What do you consider to be the very best tip that you got from this board?
05-04-2013, 03:53 AM
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 345
I think the most helpful tip I received from this board is when someone mentioned that they put about a 3/4 inch lift on the back side of their sewing machine to ease shoulder tension when sewing. After sewing for probably over 50 years it had never occurred to me to do that and it makes such a difference on how long I can continue to sew without pain! So thankful for that tip.
05-04-2013, 05:49 AM
#25
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Illinois/Wisconsin
Posts: 878
The best tip I've had: "Join quiltingboard.com". To all of my fellow quilters and Board members. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me in my sewing career. I am overwhelmed with your knowledge, expertise and willingness to share and help. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And a great big HUG! Yolanda Wood River
05-04-2013, 05:56 AM
#26
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southern MS
Posts: 594
Putting rubber cement on the back of my plastic rulers so they don't move when I'm using a rotary cutter. When it gets full of lint, I just rub it off and reapply. I don't waste fabric from crooked cuts anymore.
05-04-2013, 06:27 AM
#28
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 242
There have been a ton of good tips but the first one that came to mind was about using a digital camera. You can take a black and white pic of fabrics to make judgments about value, take a picture of a possible block layout to see if anything looks wrong, and take a picture of your final layout so you'll be able to duplicate it if you're interrupted or a pet runs through your blocks.
05-04-2013, 06:29 AM
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 405
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?
05-04-2013, 06:32 AM
#30
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Roseburg, OR
Posts: 2,976
I've had many "Why didn't I think of that" moments on the board. Learn something new almost daily but the most valuable has been the encouragement to just move ahead. To paraphrase "A finished quilt is much better than a UFO".
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