportunity to go to 

the Houston Quilt Festival last fall.

And she brought me this little gismo.

 It's a needlepuller

by Anneke's Quilt Supply

from the Netherlands.

I hadn't used it until she mentioned 

it a couple of weeks ago and 

told me it was a wonder when

she was doing big stitch quilting on wool.

She's right!

I  thought I would finally give it a try

on a flannel/wool piece that

needed quilting with some Valdani Perle Cotton.

It did work great!

 I was able to pull the larger needle 

through those heavier

fabrics quite easily.

It's worn on your quilting hand.

The pointer finger is placed through the hole 

and the pushbutton is pointed toward the thumb.

 I was actually able to load my 

needle with a lot more stitches

than usual.

Then you slide 

the eye of the needlepuller

over the tip of the needle,

 squeeze the button with your thumb,

it grabs the needle, 

 and Da-Dah...

you pull the needle through.

It does takes a bit of getting use

to on your fingers.

I haven't mastered that yet.

But it did work very well.

I looked on line to try and find a source.

Amazon carries them, but 

they are out of stock,

so you might have to do more searching

or head off to a quilting venue

with lots of vendors.

Someday you might want to look for it.

It's a good Gismo

to have on hand.

Until Next Time-