Binding Spool for Quilting

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My wife is a quilter, which means she has to sew a binding around the edge of each quilt to complete it. Many of these quilts are massive, so she needs to manage dozens of feet of binding as she's sewing it on. To help her out, I designed and 3D printed a Binding Spool that wraps up the binding neatly. The spool then hangs from a chain around her neck and feeds out just the right amount of binding as she sews. You can see how this ingenious device works in this video: https://youtu.be/CuigYNT3Vyk Take a look at how easily she loads the binding onto the spool here: https://youtu.be/taJYd4Gaegs And check out how the notch at the top prevents the binding from unwinding when it's not in use here: https://youtu.be/BLCh4IcCcFM