My Rules for good Quiltmaking
05-26-2010, 07:29 AM
#14
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Originally Posted by Holice
I believe there are only 4 rules for good quiltmaking. They are:
1. Accurate marking and/or measuring
2. Accurate cutting
3. Accurate piecing
4. Good pressing
Number 5 is whatever the quiltmaker brings to the craft.
If you practice and learn these 4 guides then quiltmaking will look good, take less time, be less frustrating and produce a more satisfying product.
1. Accurate marking and/or measuring
2. Accurate cutting
3. Accurate piecing
4. Good pressing
Number 5 is whatever the quiltmaker brings to the craft.
If you practice and learn these 4 guides then quiltmaking will look good, take less time, be less frustrating and produce a more satisfying product.
1. Measure
2. Measure
3. Measure
4. Accurate cutting
5. Accurate Cutting
6. Accurate cutting
7. Measure
8. Accurate piecing
9. Accurate piecing
10. Ironing
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and GO SLOWLY
05-26-2010, 08:08 AM
#15
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(1) ACCURATE Cutting, (2) followed by the ever elusive, CONSISTENT, quarter inch seam...(sigh..), (3) followed by Pressing and not ironing, which will distort my project, and (4) well matched seam intersections....(5) mostly have fun! There are a lot of charities to send your practice projects to...like the Humane Society...(great to practice your FM quilting, then whack it up into little quilties for kitties and dogs to sleep on, and bind the bunch of them! (a small quilt to keep a kitten off of the cage grate is most appreciated by an unspoken recipient!) And you have gotten lots of FM quilting practice!
05-26-2010, 08:41 AM
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Rebecca VLQ, this sounds like me making the crumb blocks! Must have close to 100 now. Every itsie-bitsie piece of fabric is being used to the max. (Gotta get my moneys worth, ya know!) Now to decide on some shashing. Will make a wall hanging and a quilt.
05-27-2010, 05:17 AM
#19
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Originally Posted by Dagny
Regarding Rule #4, I had a quilt teacher who said if you want your work to look homemade, press it at the end, but if you want it to look professionally done, press it as you go.
05-27-2010, 10:38 AM
#20
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Originally Posted by chickadee_42us
My #5 would be READ READ READ instructions and dont let your eyes twitch to another line when cutting out fabric !!!
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