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Glue basting is probably the tip that transformed things the most for me.
I use the pin in upper left corner method but I also take a picture of what I have on my design wall and have it handy near the machine. That way if I get confused I look at the picture to confirm placement. I also use a cookie sheet to transport my pieces from the design wall to the machine and back. I find I'm less likely to get things mixed up if I lay them out on the cookie sheet. Frixon pens are pretty neat too. |
Originally Posted by willferg
(Post 6733114)
When I am sewing blocks and working across a row, I use different colored pins for each pair in alphabetical order by the name of the color: the first pins are black, then blue, then green, then red, white, yellow, depending on the number of blocks.
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Glue basting changed the way I felt about basting. I will never go back to pins or thread basting.
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Originally Posted by Knitette
(Post 6732736)
Have you ever been given a tip that's transformed your life? (This may be a slight exaggeration.......... :D).
I learned a tip recently and it got me thinking about how many others I don't know. (Clearly been living under a rock). I'm making a Minecraft quilt for DGS (thanks to SlightlyOffQuilter for the pattern) and the rows are 8x8. I've previously managed to figure out that rows on many quilts need to be labelled/numbered and made my own with craft beads. [ATTACH=CONFIG]476996[/ATTACH] The tip I didn't know about was putting a pin in the left-hand block when pairing, so you know what order they should be. I tell you this has made this quilt soooooooo much easier. Wish I'd known it years ago - duh! [ATTACH=CONFIG]476997[/ATTACH] I'm sure many of you will know of this one already, but I think it's a good idea to share our tips with new quilters and other rock dwelllers ;). Please share your best tips! I'm confused. (not hard to do) LOL.....I understand the bead on the first square, but why the other pins? The green, blue, etc. |
Wow - that is a simple trick that will save me HOURS of time fussing with which squares to sew together. I'm with you. This would have been nice to have been taught YEARS ago! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
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Originally Posted by pokeygirl
(Post 6733700)
I'm confused. (not hard to do) LOL.....I understand the bead on the first square, but why the other pins? The green, blue, etc.
Now I know that when I sew the pair together, the one with the pin is always the left block and it stops me turning it round by mistake :) |
Originally Posted by Grammahunt
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Best advice I ever received was in relation to free motion quilting. The person giving the mini demonstration I was watching said, "Really, girls, Just Do It". She was right. I had nothing more than some scrap batting and fabric to lose, so I just tried it and found I really could do it. So I pass this advice on all the time. Whatever it is in life, you won't know if you can do it until you try!
Another was "said" to me by an exhibition at the UK quilt museum in York. There was a display of beautiful 18th and 19th century quilts. Some of them had quite glaring "errors" - points not meeting, misplaced blocks, wobbly quilting etc etc. Yet they were on the gallery walls, giving great pleasure to their viewers. That was the end of my anxious perfectionism. Since then "good enough" has been my mantra, and I enjoy my quilting much more as a result. (I do understand that for some people, achieving the most perfect result possible is part of the pleasure of quilting, and I admire that, but for me it just caused misery and dissatisfaction - we're all different!) |
Originally Posted by willferg
(Post 6733114)
When I am sewing blocks and working across a row, I use different colored pins for each pair in alphabetical order by the name of the color: the first pins are black, then blue, then green, then red, white, yellow, depending on the number of blocks.
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Originally Posted by pokeygirl
(Post 6733700)
I'm confused. (not hard to do) LOL.....I understand the bead on the first square, but why the other pins? The green, blue, etc.
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ooooh I am so excited to see you are working on the Minecraft quilt !!! YAY !! You must show lots and lots of pictures when your done !!
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