Bad Advice
#41
I had an instructor who was very unprepared to deal with tips for my dealing with being left handed. She did not realize that everything can look backwards and that I had to do some things in a manner that seemed strange for her. Her advice was "just pretend that you are right handed and follow along with the instructions she gave. I never went back.
#43
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
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I do many quilts that have multiple borders, and having a mix in particular .. a skinny narrow cross cut next to a lenghtwise grain border .. the cross cut will never seem to lay quite as flat as the lenghtwise cut. I do have to "mix " my cuts as sometimes it just not as effiecient use of fabric ... but every time there is a noticeable difference in the "mixed" edges . Starch does help in reducing the stretch while working on the project ...
Bias edge or a diagonal cut at an angle across the weave will produce the most stretch.
Batiks because of the tight weave do not stretch nearly as much as regular cottons on the cross cut. Test yourself .. take a piece of fabric and try to stretch pulling on the parallel to the fabric then same fabric pull across .
#45
I've been sewing for about 50 years. I have always kept my iron's cord at the front of my ironing board, but I was told in the class I took earlier this year that I should ALWAYS keep it to the back so I don't trip on the cord. She said the ironed fabric should fall to the back of the ironing board and that way the cord won't wrinkle it again. Well, I haven't tripped over my iron's cord after 50 years, so it probably won't happen now, and she was doing everything just backwards from how I do it. I did as she asked in the class, but it ended there. In fact, my old iron's cord doesn't LIKE being twisted in the opposite direction it's used to being in.
Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks, but only if they want to learn them! Common sense tells me this is a hot iron and I should be cautious around it! (I hope I never have to eat those words, but will be sure to post if that happens.) LOL!
Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks, but only if they want to learn them! Common sense tells me this is a hot iron and I should be cautious around it! (I hope I never have to eat those words, but will be sure to post if that happens.) LOL!
#46
Once had a "teacher" who could not admit that her way wasn't the only way. If I can't do it how someone has shown me I usually think there has to be a better way for me. Doesn't make anyone right or wrong just different. We didn't consider her a good teacher because she didn't want to share information, but if anyone came to class with a hint she would be very sarcastic. We always had to go find her if we need help because she spent more time out in the shop than in the class room.
Some of us started our own group.
The shop owner kept saying they had a long list of people waiting to get into the classes. Well if this was so why did she go out of business less than 12 months later. She even tried to convince me that rayon was a natural fiber.
Some of us started our own group.
The shop owner kept saying they had a long list of people waiting to get into the classes. Well if this was so why did she go out of business less than 12 months later. She even tried to convince me that rayon was a natural fiber.
#47
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Actually, rayon is sort of a half-breed - it is neither a truly 'natural' fiber nor truly a 'synthetic' fiber.
It is a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber.
So that person was partially correct about the rayon.
It is a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber.
So that person was partially correct about the rayon.
#49
I had one tell us to be sure to pull the backing down as tight as possible and tape it down, before pinning the top to it.........well, you can guess what that tight backing did, once it was untaped and I tried to quilt it..............no way to make the top fit to the bottom, evenly............
#50
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Brownwood TX
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I too press my seams open. I feel everything lays flatter. We say ther are no quilt police but how is an opened pressed seam looked at by judges in a show? I also use poly blend threads now because I quilted a quilt on the diaganol and the all cotton thread I used breaks if it has the tiniest bit of pull on it. I also try my best to cut all border fabric length wise so I don't have to deal with the stretching from crosswise cut pieces.
Robin in TX
Robin in TX
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