Posts Tagged ‘p205’

  • Thu, Jan 26 2012

    Seamstresses, sewers, and clothiers rejoice! We’re proud to introduce Seamster, a seam allowance marking tool used to transfer paper patterns to fabric. Transferring patterns is ordinarily a time-consuming and cumbersome process, but our seam allowance marker cuts this time in half by drawing two parallel lines onto the fabric at the same time. The pen slots are made of a soft, flexible grippy plastic which allows for different pen diameters. One pen stays firmly fixed in place while the other slides magnetically in a track to allow for multiple seam allowance measurements. With Seamster, crafting clothes and textiles is much less tedious and a lot more joyous.

    Seamstress Teree LeSueur came up with a fresh idea to improve the functionality of a traditional sewing method. Teree along with the Quirky design staff and a crew of over 1,900 influencers made this product a real sewer’s dream. Make sure to head over to the Upcoming section and check it out!

    Features: 
    -Configureable with a variety of tailor’s pens
    -1/2″, 5/8″, 3/4″, and 1″ seams can be achieved

    Materials:
    -PP & TPE (pen slots) 
    -6.36 grams

    Dimensions:
    -.95″ L x 1.6″ W x .5″ H


    Price, qty and features subject to change during production process.
  • Fri, Nov 11 2011

    TGIF, Quirks! Here are the results of this Wed’s brainstorm (click images to enlarge):

    Product 146: App enabled outlet

    Product 205: Seam allowance marker

  • Mon, Nov 7 2011

    Every Wed at noon ET, QDS blows a few product ideas wide open to kick off the design process. You can take part in that. Here’s how:

    1. Topics will be posted on Mon before the Wed brainstorm sesh. In your wildest dreams, what would be the perfect way to make that product? What should it do, and what problems should it prevent? It’s a brainstorm, so anything goes.

    2. Visit the Quirky Brainstorm Channel at noon ET on Wed. Log in on Ustream and throw ideas at us in the live chat.

    3. Can’t join the live brainstorm? Be sure to add your comments here before Wed at noon, and we’ll have them on hand.

    Got all that? Great. This week’s topic is the Seam Allowance Marker. Get inspired!

  • Mon, Nov 7 2011

    Teree LeSueur is a substitute teacher from Texas.  She has a passion for apparel design and fashion.  In her spare time, she creates new patterns for her women’s clothing line.  One day, when she was coming up with her latest design she found it frustrating to use the current technique of a ruler and pen for seam allowance and thought there should be a better way.  Her product idea incorporates features that will allow any seamstress or quilter a convenient, reliable way to mark seam allowance. The main advantage of using her invention idea is that the measuring device does not have to be lifted off of the pattern while marking and you can pre-set the desired measurement distance.

    The design team agreed and thought that Teree’s idea was a super fast way to mark your seams or stitch lines when working with patterns.  They loved the adjustability feature since different scenarios need different allowances.  The design team will look into developing this product to work with the existing marking tools for sewing.  The marketing team felt this market seems to be untouched in terms of new ideas and products. The viability team qualified the endeavor because it would be simple to make and they found little to no infringement risks.