Thread: Book or magazine that shows all the short cut methods of piecing

I don't know of anything that exist but usually where there is a demand, someone will write it. As an advance quilter, I prefer making flying geese my way and continue with the pattern. There are at least four ways to make flying geese and I find that I use Eleanor Burns method works best for me. When I read to cut 4 7/8 squares to make HST, I just ignore it and cut my squares 5". It just starts to become automatic to convert to the easier method. Good Question!

For my personal use, I like to have things on paper.

I think one could get a three ring binder with the clear pockt pages to put ideas in.

Maybe divide it into sections: designs - cutting - triangle trick - color - whatever one has a special interest in

Keep the things that worked especially well - weed out the ones that were tried but did not work so well.

I am thinking of something like one's favorite recipes file or notebook.

I am sure there are books and videos with helpful hints. But sval used the word "all" - don' t think that one will ever happen. Something new is always being discovered and old ways are being revisited.

For me, a whole section on how to make flying geese would be useful.

There are some things I look up over and over - it would be smart of me to copy those pages - mark them with my personal notes - and keep them in one place.

I have also made myself a binder over the years and that way if I find a better way to do something, the old way can be tossed! For me making flying geese this way is best and the go-to way:
http://www.patchpieces.com/files/flyinggeese.pdf

Originally Posted by bearisgray

For my personal use, I like to have things on paper.

I think one could get a three ring binder with the clear pockt pages to put ideas in.

Maybe divide it into sections: designs - cutting - triangle trick - color - whatever one has a special interest in

Keep the things that worked especially well - weed out the ones that were tried but did not work so well.

I am thinking of something like one's favorite recipes file or notebook.

I am sure there are books and videos with helpful hints. But sval used the word "all" - don' t think that one will ever happen. Something new is always being discovered and old ways are being revisited.

For me, a whole section on how to make flying geese would be useful.

There are some things I look up over and over - it would be smart of me to copy those pages - mark them with my personal notes - and keep them in one place.

Originally Posted by Geri B

I think eventually we find the method of doing a particular piecing part that works best for us, with the closest to perfect results....sort of like cooking....crock it, bake it, stovetop it, or fry it.....then, someone comes up with even a better way.......never ends...

And that's exactly the way it should be with everything you do from the day you are born. You try the new way and, if it works better for you that way, you adopt it as 'your' way of doing whatever. It's called growing.

Pattern writers are never going to include all the shortcuts for all the procedures in thier quilts. They'll include what works for THEM based on their own experiences. If your way is different, do it your way. If you have to write down your own way, do that in any way that works for you.

It's not reasonable to expect all patterns to be 'custom' written for the exact way you want to do things. If you're experienced enough to make changes, great; if you're not yet at that point, you may just learn something new from doing it the way the pattern says to do it.

Techniques that don't work for me get thrown out fairly quickly (I use the three strikes rule). They'll find their own way back if I'm just not yet ready to master them. There's no need for me to keep them 'on call' in a book, magazine, video, etc.