Fallowing directions?
04-27-2011, 12:44 AM
#54
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Originally Posted by skothing
Am I the only one who trys to do a block without fallowing directions? Just finished my BOM 4th block to find it easier if I fallowed the directions. :oops:
I do pay attention to hints about the best way to do stuff. Very helpful, at times.
04-27-2011, 03:47 AM
#56
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LOL!!! This thread is so funny! I have never been one to follow directions and my husband calls me on it all the time. :roll: I like to play with stuff and get the 'aha' moment when I discover something. Drives him crazy. BUT....when I started quilting, I couldn't figure out anything so I sent myself to the corner to read the instructions. :cry: 'Bout kills me to do it, but I don't have the eye or experience some of you picture readers do......but someday.....I'll make a quilt without instructions!!! :lol:
04-27-2011, 08:21 PM
#58
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And I thought only men didn't read the directions. I like pictures of every step. Some of the written directions are so hard to understand. There is a National teacher, quilt pattern person that does classes at my LQS. She had everyone so confused on the 1st night of the class I didn't go back. I'm a math person so I understood her "shortcuts" but the others could not follow the directions. They should have read over the directions or looked at the pictures before class to have a basic understanding. I have found errors in patterns so I always check the math to make sure it "adds up". Mags. can have miss prints so always check for corrections.
04-28-2011, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dunster
If I buy a book or pattern, it's because I want to learn how to do something. If I can figure it out on my own, why buy the pattern? So yes, I read it, every word, and if there's a new technique that I haven't tried, then I try it, at least for that item. How can you learn new things otherwise? Often the designer has tried various methods for making something and has settled on what works best. I want to profit from her research, and her mistakes.
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