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Thou shall oil my sewing machine all the days of my life

thanks for the morning Giggle....on my way to a retreat tomorrow, will be fun to see how often the seam rippers come out, how often somebody is sewing on credit(no bobbin), etc..

#2 and #3 I can go a long way and not notice I am not sewing because I am concentrating so hard on keeping the seam a perfect 1/4"...duh...Naomi... :oops: :oops: :oops:

I JUST did that last night.... I gasped...slightly loud...and stopped cutting.

regarding #3 - if you use a leader/ender, that never happens. LOL (I always use a leader./ender and have made several quilts from the pieces sewn tog)

Guilty on all accounts !!!!! and them some LOL

Follow pattern directions in the correct order, not step 6 before step 2. Yep done that, but only once learned my lesson on that one.

I do this all the time - fusible web and me are sworn enemies! :lol:

I sew on and off a small scrap or I would have the same problem. It also helps you beginning and ending stitches look better.

Funniest list I've seen in a while -- thank you for making me smile! :D :D :D

Heheheh! OK ... this one made me laugh out loud!

Amen!!

LOL -- me too....too many times. I now need to make a new iron board cover for my small one by my machine. LOL

Oh, I have one to add....

Thou shall have bandaids on hand at all times for pin pokes.

This happened to me just yesterday. I was quilting a QAYG block and poked myself on the inside of my thumb -- bled like crazy. Thank God I had my quilting glove on and it absorbed most of the blood when it spurted. No blood on the quilt. I poked it so bad that I have a bruise in that area.

ditto :oops: :oops:
dar

Amen to that one -

right there with you, Sister!

Thou shalt finish the quilt thou art sewing upon; begin ye no new projects until then.

"Mea culpa, mea culpa"

Thou shall only use an iron with a clean plate before applying to the fabric.

Entertaining topic choice!

How about, Thou shalt put fusible down on fabric not on iron. I did this so many times, I clogged the holes on my steam iron and had to buy a new one.

LOL, I am guilty of all of the above and more. Nice to know I am not alone.

You forgot my favorite- Thou shalt put the needle in the proper position! My machine default is to the left, my favorite 1/4" foot only has a center hole. Irks me every time I forget.

Or their quilting abilities/talents. :)

Thou shalt change the straight stitch foot and needle plate before attempting to use a zig zag stitch!!! :roll:

So far have not sewn my finger. The rest, yes have done many times.
Is overspending on quilting supplies a sin?
Leaving cut scraps all over the floor for days?
Printing out every pattern you see on the web?
Staying on the board for hours when less important things are calling to be done, like clean the house.

love all the threads, guess we all do things that amaze us that it happened again and again........

Don't forget: thou shalt keed thou finge from under the needle or too near the rotary cutter.

These commandments are really cute but man I have broken every one of them at some point in time.

I think I'll collect all of these to remind myself I'm not the only who who does this. I can add a few:

Thou shalt always have a sharp seam ripper at hand.

Thou shalt always have a bandaid at hand (when I stick a pin in my finger/toe etc).

Thou shalt not cut fabric that was not intended to be cut (last time broke this was on my cutting table when I accidentally put a 1/2 yard on top of some already prepared squares and cut a nice strip - out of the 1/2 yard AND the squares)

Thou shalt always have enough thread of the same color to finish the quilt (especially if you are hunkering down in the mountains before a snow storm...)

Thou shalt always clean thy bobbin case...

And my favorite

Thou shalt not drink spirits before quilting. (I've not done this but a friend of mine did. Her quilting was converted into a crazy quilt... nuff said).

love it!

Thou shalt not hoard fabric.

<laughing> OH man- I see myself in all of these- Especially yelling at the fabric AHAHAHAHAHA done that more than once or telling the machine to knock it off or I am gonna buy another brand and trade em in !LOL

I like the "thou, shalt change feet when changing stitches" I broke a needle in two places with an aweful noise when I forgot this golden rule!!!! LOL!

I love all of these commandments, and I believe we went well over 10, and there are many more out there, I'm sure. Thou shall not read these to thy spouse, who will reply "what does that mean" or "who would do that?"

Broke a needle yesterday because I didn't change the pressser foot. Have ruined several irons with fusible webbing. Thanks for my morning laugh.

Thou shall make sure all layers of your quilt are facing the same way. I sewed 1/2 binding on side only to discover backing was folded backwards. Oh S---!!!

thou shalt not sew through your finger!;
or leave the rotary cutter open!

been there done all of them, but still keep trying to get it right, my new one is Thou Shalt Not Try To Quilt After I said I was Tired and Going to Bed.!

Thou shalt remove all threads and strings from clothes before going in public. Thou shalt dress in normal clothes (no pajamas) before going to the store to get what is needed to finish what was started regardless of what time it is. (midnight)

Amen to that. Just last night, I was making a Saturday Market Bag for myself and I sewed the pocket piece wrong twice, then sewed the second one wrong also. I had such a talk with myself. If I spoke to anyone else the way I talked to myself, I'd have no friends at all.Some times its best to just bak away from the machine, so no one getas hurt!!

Here's one I didn't see yet: putteth not thy sharpest scissors on the edge of the table points facing outward, or for sure they shall falleth on thy bare foot and pierceth it. Then thou mayest have to visit the nearest Emergency Room and explain when the doctor asks "Now how did you do this?"

I'm so gald to know that someone else yells at the fabric/sewing machine/iron. My husband will say "if it's causing you that much trouble, why don't you quit?" and I say "Shut up! I talking to the ...whatever.."