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sapdoggie 10-06-2011 04:50 AM
Originally Posted by JanTx
I was happily making a Farmer's Wife Block - I've made about 30 of them. Got everything cut, made the half square triangles - half of them wrong sides together, of course - and .. the pieces don't fit. They're supposed to fit. seriously. Somehow I cut some rectangles short. I put it all in time out, closed the door, and came to join you all here. Enough.
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Deborah12687 10-06-2011 05:08 AM
Thou shall oil my sewing machine all the days of my life

jaciqltznok 10-06-2011 05:16 AM
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..

New Quilter 10-06-2011 05:16 AM
#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:

SheriR 10-06-2011 05:18 AM
Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
Thou shalt measure twice and cut once. Especially late at night, I just love cutting my pieces 1" too short. *head shake*
I JUST did that last night.... I gasped...slightly loud...and stopped cutting.

Fabaddict 10-06-2011 05:23 AM
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)

Becky Mc 10-06-2011 05:24 AM
Guilty on all accounts !!!!! and them some LOL

Linda K. 10-06-2011 05:25 AM
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.

anniehug 10-06-2011 05:27 AM
Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
Thou shalt apply fusible web to the wrong side of the fabric for applique. . . just broke this one today!
I do this all the time - fusible web and me are sworn enemies! :lol:

sguillot 10-06-2011 05:28 AM
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.
Originally Posted by lisalisa
Originally Posted by JanTx
3. Thou shalt have a threaded machine needle. If I cut it too short - and somehow I often cut it too short - the thread pulls out of the needle. I can sew quite a while without thread, too! (I've had machines where you had to hold the thread or it would pull through, but this one you're not supposed to do that. Most of the time that works.)

Sometimes I just amaze me!
I hear you there. Someone here on the board suggested putting a small piece of velcro on the side of the machine to dock the thread in so it doesn't slip out. Great piece of advise.


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