Does anyone really like templates?

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11-11-2010, 07:34 PM

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RkayD

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When I first started Quilting waaayyyy back in the latter '80's I bought some templates that were metal and they had sandpaper on one side. Talk about durable! I'll have to find those...Its hard to imagine how much things have changed over the years just since I've been doing this stuff.

11-11-2010, 07:42 PM

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tjradj

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Templates. No.
Only way I'll use them is trace them onto white paper. Then tape to underside of my rulers. Then cut from strips.
Only works for straight edges though.
I don't do curves.

11-11-2010, 08:03 PM

#23

Sewlmatesister

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Originally Posted by RkayD

Ardco templates, I have some and LOVE them!!!

11-12-2010, 06:19 AM

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Teresa 54

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I teach quilting 101 beginners a 12 week class using templates to make all traditional blocks. we use template plastic sold in the quilt shop. I also teach using the freezer paper templates. Once you know how to use the templates, you can pick up any pattern and patch it!

11-12-2010, 06:24 AM

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GrannieAnnie

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Originally Posted by Dee Dee

The thick packaged templates are very awkward for me to use. Can't easy use a rotary cutter around them and even drawing an outline on the fabric is a challenge. However, if I make a template from a pattern template drawing and use the thin quilter's template from quilt shops and Joann's, that is much easier to work with.

I sew with only straight sided designs: squares, rectangles and half square triangles. I simply cut the size needed. No pattern no template, maybe a sketch

11-12-2010, 06:53 AM

#26

happymrs

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No, not really, but I don't let that stop me. Now like someone else mentioned, sometimes, it's better to trace them on your fabric, then cut the shape out with scissors. I tend to do whatever works. I just love to quilt, so like to play with all these ideas & decide which one works best, along the way, on any given project...