Now if I could cut straight and sew straight

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05-31-2013, 03:17 PM

StephT

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Now if I could cut straight and sew straight

it sure would make my job a lot easier. LOL I have a hard time going slow. When I was standing in line for talents.... Patience was not one of them..HEHEHE

05-31-2013, 04:26 PM

Maggie_Sue

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Practice makes perfect, or at least close enough!!!

05-31-2013, 04:39 PM

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

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Straight is overrated. Cut crooked. Call it all "improvisational modern quilting." All is fair in fun and quilting.

05-31-2013, 04:46 PM

quilter2090

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Two things I have found that really help with cutting straight and sewing straight. June Tailors Shape Cut rulers and a 1/4 foot with guide.They work great! You might want to give them a try!

05-31-2013, 05:13 PM

hopetoquilt

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Or... Do some curved piecing.

I love my 1/4 inch foot with guide.

05-31-2013, 05:21 PM

thimblebug6000

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Originally Posted by StephT

it sure would make my job a lot easier. LOL I have a hard time going slow. When I was standing in line for talents.... Patience was not one of them..HEHEHE

Your posting reminded me of an old fellow we used to know..... "When God was fashioning our lives.... we got to choose.... BUT .... I thought he said ROSES.... and I asked for a BIG RED ONE...... & yup....A BIG RED NOSE!!!! "

05-31-2013, 05:32 PM

auntpiggylpn

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Or. . . When God was handing out LOOKS, I thought he said BOOKS so I asked for a scary one!
and one more. . . When God was handing out BRAINS, I thought he said TRAINS so I said give me a slow one!

05-31-2013, 05:36 PM

sew_Tracy

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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000

LOLOL! Love it thimblebug!

I do nothing straight and I don't apologize for it...much. The Amish leave a vanity block in their quilts, mistakes on purpose. In the Amish world, only God is perfect and we haven't the right to aspire to it. I have LOTS of vanity blocks...does that make me humble? BAH!