Fallowing directions?
04-26-2011, 10:40 AM
#42
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If I didn't follow directions, I'd be in a world of hurt! I'm like that. For example, when I get a new small appliance or a new car, etc., I always read all through the instuctions/manual before I use it. Crazy, I know, but that's just me.
04-26-2011, 12:13 PM
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I usually read all directions first and try to figure out how to do it. I have learned to make a test block first before I take off and cut up a lot of good fabric. Now my DH never reads directions because of course he knows how it is supposed to go together.
04-26-2011, 01:37 PM
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I really think it is funny that we think we don't have to read the directions. I am a newbie and I, so far, read the directions. Of course, the first quilt I started, I looked in a book, I saw a pattern I really liked, but I thought I needed to simplify the pattern. Well, how do you follow the directions when you've decided to delete 2 or 3 elements of the q2uilt? I cut out most of the pieces. Put together several blocks and was just ready to sew the fourth block on. Uh Oh!!! The third block pieces did not line up with the other two blocks. I still haven't figured out how I did that.
Needless to say, I suddenly had another quilt, an easier pattern that I decided to make before I go back to the other one. The second one is working fine so far, except that I had to order more fabric so I can replace a block I didn't cut correctly.
I am now trying to figure out what happened to the first quilt and what I have to do to get the rest of it together correctly. Hope I am successful.
Needless to say, I suddenly had another quilt, an easier pattern that I decided to make before I go back to the other one. The second one is working fine so far, except that I had to order more fabric so I can replace a block I didn't cut correctly.
I am now trying to figure out what happened to the first quilt and what I have to do to get the rest of it together correctly. Hope I am successful.
04-26-2011, 03:01 PM
#46
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Originally Posted by skothing
Am I the only one who trys to do a block without fallowing directions? Just finished my BOM 4th block to find it easier if I fallowed the directions. :oops:
04-26-2011, 05:22 PM
#47
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i sewed all my own clothes for my senior year in high school... except my calvin kliens... we had a pattern that made 10 articles of clothing... lined blazer, vest, skirt, dress trousers... a couple blouses....
made them all... duplicates of the blazer.. had 3-4 different colors...
failed home ec, making a knife edge pillow.... i was first one in the class done... looked perfect
BUT i never looked at the directions... = failing grade
made them all... duplicates of the blazer.. had 3-4 different colors...
failed home ec, making a knife edge pillow.... i was first one in the class done... looked perfect
BUT i never looked at the directions... = failing grade
04-26-2011, 06:11 PM
#49
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Like Dunster, I pay for the pattern/book so I read it all the way through before I begin. I pay particular attn to the bold hints as they usually tell you something that can help before you cut it wrong and have to go buy more fabric.....
04-26-2011, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
If I buy a book or pattern, it's because I want to learn how to do something. If I can figure it out on my own, why buy the pattern? So yes, I read it, every word, and if there's a new technique that I haven't tried, then I try it, at least for that item. How can you learn new things otherwise? Often the designer has tried various methods for making something and has settled on what works best. I want to profit from her research, and her mistakes.
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