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I sew over pins sometimes, it depends what my project is. I always use the pins with a small shaft. I feel the worst you can do is bend the pins or break a needle, I have never hurt my machine because of it. Sometimes I feel it is necessary to sew over the pins to keep the hems and points in place. I don't worry about ruining my machine, I'm not afraid to use pins when necessay.
I sew over pins - that was taught in Home Ec. in high school was OK.
I cannot handquilt with a thimble.
My pointer & midddle finger on right hand and
middle finger on left show the results (nice callouses).
J J
I don't cut off the strings
I also sew over pins
Waiting too long to change rotary blades, keeping my machine as clean as possible, squaring up as I go along, and putting pins in my mouth.
I am really working on these, especially the pins in the mouth issue, because I am teaching my great niece how to quilt and don't want her to pick up these bad habits!
Starting a new project before wiping some off my list....but I gotta say, my list has never looked this good...only 17 projects in the making! Most are UFO's, some are WIP's....
Proud Navy Mom!
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I think my worst one is putting pins in my lips to hold them a minute. I have always done this and do it unknowingly.
Oh and also engaging my brain into what I am doing after taking a break. Boy, you can piece a ton of blocks wrong in a short amount of time chain piecing.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 02-04-2012 at 08:34 AM.
RedGarnet222
"Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern ... It will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that ...one stitch at a time, taken patiently."
*Oliver Wendell Holms
When doing a second or third project from the same pattern, I seem to think I do not need to refer to the pattern. I have found that I have a very fallible memory --- rip it! rip it!
"Only those who know enough is enough can ever have enough." Lao Tzu
Maybe your husband would change them all for you one evening
Originally Posted by Lynnie25
I need to stop buying fabric, the 'sewing room' is about to take over the house
I have 3 rotary cutters that need the blades changing, I tend to just go buy another rotary cutter instead of changing them
Gee, I just started sewing again and I find that I am very slow and very conscious of what I am doing. I think I will probably pick up some of these habits. (sigh) Right now I use my rotary blade too long. Also I do have to remind myself to clean the machine after each project. The problem is I am sewing several projects at one time so I don't know where the finish line is. LOL.
Dreaming of New England while being stuck in So. Calif.(the asphalt jungle of the world.)
This is my problem also!!!
Bev
My initials are BB, so dublb is double B.
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