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    Old 02-26-2011, 05:21 PM
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    Worst Quilting advice?

    Never pin.

    *Always* make bias binding. I have never, not once, done this in 30 years!)

    Piece half-square-triangles by using two triangles.

    Join your border strips on the diagonal. (??? I have never understood the reason for this! Diagonal is bias/bias stretches. Period)

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    Old 02-26-2011, 05:42 PM
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    I rarely pin - and most of the time I can get away with it. Can't really remember any bad advice, just some out dated methods.
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    Old 02-26-2011, 05:44 PM
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    The worst was from a LQS owner... she said ... No batiks never run! WOW was she sooo wrong.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 03:31 AM
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    "This is too difficult for you."

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    Old 02-27-2011, 04:05 AM
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    I was advised to tear fabric to straighten. Not true ladies
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    Old 02-27-2011, 04:15 AM
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    I can't say that I have ever really been given bad advice, but one time I attended a sewing seminar given by my Viking dealer. Several of the sales ladies were the helpers. I was hooping my fabric all set to embroider and the lady came to me and started telling me how to hoop and that I was doing it all wrong. Well, I threw a hissy fit; that I had been sewing longer than she was old, and was not a novice at machine embroidery; and thank you I will continue to do it the way I have been. A while later she pulled me in a corner and apologized. She didn't realize "who I was" and that I had more experience than any of the sales ladies. She evidently had been overheard chastising me by someone who knew of my knowledge of machine embroidery.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 05:10 AM
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    Originally Posted by pkary
    Not to waste my money by buying more material than I need for the intended project. A) I almost never actually make what I bought the material for in the first place and B) it turns out I love to make scrappy quilts! What would I do without all those left over pieces!
    My worst advice was to listen to the quilt shop when they told me I had enough fabric (over $150 worth) to make a three colored block quilt and right at this minute I am almost out of one fabric and running low on the other two, which I cannot find anywhere. It was my feeliing to buy more and have room for leftovers and mistakes, but no, I listened to her. This quilt was to be a super king size with 48 - 12" blocks. 6 across/8 down. It was all planned out. I have 21 blocks done and now am running around like a chicken with my head cut off, hoping I can find the fabric or decide how to fix it with other colors in the same color scheme to go with it. Drats! Edie
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    Old 02-27-2011, 05:14 AM
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    Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
    Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
    One of the worst ones I've ever heard is to sew the border on with the border next to the feed dogs. That's almost a guarantee for wavy borders.
    you mean keep the border fabric ON TOP of the quilt when sewing it on?
    Yea, I did not understand this one either. What are you talking about? Can you explain in more detail??
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    Old 02-27-2011, 05:17 AM
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    Originally Posted by cctx.
    Originally Posted by dakotamaid
    Originally Posted by MadQuilter
    Mine was from a quiltstore owner who disagreed with my fabric choice. She told me it was going to be ugly and I allowed her to pick a different fabric. I ended up giving the top away because it was not what I had in mind at all. It taught me to follow my instinct even when "the experts" disagree. Colors and patterns are very personal in today's quilting and we do not always need to follow cookie-cutter samples.
    I agree with this one. I always go with my gut.
    me too,...if it's my money and I can decide on what I like, then that's what I'll get.
    Me three, I get so upset with me if I allow myself to be talked out of a fabric or design that just seems to fit.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 05:19 AM
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    Originally Posted by sherrill
    I was advised to tear fabric to straighten. Not true ladies
    Help me out here. Tearing fabric won't straighten it? Could you explain please?
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