What is the best tip you ever got?
10-06-2010, 01:47 AM
#51
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I think my best tip was for matching up points. Put a pin on the seam line on the piece facing you and then stick it straight back into the seam on the backside and along that seam and back through the front facing you. Your points will line up perfectly everytime. It takes a little extra time, but is well worth it in the end.
10-06-2010, 02:12 AM
#52
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Best tip I ever got was how to make a design board with those insulation boards. Love it! Getting on the floor is a pain!
One I just discovered for myself. I used my lint roller to remove the lose threads after ripping apart a seam. Roll across and all the threads just disappear!
I keep a lint roller in my sewing area and use it constantly to get those pesky threads off my ironing table.
One I just discovered for myself. I used my lint roller to remove the lose threads after ripping apart a seam. Roll across and all the threads just disappear!
I keep a lint roller in my sewing area and use it constantly to get those pesky threads off my ironing table.
10-06-2010, 02:38 AM
#53
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I don't like finishing off the binding by hand as it is always too time consuming. Doing it all by machine was a bit hit and miss until a tailor showed me a trick of how I could sew it all by machine, and it was just as neat on both sides. No - one can tell from which side I was doing the final stitching and my binding goes on very quickly.
10-06-2010, 02:53 AM
#54
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Originally Posted by mhunt1717
RIGHT sides together!
10-06-2010, 03:07 AM
#55
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My best tip is to ignore sarcastic people when you are doing what you love to do.If you listen to everyones dissapproval,you will never get it right.Do it,enjoy it and do it your way.Take good advice,not criticism.
10-06-2010, 03:09 AM
#56
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My best tip is to ignore sarcastic people when you are doing what you love to do.If you listen to everyones dissapproval,you will never get it right.Do it,enjoy it and do it your way.Take good advice,not criticism.
10-06-2010, 03:51 AM
#57
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The best tip I ever received was "aim for perfection!" I have always tried to do my best and undo any mistakes I have made on the quilts. The lady who taught me to quilt gave me that advice and was an excellent teacher as well as an excellent quilter. LOVE TO QUILT!!
10-06-2010, 04:12 AM
#60
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
I don't like finishing off the binding by hand as it is always too time consuming. Doing it all by machine was a bit hit and miss until a tailor showed me a trick of how I could sew it all by machine, and it was just as neat on both sides. No - one can tell from which side I was doing the final stitching and my binding goes on very quickly.
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