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Thread: Now I know why people put patchwork stripes on the back of their quilts.

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  1. 03-10-2012, 05:56 AM #1
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    Now I know why people put patchwork stripes on the back of their quilts.

    I just got a package of extra wide backing material in the mail. It was stuffed into one of those cardboard envelopes without a zip strip for opening. I got out my knife and slashed open the the edge. Now the material has a hole in it and the finished quilt will have extra decoration. Has anyone else done this?
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    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LTeachergeorge View Post
    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!
    This makes me feel better about the issues I create !! Guess the problem solving is good for my 73 year old brain !!!
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  5. 03-11-2012, 02:26 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by LTeachergeorge View Post
    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!
    ...I've been doin' lots and lots of rippin' these days. Perhaps more planning would help reduce this task....
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    Quote Originally Posted by LTeachergeorge View Post
    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!

    Well put, LTeachergeorge!

    If it's a little hole, just a little appliqued something will do the trick. It's not a mistake, it's an opportunity!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LTeachergeorge View Post
    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!
    I just LOVE that saying....and it is often way too true!
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    Yes, so true!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LTeachergeorge View Post
    I tell my my quilting friends that 80% of quilting is Problem Solving. It's all part of the challenge!
    I'm stealing that statement! 😃
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  10. 03-11-2012, 05:37 AM #10
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    LOL...me too! I very rarely use a full pattern...I problem solve with the fabric I have....part of my "artistic creativity"!
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