why I try for precision and accuracy with my piefing projects
03-19-2015, 05:21 PM
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I do try for careful cutting and piecing my blocks because it makes the whole process come together better. I might get away with a little "fudge factor" now and then, but I try for perfect (blame it on being a Virgo and being a perfectionist). I strive for perfect piecing, but I also know that the longer I've been quilting, the better I have become, even with a few mistakes along the way.
03-19-2015, 06:07 PM
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After reading all the posts, I decided that y'all are more easily frustrated than I am. I live by the rule, "Better finished than perfect," which is a good thing because if what I make has to be perfect, it will never be finished. My motto is, "Can't be seen from a galloping horse? Good enough!" froggyintexas
03-20-2015, 03:54 AM
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This is great advice... my problem seems to be that no matter how careful I am, things are "off"... sigh... sometimes it is very frustrating!! I probably get in a hurry... but I still LOVE piecing and quilting... LOVE it!!!
03-20-2015, 04:21 AM
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Heaven knows, I try for accuracy. When I find that things didn't come out quite as I had expected them to, I'm always gratefully reminded of those women in the olden days that would deliberately put in a block upside down, or have one piece in the quilt the wrong color. This was because they wanted to show that they were less than perfect, therefore, less than God.
~ Cindy
~ Cindy
03-20-2015, 06:16 AM
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Heaven knows, I try for accuracy. When I find that things didn't come out quite as I had expected them to, I'm always gratefully reminded of those women in the olden days that would deliberately put in a block upside down, or have one piece in the quilt the wrong color. This was because they wanted to show that they were less than perfect, therefore, less than God.
~ Cindy
~ Cindy
does this " custom" apply to other crafted items?
03-20-2015, 02:53 PM
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Bear I am with you on this!!! I get so much more satisfaction from doing each step as precisely as I can , it make the rest of the project easier, and I look at my finished project with gratification, rather than remembering how I suffered through after not being accurate right from the beginning. Yes there is a time and place for fudging it, but fudging it means something went wrong somewhere in the process. I am my own worst critic, and I am grateful for it. It keeps me striving to improve.
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