Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by Lori S
I cut my threads .. I just hate working with an un-tidy block. I was raised in a family of sewers , when ever I made anything... they all flipped it to look at the back first , then the front. It was stressed that a good sewer's work was as clean and free of threads as the front. I just can't bring myself to not trim the threads.
Are you my long lost sister?
That was drilled into us too ... must trim and keep it tidy.
Annnnnnnnnnnnd you never re-did a seam (widened, straightened, etc.without taking out the previous stitches. And every time I don't do that now, I can hear my Mother chanting at me from beyond!! :)
My home me ec teacher always said that our projects should look as good on the inside as they did on the outside. We were graded on the inside as well as the outside. I can still hear her voice in my head as I sew even though it was 50 years ago. So I always trim my threads and press so that my back look as good as I can make them. Mrs. Short would be proud of the work I turn out now!