Originally Posted by Just Jan
I had a neighbor and friend who was in her 80's or 90's when I was a kid. She was a beautiful quilter. She had an expression that I still use today... If she had a slight imperfection she would say, "Oh well, a blind man on a galloping horse won't even notice it!"
I love when my stuff comes out perfect but sometimes it just doesn't. I use the oversize method and the one mentioned using the spray starch, but sometimes I just gotta do the frog stitch... Rip it, rip it, rip it! But,if occasionally a star point gets the tip cut off I refuse to worry about it. Most times "it will quilt out," and my quilting is my stress buster and my fun.
Jan, I love your reference to the frog stitch...I'm an expert at it! You have just given me courage to start adding the sashing to the 20 blocks of my first quilt. I KNOW they're not all exactly the same size. I've remade one block and will try the starch and stretch on the others. Today, I cut the sashing.
:)