what do u do that would bring the quilt police?
07-22-2012, 04:37 AM
#61
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I toss my clipped threads on the floor and just sweep them all up when I'm done, or when the floor looks like it's covered with a thread rug.
My first few quilts had pieces that were in themselves pieced because I had cut them too short. And my seams or points don't ALWAYS match.
And I've not mastered the art of always pressing seams to the 'dark' side and having the seams alternate when putting pieces together.
Phyllis
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My first few quilts had pieces that were in themselves pieced because I had cut them too short. And my seams or points don't ALWAYS match.
And I've not mastered the art of always pressing seams to the 'dark' side and having the seams alternate when putting pieces together.
Phyllis
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07-22-2012, 05:34 AM
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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.
07-22-2012, 05:41 AM
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My friend Claudia says: If you can't see it while passing by on a galloping horse then no one will ever notice it either!
Originally Posted by CookieZenmilk
a friend on another board posted this: how true - "is this going to someone who sews? if not, then she probably won't notice" 
07-22-2012, 06:03 AM
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I have probably committed everything that anyone has mentioned. After more than 40 years of quilting the most important thing for me is that the project is completed. No quilt is of use if it is only half finished. If I were to make perfection I would probably have a had time parting with it. I make at least 20 simple child sized quilts for our local Linus Chapter each month. I don't think the children care if they are perfect it just gives them something to hold on to while they are going through one of the most scarey times in their life.
07-22-2012, 06:13 AM
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I love this thread. Just remember, in all of our "imperfectness", we create beautiful quilts. Those ladies during the civil war didn't worry about not doing something perfect and look how we cherish their work and it is priceless today!!
07-22-2012, 06:17 AM
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What a great thread. Sometimes I get concerned when I see the perfect quilts on display. BUT, I have decided that they are beautiful to look at and mine are beautiful too. Made with love and fun. Good enough for me.
07-22-2012, 06:27 AM
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Just made me giggle..I do that too!
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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