Tips For Gathering Up Fabric

[xstitcher]

Hi,
I'm stitching a table runner for Easter and would love to get some tips for keeping the part I'm not working on folded up. At the moment I am using two hair dressing clips but there must be some smarter ways out there. It's too thick for even large pins. Thanks in advance!

[murraymints]

Clothes pegs ?

[xstitcher]

Tried that too heavy but great minds think alike eh! Thanks

[woofgang]

quilt clips
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[woofgang]

or flat on one side

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[knittynora]

To be honest I always use an large tapestry frame but would rolling it on the inner cardboard tube from a kitchen roll help? You could still use your hairclips to keep it rolled up.

[murraymints]

Inside tube of kitchen roll....slit open. But keep whole as it were..roll up cloth put inside with new bit hanging out ??? Blue peteresque I know but might do !

[xstitcher]

Thank you knittynora and woofgang....I have ordered the quilting clips and in the mean time shall use some empty cardboard rolls I keep "somewhere".....AnswerBank to the rescue yet once again!!!!

[xstitcher]

Nothing against Blue Peter murraymints....thanks good idea for keeping it clean