What Was The Worst Quilting Advice/Instruction You Ever Recieved?
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
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.
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Always make bias binding. Did once, but switched to on the grain.
However, on the tearing issue. I always tear my borders, but I always tear parallel to the selvedge. There's no distortion that way. Also, I straighten solid color fabric by tearing. After you tear it, you need to pull the fabric into square across the bias, corner to corner.
However, on the tearing issue. I always tear my borders, but I always tear parallel to the selvedge. There's no distortion that way. Also, I straighten solid color fabric by tearing. After you tear it, you need to pull the fabric into square across the bias, corner to corner.
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
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.
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Originally Posted by irishrose
The worst advice I ever received was from an experienced quilter. I was even more of a beginner than I am now. I was making a wall hanging with an eight pointed star in the center. I could not get it lay down. I took it to a quilter, she said to keep trying. Duh, it was highly glazed chintz and polished cotton home dec fabric. That will never lay down - at least not for a beginner. I wonder where it's at? Somewhere in sewing room #1, I imagine.
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Went to a quilt store and the lady tore my fabric. I was in SHOCK !!! so I advised her cut another piece. She looked @ me & said OH but its so much easier to rip this fabric? That is what my Manager said . I polite advised her the manager is not buying this piece. So she cut my piece. My Maw Maw always said don't tear & she quilted by hand for over 75yrs.
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Originally Posted by Edie
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!
#58
I guess mine was being told to buy the border fabric when the quilt was done so I could measure and would know how much to get. But that quilt got put away awhile ('Life' happened) and by the time I needed the border material it was no longer available!!! I'm still looking, oh these many years later....
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Originally Posted by lvaughan
Originally Posted by sherrill
I was advised to tear fabric to straighten. Not true ladies
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