Originally Posted by
My time
Ladies this subject is making me cranky! Who are you donating these quilts to anyway? Do you know that there are people on our streets who have nothing? I mean literally just the clothes on their backs and your worrying about seam allowances and ugly fabrics??
It's making me cranky, too. I take all my left over fabrics and try to make something as nice as I can, but the result is probably not something I would give to my children, unless they asked for an extra for the den or picnics.
I think the more important thing to think about is stitch length. A few years back, I was putting binding on a quilt made by others, and noticed a long thread hanging. I pulled on the thread and the entire seam pulled out with almost no effort. It was sewn with about 6 stitches to the inch. Luckily that seam was close enough to the edge that I could resew it without taking out too many ties.
If you don't have time to do it right, don't do it.