What do you consider to be the very best tip that you got from this board?
05-03-2013, 08:39 AM
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Just got back from the Paducah Quilt Show and I bought a LOT of fabric from any different vendors - including Eleanor Burns - whose employees tear the fabrics - I have them all stacked on my counter and the torn fabrics do not look a bit different than the scissor cut fabrics - no distortion, etc. Very good idea!
I know it will be hard to narrow it down to one. LOL
I have received so much help from all of you, that it is hard for me to just pick one. But right now, I think it is when I asked how to cut borders that were 16 1/2-inch by 112-inch. I'm new to all this and was sooo scared to measure and cut it.
I received several good suggestions, but the one that was best (at least in my opinion) was that of not cutting, but to tear it.
If I wasn't scared of ruining that material before, I really was when I read that suggestion. LOL But I called my mom. She said that in the 'old days' (she's 86) that they never cut, but always tore...that if the fabric is good and not of cheap quality, it will tear perfectly.
I did it. O Happy Days! <grin> I've not measured nor cut a big border since.
So...what's your best one?
I have received so much help from all of you, that it is hard for me to just pick one. But right now, I think it is when I asked how to cut borders that were 16 1/2-inch by 112-inch. I'm new to all this and was sooo scared to measure and cut it.
I received several good suggestions, but the one that was best (at least in my opinion) was that of not cutting, but to tear it.
If I wasn't scared of ruining that material before, I really was when I read that suggestion. LOL But I called my mom. She said that in the 'old days' (she's 86) that they never cut, but always tore...that if the fabric is good and not of cheap quality, it will tear perfectly.
I did it. O Happy Days! <grin> I've not measured nor cut a big border since.
So...what's your best one?
05-03-2013, 02:13 PM
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05-04-2013, 03:42 AM
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There is a tutorial on the glue basting if that would help. The jest of it is, you use Elmer's white school glue. You know those little bottles in the back to school section. You want the washable school glue. Instead of using pins, you use the glue to put the quilt sandwich together. A little bit of glue goes a long way. Give it a day or 2 to dry and quilt. After you finish your quilt, wash it. The glue is all gone. No pins. No pin marks. It really works like a charm as simple as it sounds.
05-04-2013, 03:51 AM
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There is a tutorial on the glue basting if that would help. The jest of it is, you use Elmer's white school glue. You know those little bottles in the back to school section. You want the washable school glue. Instead of using pins, you use the glue to put the quilt sandwich together. A little bit of glue goes a long way. Give it a day or 2 to dry and quilt. After you finish your quilt, wash it. The glue is all gone. No pins. No pin marks. It really works like a charm as simple as it sounds.
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