New (to me) products 11-11-10

Well, that title isn't entirely accurate. This first product I tried last year about this time and loved it. But it was too late in the season to buy any more - this is a Trader Joe's 'seasonal product". Like Dutch process cocoa and cranberry chutney. Now is the time to stock up.

This box was purchased last week in Long Beach, it should be available at every store soon.
My friend Carol can't eat cinnamon, which is really sad, I know she would love the other flavors in this tea.

My arthritic hands won't let me hand quilt longer than about 20 minutes, so I don't do it much. I saw these in a catalog and had to buy them - I've never seen such a strange needle and I have seen a LOT of needles in my 65 years of sewing. I'll give them a try next time I attempt to hand quilt.

Here is a new type needle threader from Clover. It works very well when using more than one strand of floss. It fits into several sizes of emboidery, tapestry, or darning needles.

A new rotary cutting ruler - 2-1/2 X 6-1/2. I don't know how handy this will be, but I'll give it a try. I bought two extras to give to friends. I never know about these rulers, some I wonder how I lived without them and others are just a waste.

I've had this marking pencil for more than a year, but have not had occasion to use it much. But it does do as promised - the marks have all been removable, though I don't think much of the eraser.

There are instructions inside on how to access the eraser - strange.


I'm not much of a shopper - except for fabric and books - but sometimes at a big quilt show I will spare some time for the vendors and find amazing new products. Some of these I bought at quilt shows.