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    Old 07-22-2012, 04:37 AM
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    I toss my clipped threads on the floor and just sweep them all up when I'm done, or when the floor looks like it's covered with a thread rug.
    My first few quilts had pieces that were in themselves pieced because I had cut them too short. And my seams or points don't ALWAYS match.
    And I've not mastered the art of always pressing seams to the 'dark' side and having the seams alternate when putting pieces together.

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    Old 07-22-2012, 05:03 AM
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    I HOPE THEY ARE NOT WATCHING/SCANNING THIS POST.
    I do everything my way.
    Do not follow ANY rules.
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    Old 07-22-2012, 05:19 AM
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    I think I've done all of these things at least once. Some I didn't realize were no-nos. Best thing I've found to keep the quilt police away is keeping my door locked. LOL.
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    Old 07-22-2012, 05:21 AM
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    You name it I have done all of it. My GD loves every one I give to her. And so does the rest of the family. So I guess I will continue in the same mode. joyce j
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    Old 07-22-2012, 05:34 AM
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    Originally Posted by CookieZenmilk
    if my seams don't match up, i color the fabric with a sharpie or magic marker.
    i rotary cut towards myself instead of away from myself.
    i don't always iron the fabric before i cut my fabric. i often see bowed strips but i "make it work"
    i only change my needle if it breaks.
    ANY & ALL of the above, but most of all - I quilt "FOR ME". I don't care if anyone else likes it, loves it or wants it. And I NEVER lose sleep over my quilting (unless I'm up sewing). I have always taken parts from one quilt and used on other quilts. I will make a quilt the size I want, so my math on a block is only SO/SO. Yet it always works out, because I will use the same measurements through. So the size of my blocks may not be just so, but it works and I have ALWAYS thought about our Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers - what did they know about measurements? They eyeballed each quilt - most of the time using ONLY what they had on hand - they couldn't run down to the LFS or LQS. So I'm more of a make do quilter.
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    Old 07-22-2012, 05:41 AM
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    My friend Claudia says: If you can't see it while passing by on a galloping horse then no one will ever notice it either!



    Originally Posted by CookieZenmilk
    a friend on another board posted this: how true - "is this going to someone who sews? if not, then she probably won't notice"
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    Old 07-22-2012, 06:03 AM
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    I have probably committed everything that anyone has mentioned. After more than 40 years of quilting the most important thing for me is that the project is completed. No quilt is of use if it is only half finished. If I were to make perfection I would probably have a had time parting with it. I make at least 20 simple child sized quilts for our local Linus Chapter each month. I don't think the children care if they are perfect it just gives them something to hold on to while they are going through one of the most scarey times in their life.
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    Old 07-22-2012, 06:13 AM
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    I love this thread. Just remember, in all of our "imperfectness", we create beautiful quilts. Those ladies during the civil war didn't worry about not doing something perfect and look how we cherish their work and it is priceless today!!
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    Old 07-22-2012, 06:17 AM
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    What a great thread. Sometimes I get concerned when I see the perfect quilts on display. BUT, I have decided that they are beautiful to look at and mine are beautiful too. Made with love and fun. Good enough for me.
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    Old 07-22-2012, 06:27 AM
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    Just made me giggle..I do that too!
    Originally Posted by Deborahlees
    When all else fails and I can not trim a seam well enough to get it to flatten, I hit it with a hammer, works every time
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