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Your lack of patience which leads to the bad habits will eventually teach you -- as it appears it already is teaching you -- that you'll just get frustrated and/or have do it over, which takes longer than doing it well in the first place.:D
Mostly, mistakes are the best teachers anyway, so you'll learn one way or the other, take heart! Jan in VA |
Patience is a virtue, one of which I don't have so I make due with what I've got. I walk away for awhile. My iron sits to the side of me where that little red varmint likes to hang out.
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You have to click on her blog to find the Tips and Techniques link, it's not on the quiltville site but the blog link is.
Originally Posted by mltquilt
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To avoid thread nests on back of piecing check out WWW.quiltville.com. This is Bonnie Hunter's site and under her Tips and Techniques she explains using leaders and enders. This method gives you half of a four patch block.
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Ha! Don't we all?!
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Hi Steph, love your post. My "bad" habit is I like to iron. Sometimes I think I iron fabric out of square and change how my blocks fit together. It's all good though.
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Sometimes haste does make waste.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
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I use to sew fast, zipping through chain piecing and kept wondering why my blocks never were true square, always some edges short or longer. I learned to sew slow, feeling and eyeing the fabric edges as I go. It has made a big difference. If the edges of my blocks or strips are out by 1/16th I know something is not right. I find the problem and correct it. A few time doing this and I know what to watch for and prevent. It may take longer but once done, my quilt top goes together perfectly. Having every seam match and laying flat is a good feeling of accomplishment for me.
I found a nifty little thread helper. A command strip on the machine bed will hold the thread tails out of the way when you start to sew. |
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Don't we all!?! I hate slowing down to match corners, so I avoid making corners that need to match. And when I make a mistake I ask, "Can you see it 10 ft away on a galloping horse? No? It's fine." See any mismatched corners or oops? Yes?!!, Then you're too close, step back and take another look.[ATTACH=CONFIG]419033[/ATTACH] |
I put mine in the back of the needle to the left about 3 inches. It has never been in my way.
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Or....you can go the other way and be crippled by fears of imperfection (ask me how I know:)).
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