Your Top 5 Quilting Rules
06-24-2010, 01:26 PM
#51
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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1. Don't cut when tired.
2. Read the instructions start to finish on a new pattern.
3. Make a sample block.
4. When frustration hits, walk away.
5. Don't EVER let some nitwit in the LQS talk you out of your plans and replace it with their idea of what it "good quilting"
2. Read the instructions start to finish on a new pattern.
3. Make a sample block.
4. When frustration hits, walk away.
5. Don't EVER let some nitwit in the LQS talk you out of your plans and replace it with their idea of what it "good quilting"
06-24-2010, 01:49 PM
#52
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 4,879
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
1) my quilt, my rules
2) it's only fabric, nobody dies
3) if I screw it up, they'll make more and I can buy it
4) done is better than perfect
5) don't obsess, just sew
2) it's only fabric, nobody dies
3) if I screw it up, they'll make more and I can buy it
4) done is better than perfect
5) don't obsess, just sew
06-24-2010, 02:43 PM
#55
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Oxford MA
Posts: 943
Originally Posted by mhunt1717
1) RIGHT sides together.
2) It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.
3) RIGHT sides together.
4) It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.
5) RIGHT sides together.
2) It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.
3) RIGHT sides together.
4) It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.
5) RIGHT sides together.
06-24-2010, 03:13 PM
#57
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: High Entropy Zone
Posts: 1,247
1. Never cut at night (the lighting stinks in the cutting area at night).
2. Keep a pin cushion and seam ripper in every room. It saves time.
3. Always check measurements on all blocks/sashes/borders before ripping them for the 3rd time. Sometimes the mistake is somewhere else and has "traveled".
4. Press seams.
5. Hot irons look just like cold irons so don't catch one as it falls to the floor.
#5 is really important. Ask me how I know.
2. Keep a pin cushion and seam ripper in every room. It saves time.
3. Always check measurements on all blocks/sashes/borders before ripping them for the 3rd time. Sometimes the mistake is somewhere else and has "traveled".
4. Press seams.
5. Hot irons look just like cold irons so don't catch one as it falls to the floor.
#5 is really important. Ask me how I know.
06-24-2010, 03:19 PM
#58
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: White Mountains, AZ
Posts: 2,688
Originally Posted by lab fairy
1. Never cut at night (the lighting stinks in the cutting area at night).
2. Keep a pin cushion and seam ripper in every room. It saves time.
3. Always check measurements on all blocks/sashes/borders before ripping them for the 3rd time. Sometimes the mistake is somewhere else and has "traveled".
4. Press seams.
5. Hot irons look just like cold irons so don't catch one as it falls to the floor.
#5 is really important. Ask me how I know.
2. Keep a pin cushion and seam ripper in every room. It saves time.
3. Always check measurements on all blocks/sashes/borders before ripping them for the 3rd time. Sometimes the mistake is somewhere else and has "traveled".
4. Press seams.
5. Hot irons look just like cold irons so don't catch one as it falls to the floor.
#5 is really important. Ask me how I know.
06-24-2010, 03:39 PM
#59
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,886
Originally Posted by GrammaNan
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
1) my quilt, my rules
2) it's only fabric, nobody dies
3) if I screw it up, they'll make more and I can buy it
4) done is better than perfect
5) don't obsess, just sew
2) it's only fabric, nobody dies
3) if I screw it up, they'll make more and I can buy it
4) done is better than perfect
5) don't obsess, just sew
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06-24-2010, 03:51 PM
#60
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: The woods of Northern Maine
Posts: 816
In the short time I've been quilting, I've learned.
1. Stop when you're tired.
2. Don't be afraid to ask for help.....that's what this Quilting Board is for!!!
3. Never leave work unattended in the same room as the puppy!
4. Everyone has an opinion. Just because someone has been quilting longer than I have...doesn't make them right. If I like that color contrast it's all that matters!
5. Get ready to make lots of new friends! Quilters are wonderful people!!!!
1. Stop when you're tired.
2. Don't be afraid to ask for help.....that's what this Quilting Board is for!!!
3. Never leave work unattended in the same room as the puppy!
4. Everyone has an opinion. Just because someone has been quilting longer than I have...doesn't make them right. If I like that color contrast it's all that matters!
5. Get ready to make lots of new friends! Quilters are wonderful people!!!!
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