What do you do that's "against the rules"?
#53
In my house we have a saying when you are losing the game change the rules until you are winning. ROFLOL Actually do not apply to actual games but when it comes to quilting or any other sewing project there are no rules so there are none to break.
#56
ROFL! I've been sewing since I was 8 or 9? Got my first very own sewing machine when I was 13! SINGER! Loved that machine! Started quilting in Jr high so shortly after getting my own machine so I've been quilting for almost 40 yrs! When I first started I sat with a neighbor lady (70'ish) who only did everything by hand, no machine that wasn't quilting! 12-16 stitches per inch you were considered a seasoned hand quilter! Oh & they should be evenly spaced & appear the same on front & back! LOL Then in school our home-ec teacher expanded on quilting. She did machine piecing but only hand quilting! Loved that, the process went so much faster! I was taught to press to the dark side in one direction, only 1/4 each seams, there were no scant 1/4 inch! Unheard of! Then over the yrs we grew and so did technology and all the fancy tools! When I started it was 4 colors of thread, white, ivory, black & gray thats it, needles, straight pins, you used a wooden ruler, a pair of sissors, metal thimble, two sided razor blade that you taped one side to use as a seam ripper, white chalk & a lead pencil, then on another pencil you wrapped string around to make your own compass, that was it! Over the yrs I learned there isnt a rule out there that cant be broke, in otherwords there are no rules only stiff collars that dont want to bend! ROFL
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Originally Posted by HomespunHandmaiden
Do you have any quilting methods that are technically "against the quilting rules" that work for you? Anything from how you piece, applique, baste, bind, quilt, etc.
I machine-bind...or at least I plan to. I don't pre-wash.
I machine-bind...or at least I plan to. I don't pre-wash.
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