Cheapest quilting and sewing tool I own! Pencils!

Did you know regular old yellow number two school pencils are 1/4 inch in diameter? I always have them laying around to mark things.

What a quickie tool to grab to measure a seam allowance!

Did you know you can tape two yellow pencils together and then the center of their leads will be 1/4 inch apart?

What a quickie way to draw a line 1/4 inch away from another line!

What a quickie way to draw two lines 1/4 inch apart!

Author: FreeFormQuilts

South Texas chick who drinks margaritas, makes not boring socks, quilts, leaves her christmas lights up till March (inside the house), and has an opinion on everything. Has a not-so-secret occupation and she also married into one of the coolest ranching families ever. View all posts by FreeFormQuilts