Review   cheryls-chatelaine.blogspot - January 9, 2010
My latest new toy for marking quilts and other ways to mark crazy quilts.This was the product that I picked up last week at Mill House Quilts. It was designed, it says based on techniques for quilting from Charlotte Warr Anderson. It has some interesting pics on the promo wrap of how it can be used for machine quilting. But I thought I would try it first for crazy quilting. Each page has a number of sticky backed strips that are about 1 inch wide. There are 1/4 inch markings on each strip. I decided that a one inch strip was wider than what I needed or wanted for Crazy Quilt marking, so I cut each one inch strip into two half inch strips. I liked the amount of adhesive that was on the strips. I had used Tiger tape a few times in the past, but got irritated with the fact that it didn't stick too well. I positioned a piece of tape above and below where my seam treatment would be. I then proceeded to do a buttonhole stitch, following the 1/4inch marks on the seam. (Sorry for the blurry pic). Once that was in position, it was pretty easy to eyeball the rest for this particular seam treatment. There still was a little bit of sticky left on them after use, so they could probably be used at least one more time. I didn't feel any residue on the fabric...There are 80 11 inch strips in each package, which would easily last me a year if I used them exclusively for crazy quilting. I have an urge to go out and buy more...Other marking methods I am fond of for crazy quilts are using the purple disappearing ink pen to mark. I find they tend to dry up quickly though. If you have a sewing machine with decorative stitches, you can also thread up with invisible thread, stitchwith it on where you want your seam, and then go over those premade lines making them longer if need be to provide a fancier looking stitch..."