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Originally Posted by Mad Mimm

I don't know enough about "The Rules" to know which ones I am breaking. You might say I am a Blissfully Ignorant Fabric Maverick. :) Of course, some would just say the first two cover it... :D

Now I love that designation Blissfully Ignorant Fabric Maverick. Perhaps we need to start our own club BIFM.

:)

When I made my first quilt I just did it. My daughter (the math genius) figured out an Irish chain for me and I quilted it with my machine. I knew nothing of LAQ or FMQ or the feed dog up/down or special feet or puckering backs. I just created my own stencil and quilted it. That quilt is still the best one I have made. As I got more into quilting I "learned the rules" and couldn't get the groove. I now know to go back to the idea of the first quilt and just do it the way that works for me! After about 10 years getting better again!

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Originally Posted by CloverPatch

I think this thread is cute.

Don't think there has ever been a pattern I have followed to a T.
I read directions, and am always thinking "well that seems a bit unnecessary" "why are they making this alot harder than it needs to be?"
I will end up making it "my way"
I like simplicity, and hate long winded directions.

You have hit the nail on the head so to speak. How do you think all these "so called perfectionist quilters" became teachers ......... they found an easier way to do something.

As a matter of fact we have a gal in our guild that teaches longarm quilting and other quilting by breaking the rules and finding new and better ways to do a quilt. As a matter of fact she is published in magazines and does several classes at national quilt shows.

She keeps telling us as new quilters there are no ugly quilts, blocks, etc.

That gal get high figure dollars for her classes and also for quilting for others but yet she does it her way and probably reason she is so highly wanted as a teacher.

So that is the reason many of us say there are no rules.

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Originally Posted by Dolphyngyrl

There are no rules in my book, I say do whatever floats your boat

Ditto on this.

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Originally Posted by HomespunHandmaiden

Do you have any quilting methods that are technically "against the quilting rules" that work for you? Anything from how you piece, applique, baste, bind, quilt, etc.

I machine-bind...or at least I plan to. I don't pre-wash.

Only the quilt police know "the rules" and so far they haven't let me join the training academy. froggyintexas

What rules? There are no rules in creating stuff.

There are rules :?: :wink:

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Originally Posted by MadQuilter

I use white after Labor Day.

Too funny :lol: :lol:

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Originally Posted by Dolphyngyrl

There are no rules in my book, I say do whatever floats your boat

I do like this answer.

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Originally Posted by luvstitches

Yes, I am guilty of one rule that I break. I'll make copies of patterns...sometimes. I know, my bad!

me too

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