Pieced quilts, Can you Do them Your own way?????
09-18-2007, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
on the other hand ... my bowling average dropped by more than 30 points after i took a class to learn how to do it "the right way"!
i could paper piece like a pro until i read instructions. now i'm lucky to get a square right the first time. go figure.
if the results of your methods are the right size and pleasing to look at, you did it correctly. if you follow every rule in the book but produce ... yak barf ... you did it wrong.
trust your instincts. you like your work. you like the results. you are doing it right. :wink:
i could paper piece like a pro until i read instructions. now i'm lucky to get a square right the first time. go figure.
if the results of your methods are the right size and pleasing to look at, you did it correctly. if you follow every rule in the book but produce ... yak barf ... you did it wrong.
trust your instincts. you like your work. you like the results. you are doing it right. :wink:
tim in san jose
09-18-2007, 01:43 PM
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well ... now ... there ya go! even yak barf - if produced deliberately - can be considered correct.
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
09-18-2007, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
well ... now ... there ya go! even yak barf - if produced deliberately - can be considered correct.
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
09-18-2007, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Carla P
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
well ... now ... there ya go! even yak barf - if produced deliberately - can be considered correct.
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
we don't need no ejukashun
we don't need no thought control
no dark sarcasm in the classroom
teacher, leave them kids alone.
Pop Quiz!!!
:wink:
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09-26-2007, 06:06 PM
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:x Ok, I say Yes do em your way like ol Granny's Ol Blue Eyes{ Frank Sinatra} What do you think the quilters in the ol west did they did it there way, no one told em how there usually wasn't another woman around and when there was they didn't bother with telling, well you did it wrong!!!
09-26-2007, 06:16 PM
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I have the image of a "new age" crazy quilt kinda thing...and I like the image. Can't wait to see some of your "my way" quilts. And by the way...Pink Floyd ROCKS!!! and the wall is the song we all had blaring from our car stereos on our last day of Senior High while the other poor, poor underclassmen were finishing up finals. Man was our principal pe-od!!! (evil laugh...mmmuuuuwaaahahahahahhahaha)
10-11-2007, 04:12 AM
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Artquilter...
Don't give up!!! Maybe you just need to start with a different block...and read read read this board!! I've learned sooo much, I read a lot of quilting books, and understood the "concept" but really didn't feel comfortable enough to start one until I found all these wonderful folks!! The most important thing I learned was not to worry so much about being technically correct...just have fun learning something new!! Keep trying, but walk away and take a break if you start stressing. Go back to what youre comfortable with for awhile then come back and meet the new challenge again.
Don't give up!!! Maybe you just need to start with a different block...and read read read this board!! I've learned sooo much, I read a lot of quilting books, and understood the "concept" but really didn't feel comfortable enough to start one until I found all these wonderful folks!! The most important thing I learned was not to worry so much about being technically correct...just have fun learning something new!! Keep trying, but walk away and take a break if you start stressing. Go back to what youre comfortable with for awhile then come back and meet the new challenge again.
10-11-2007, 05:15 PM
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:? I'm learning to piece and it is frustrating at times to me Longarm Machine Quilting is the most FUN!!!!! Or sometimes I sit and just Machine Quilt at the machine in the Large Cabinet my DH made and let the stitching just take my troubles away!!!!
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