Using marked plastic templates over anything else
Well, I know most quilters will say, oh my goodness, this takes too long. But the only way I can get perfect points, perfect straight lines, perfect 1/4 inch seam allowances is to use the plastic templates with dots in the corner that I can mark on my fabric. When I sew dot to dot on my fabric, I am a happy camper. I have taken online quilting courses. I have the new Stripology ruler too. I have also a 1/4 inch quilting foot. I have a strip of masking tape also to follow a 1/4 inch seam allowance on my sewing machine. Nothing works, except dot to dot for me. I have recently gone back to Diana Leone's book, "The New Sampler Quilt " from 1997. It uses dot to dot. I have wasted so much money on the things that I mentioned above as I threw out so many ruined quilting blocks! I am only using dot to dot now. Is anyone else like me and only uses dot to dot templates?