what do u do that would bring the quilt police?
07-22-2012, 09:38 PM
#121
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Well, I am going to start a quilt tomorrow. I will be using my SERGER as much as I can. My serger has a cover stitch(it sews like a sewing machine with a zigzag stitch on the bottom) and I may just use it for the binding.
07-23-2012, 03:56 AM
#122
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Your comments are hilarious, everyone! And I can agree with almost all of them. But since I don't believe the Quilt Police even exist...... That is just your conscience telling you that you are breaking some obscure rule that your great grandmother made. Ha! Ha! I don't put my quilts up for judging for a reason. I have made many a mistake (if you want to call them that) on quilts. And I notice that once the quilt is all finished, people don't even see the mistakes, unless you point them out. So....my lips are sealed!!!! What happens in the sewing studio stays in the sewing studio!
07-23-2012, 04:02 AM
#123
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Love this thread!!! My head is bobbing up and down like a bobble doll as I read through the entries - yep, I do that, yep, I do that too!!
It's funny, because I am rather meticulous about some things (my kids would tell you OCD). And other things, not so much. Sometimes the more effort I take to square things up, do it by the books, the worse it gets (I wasn't having a problem prior). No one's complaining, and I am generally happy with my quilts. Most points match up, but where they don't, they don't. Paper pieced pieces a tad short? Yep, learned about liquid stitch, love it and no one else is any the wiser! I think I have only ripped and pulled up a row of blocks twice to fix a pattern error, because it would have bothered me. Never pre-wash. If I have a few slightly wavy strips, I make it work.
Learned a lot of tips from this thread!
You ladies are the best!!
It's funny, because I am rather meticulous about some things (my kids would tell you OCD). And other things, not so much. Sometimes the more effort I take to square things up, do it by the books, the worse it gets (I wasn't having a problem prior). No one's complaining, and I am generally happy with my quilts. Most points match up, but where they don't, they don't. Paper pieced pieces a tad short? Yep, learned about liquid stitch, love it and no one else is any the wiser! I think I have only ripped and pulled up a row of blocks twice to fix a pattern error, because it would have bothered me. Never pre-wash. If I have a few slightly wavy strips, I make it work.
Learned a lot of tips from this thread!
You ladies are the best!!
07-23-2012, 04:35 AM
#124
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
Your comments are hilarious, everyone! And I can agree with almost all of them. But since I don't believe the Quilt Police even exist...... That is just your conscience telling you that you are breaking some obscure rule that your great grandmother made. Ha! Ha! I don't put my quilts up for judging for a reason. I have made many a mistake (if you want to call them that) on quilts. And I notice that once the quilt is all finished, people don't even see the mistakes, unless you point them out. So....my lips are sealed!!!! What happens in the sewing studio stays in the sewing studio!
07-23-2012, 06:36 AM
#126
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Originally Posted by CookieZenmilk
if my seams don't match up, i color the fabric with a sharpie or magic marker.
i rotary cut towards myself instead of away from myself.
i don't always iron the fabric before i cut my fabric. i often see bowed strips but i "make it work"
i only change my needle if it breaks.
i rotary cut towards myself instead of away from myself.
i don't always iron the fabric before i cut my fabric. i often see bowed strips but i "make it work"
i only change my needle if it breaks.
Also, I've colored non matching thread that shows with a marker, put appliqués over seams that don't match, and put other colors in binding that don't match and pretend it was a "design decision"!
Last edited by quiltmom04; 07-23-2012 at 06:41 AM.
07-23-2012, 08:29 AM
#128
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As I only make table covers and wall hanging I never wash fabrics first(figure they won't bewashed very often).Always manage to cut points so they don't match etc. I could go on forever, don't have design wall so I don't see goofs until quilt is done lol.Oh well who cares if I'm not perfect?
07-23-2012, 09:52 AM
#129
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
I NEVER square up my quilts! I sew my bindings on by machine. I don't always check for the grain of the fabric before cutting. I change my needle whenever.
07-23-2012, 10:07 AM
#130
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Love it! Now I have to get a new tool for the sewing room.
Originally Posted by Deborahlees
When all else fails and I can not trim a seam well enough to get it to flatten, I hit it with a hammer, works every time 
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