Quilting rules/guidelines
04-20-2025, 07:40 AM
#31
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 8,258
One "rule" I try hard to stick with is if I make several mistakes in a row - it's time to quit for a while. Related - no cutting if I'm tired.
I have a guideline of prewashing fabric, but I will use some precuts that I won't prewash, so don't consider it a rule.
I have a guideline of prewashing fabric, but I will use some precuts that I won't prewash, so don't consider it a rule.
04-20-2025, 09:04 AM
#32
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SW Washington USA
Posts: 4,886
Like the Pirate's Code, my rules are more guidelines and preferences
since I'm now strictly scrappy, no mostly red or mostly black, they stick out like sore thumbs. I save them up and they go in a red and black scrappy when I have enough.
I don't worry about two same fabrics ending up side by side.
I'd rather bind 409 quilts than press one seam open, I'd rather plan out my pressing directions so I can nest
I use lots of starch and press and nip threads as I go, ulse all my rulers everywhere, and can sit down to any of my machines and get right sized blocks. I don't like trimming to size.
I think I started rinsing and machine drying my fabrics because we always washed new clothes before wearing.
I'm double dang thankful because now that I only have one lung being around new fabric gives me coughing fits.
and I always like hearing and seeing what other quilters do!
since I'm now strictly scrappy, no mostly red or mostly black, they stick out like sore thumbs. I save them up and they go in a red and black scrappy when I have enough.
I don't worry about two same fabrics ending up side by side.
I'd rather bind 409 quilts than press one seam open, I'd rather plan out my pressing directions so I can nest
I use lots of starch and press and nip threads as I go, ulse all my rulers everywhere, and can sit down to any of my machines and get right sized blocks. I don't like trimming to size.
I think I started rinsing and machine drying my fabrics because we always washed new clothes before wearing.
I'm double dang thankful because now that I only have one lung being around new fabric gives me coughing fits.
and I always like hearing and seeing what other quilters do!
04-20-2025, 12:14 PM
#33
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
Posts: 15,559
Originally Posted by [email protected]
I like the convergence project idea. Is there a pattern for this?
Does anyone starch flannel before sewing? How do you do it?
Does anyone starch flannel before sewing? How do you do it?
04-20-2025, 01:16 PM
#34
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 215
My number one rule is to stay organized. That way I know what is what and don't walk into my quilting room to find my project in a 'what the heck did I do with that fabric cut I need next' state.
Rule #2 : Completely clean up and put away everything left over from and used during the quilt just finished, so I can start with a clean slate for my next quilt.
Rule #3: have fun!
Rule #2 : Completely clean up and put away everything left over from and used during the quilt just finished, so I can start with a clean slate for my next quilt.
Rule #3: have fun!
Last edited by quiltingcotton; 04-20-2025 at 01:19 PM.
