What is your best tip for a complete beginner
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Monroe, NC
Posts: 6
As a complete beginner, I can say that ALL of these tips are spot on. Especially "LEARN YOUR MACHINE"! My machine doesn't have seam allowance markings (no numbers anyway), and my first attempt has been a disaster. I have ordered a good 1/4 foot, and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival.
#23
make friends with an experienced quilter, someone who live close by, that way you can go the her or him when you get stuck and need help right away, my friend is 10 min. from my house, she has been a God send! an angel!
#24
As a complete beginner, I can say that ALL of these tips are spot on. Especially "LEARN YOUR MACHINE"! My machine doesn't have seam allowance markings (no numbers anyway), and my first attempt has been a disaster. I have ordered a good 1/4 foot, and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival.
#26
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 5,896
1- Cut carefully and sew consistent seams. If you cut a piece too small, re-cut it; do NOT try to make up the difference, by taking a less than 1/4" seam!
1- Take your time and don't try to sew, if you're too nervous or tired, to pay attention to what you're doing.
1- Keep fingers away from that moving needle!
1- Discover the wonders of basting and binding, with Elmer's School Glue.
They're all just 'one' thing.
1- Take your time and don't try to sew, if you're too nervous or tired, to pay attention to what you're doing.
1- Keep fingers away from that moving needle!
1- Discover the wonders of basting and binding, with Elmer's School Glue.
They're all just 'one' thing.
#30
when it is done and quilted and keeping you warm, no one - not even you - will see your mistakes. not your scant seams, not your missed points, not that piece you put in backwards. all they will see, and all you will see, is a completed project that shines with all the work and care that went into it.
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