Originally Posted by
Holice
I don't think it is so much stating a "rule" but rather saying why one does anything in such and such way.
For example someone might ask "What is the best batting for Hand Quilting" And then 15 different answers are given all with different batting but often no one says why. I usually say that when someone says you gotta, you must do it this or that way......to ask why. I can then make a decision if it right for me or I want to try.
Well said, Holice. That gives the reader an option (as opposed to simply an opinion) and a basis for evaluating that particular option. I always learn so much more from understanding
why someone does something the way they do it than by just hearing that they do it that way.