What's your best advice for a new Quilter?
09-03-2010, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Holice
accurate measuring
accurate cutting
accurate piecing
accurate cutting
accurate piecing
Press after sewing each seam
Starch your fabrics whenever there is a bias cut/seam
09-03-2010, 08:32 AM
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I am an advocate for prewashing all washable fabrics before cutting.
I strongly suggest it for ALL fabrics that will probably need to be washed at some point.
It's part of that dreaded "prep work"
Imagine my "shock and dismay" when I was looking at some instruction sheets at WalMart - displayed above the precut fabrics - that started out with "do not prewash your fabrics . . . ." then the instructions go on to list the precut fabrics needed to complete the projects.
What the >>>> ????
Also, in many cases, there is more than one "right way" to do something - if the maker is pleased with the results - or has learned a few things in the process - it's been a successful project. It doesn't even need to get finished, to have been useful. (Think of math homework in school - how many of us have those papers yet?)
It's okay to change one's mind about a process or choice -
One can make an elegant quilt without a fancy sewing machine. Many of the old ones were hand-pieced (wonder why we say "hand-pieced"? Wouldn't "hand guided needle and thread pieced" be more accurate?)
It is important to have any machine working properly, though.
I strongly suggest it for ALL fabrics that will probably need to be washed at some point.
It's part of that dreaded "prep work"
Imagine my "shock and dismay" when I was looking at some instruction sheets at WalMart - displayed above the precut fabrics - that started out with "do not prewash your fabrics . . . ." then the instructions go on to list the precut fabrics needed to complete the projects.
What the >>>> ????
Also, in many cases, there is more than one "right way" to do something - if the maker is pleased with the results - or has learned a few things in the process - it's been a successful project. It doesn't even need to get finished, to have been useful. (Think of math homework in school - how many of us have those papers yet?)
It's okay to change one's mind about a process or choice -
One can make an elegant quilt without a fancy sewing machine. Many of the old ones were hand-pieced (wonder why we say "hand-pieced"? Wouldn't "hand guided needle and thread pieced" be more accurate?)
It is important to have any machine working properly, though.
09-03-2010, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
IMany of the old ones were hand-pieced (wonder why we say "hand-pieced"? Wouldn't "hand guided needle and thread pieced" be more accurate?)
I'm thinking that it is also very important for a newbie to recognize the dreaded Quilt Police AND to have some QP-repellant in their arsenal. Maybe a sign in the purse one can pull out quickly that reads "Back Off Sister!"
Just kidding.
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