Originally Posted by MadQuilter
1. The iron is my friend. I used to bypass that step. Now, I spend a lot of time planning my order of operation to see if I can improve the "nesting" portion of the blocks and rows. Nesting makes assembly soooo much faster and easier.
2. When making a small mistake, the world does not come to an end AND once the quilt is quilted, most times it is hard to even find the error. So don't sweat the small stuff.
3. Sometimes "finished" is way better than "perfect."
4. Challenging colors or challenging patterns are great opportunity for growth.
5. "Machine Quilting made easy" by Maureen Noble is a great book of exercises.
Next to the rotary cutter/mat, I so agree w/#2 & 3 Martina - I just want to enjoy quilting & find it is relaxing, especially thinking of the person(s) I might be doing a particular project for.
But I also think THIS MESSAGE BOARD is one of the BEST things - Having been out of the "quilting" world for nearly 20 years, I've learned SO MANY NEW THINGS from all the talented people here - (& felt kinda stupid many times not knowing what a term means - still trying to learn some of the abbreviations, can't keep my "printed list" update, there are so many new ones all the time - but then that might also have something to do w/being so old.) :oops:
Have a blessed week end & may all you quilts be filled w/love :lol: