Oh my YES to all the posts! Especially the one about only using "good quality" (expensive) fabric. I also recycle. NOW I HAVE ONE....Rumor has it that if you have a hundred year old quilt and you put a few stitches in it to repair a tiny part, its age now changes to the present time. That can't be true, can it?

I hate stitching in the ditch! LOL! :shock::p

This one caught me for about a year and a half. Now I'm over it:

* pantographs and all-over quilting are bad...you must make either a hand-quilted masterpiece or a custom fancy machine quilted masterpiece complete with large feathers in the border. --phooey, just quilt it to hold it together in whatever way works for you! I have a few 'all-over' designs that I can do easily by machine, I'm hoping to get a pantograph for my short arm for my birthday!

I think I would also have to add color schemes:

* you have to use only ONE type of white and it must be from the same cut. So you have to buy a large piece of yardage for each new quilt
* and general color schemes like: pink and orange don't go together.
* guys only like blue and brown

I timed the second EB-WIADLCQ and it took me 21 hours. Tied it instead of machine/hand quilting. It has been liked/loved ever since.

If you pay someone to quilt your quilts then you are not a quilter.

Patterns must be followed to the T.

What a coincidence, this thread is up now discussing the various log cabin issues....
the pattern/directions for log cabins vary so much, that with the wrong pattern, it can go very bad for a newbie. (voice of experience here)
https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...n-t290935.html

Kits and precuts are cheating.

Handquilted quilts are more precious than machine quilted quilts.

log cabin and HST
 

Totally agree with the log cabin thread. It was my first quilt...of course I was self taught...I HATED that quilt, but my son loved it. It was enough for me to have a bad taste and never wanting to sew another. And that was in 1999!
HST are another NOT as far as I'm concerned.

Carol Doak spoke with many scissors companies. I don't think she'd say that if it wasn't true. She doesn't sell any cutting devices.

My myth pet peeve: There's something wrong with making a tied quilt.

I love tied quilts!


As for paper dulling scissors, I've suspected that was something adults made up to keep their kids from borrowing (and misplacing) the sewing scissors. As far as I can tell, as long as the scissors don't get a nick in them, they're fine.

I use my rotary blade for cutting paper all the time. It's going to wear out and need replacing eventually, so I don't see what it matters if it gets worn on fabric or worn on paper.