Three Rules for Accurate Quiltmaking
09-29-2010, 10:00 AM
#13
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Originally Posted by raedar63
Tried,tried and tried again the Three rules, not ment to be for me,soooo I decided years ago to
1.just go with it,
2.never enter a contest, and
3.never gift a quilt to another quilter!
LOL,and I think a 4th rulle applies to me too, keep 'em scrappy , scrappy hides a multitude of sins ! This does make me think twice about posting pixs of "my masterpieces " though....
I heartily agree! LOL
Rae
1.just go with it,
2.never enter a contest, and
3.never gift a quilt to another quilter!
LOL,and I think a 4th rulle applies to me too, keep 'em scrappy , scrappy hides a multitude of sins ! This does make me think twice about posting pixs of "my masterpieces " though....
I heartily agree! LOL
Rae
09-29-2010, 12:03 PM
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After my experience this week with not prewashing fabric, I'll never forget again. I bought a good LQS piece of fabric fussy cut a piece and realized that I'd forgotten to prewash (as were the rules for a swap). So I decided to handwash the piece, block it, and go on. NOT. The darn thing shrank a little more than 1/8 inch on all sides. Prewashing does make a difference. Back to the cutting board after I washed all the fabrics I just bought.
I think I'm going to take a page from a couple ladies on the board. I'm going go start pinking the edges before washing. That way, I'll KNOW what has been prewashed and hasn't.
I think I'm going to take a page from a couple ladies on the board. I'm going go start pinking the edges before washing. That way, I'll KNOW what has been prewashed and hasn't.
09-29-2010, 12:41 PM
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Measure thrice, cut once.
Keep a sharp blade in your rotary cutter to accurate cutting.
There is no unwashed fabric in my quilting studio with the exception of one little stack and that is put away separately in a bag and labelled. That being said, I like my fabric to have "body" so I use Mary Ellen's best press liberally. Using this or starch helps keep bias edges from stretching out of shape.
All of this is my personal preferences. I'm a little bit anal (well, OK, a lot anal) and I like things to be precise. I have a friend who rarely has a perfectly matched seam or a perky point and she's happy as a lark with it. I'd be a lot less stressed if I were more like her - LOL.
Keep a sharp blade in your rotary cutter to accurate cutting.
There is no unwashed fabric in my quilting studio with the exception of one little stack and that is put away separately in a bag and labelled. That being said, I like my fabric to have "body" so I use Mary Ellen's best press liberally. Using this or starch helps keep bias edges from stretching out of shape.
All of this is my personal preferences. I'm a little bit anal (well, OK, a lot anal) and I like things to be precise. I have a friend who rarely has a perfectly matched seam or a perky point and she's happy as a lark with it. I'd be a lot less stressed if I were more like her - LOL.
09-29-2010, 07:51 PM
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You said it all in a nutshell!!!
:P
Originally Posted by raedar63
Tried,tried and tried again the Three rules, not ment to be for me,soooo I decided years ago to
1.just go with it,
2.never enter a contest, and
3.never gift a quilt to another quilter!
LOL,and I think a 4th rulle applies to me too, keep 'em scrappy , scrappy hides a multitude of sins ! This does make me think twice about posting pixs of "my masterpieces " though....
Rae
1.just go with it,
2.never enter a contest, and
3.never gift a quilt to another quilter!
LOL,and I think a 4th rulle applies to me too, keep 'em scrappy , scrappy hides a multitude of sins ! This does make me think twice about posting pixs of "my masterpieces " though....
Rae
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