Your Top 5 Quilting Rules
06-24-2010, 04:55 PM
#61
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Location: Blackpool England
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1: Just press the BUY button staring at it on the computer for a week wont make it any cheaper and you know your going to get it anyway so save yourself from getting square eyes and press buy.
2: learn to say NO
3: Life is too short to wait treat yourself
4: necessity is the mother of all invention, become an inventor.
5: Caffeine and chocolate are good for the soul.
2: learn to say NO
3: Life is too short to wait treat yourself
4: necessity is the mother of all invention, become an inventor.
5: Caffeine and chocolate are good for the soul.
06-24-2010, 07:12 PM
#62
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Louisiana
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1. If you can't see the mistake as you ride by on a galloping horse, it is ok, don't change it.
2. Chocolate and quilting are good together.
3. It is ok if you don't quilt everyday.
4. When you are starting to piece your blocks, wind several bobbins before you begin. You will be glad that you did!
5. Take care of your machine and it will take care of you.
2. Chocolate and quilting are good together.
3. It is ok if you don't quilt everyday.
4. When you are starting to piece your blocks, wind several bobbins before you begin. You will be glad that you did!
5. Take care of your machine and it will take care of you.
06-24-2010, 07:38 PM
#63
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,227
There are some rules that are good for constructing a quilt, but there are some that are strictly attituds. I choose to list these.
1.Remember it's a hobby so relax.
2. Don't spend more than you can afford.
3. No quilt is truely perfect.
4. Everyone has their own tasts.
5 and most of all, don't neglect your hubby or family.
1.Remember it's a hobby so relax.
2. Don't spend more than you can afford.
3. No quilt is truely perfect.
4. Everyone has their own tasts.
5 and most of all, don't neglect your hubby or family.
06-24-2010, 07:50 PM
#64
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: canton, ohio
Posts: 85
Well . . .
Clean bobbin area often
Don't be so cheap as to used a needle until it "thunks"
It's OK not to finish something you truly don't like (last minute purchase to take to a class - like 30 minutes before class started - and I didn't like the fabric when I bought it)
Don't wait until the last minute to buy fabric for a class (see above)
Spend some time each day sewing/quilting (even if it's only 20 minutes). Don't wait for a significant amout of time for sewing, chances are something else will pop up & it could be weeks (or longer) before you'll get back into your sewing area again. Been there, done that.
Clean bobbin area often
Don't be so cheap as to used a needle until it "thunks"
It's OK not to finish something you truly don't like (last minute purchase to take to a class - like 30 minutes before class started - and I didn't like the fabric when I bought it)
Don't wait until the last minute to buy fabric for a class (see above)
Spend some time each day sewing/quilting (even if it's only 20 minutes). Don't wait for a significant amout of time for sewing, chances are something else will pop up & it could be weeks (or longer) before you'll get back into your sewing area again. Been there, done that.
06-24-2010, 09:44 PM
#65
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Location: North Fork Ca
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#1. Quilting is fun. Not a job
#2. Accuracy is a must - it makes things fit together
#3. Keep an eye on that bobbin
#4. If you have to unsew it twice, put it down for a while
#5. Pin the block pieces to the design wall and check and recheck often so everything is going in the right direction.
I too have a #6. Have fun its a hobby
#2. Accuracy is a must - it makes things fit together
#3. Keep an eye on that bobbin
#4. If you have to unsew it twice, put it down for a while
#5. Pin the block pieces to the design wall and check and recheck often so everything is going in the right direction.
I too have a #6. Have fun its a hobby
06-24-2010, 11:05 PM
#66
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Location: Western Arizona
Posts: 1,930
Originally Posted by bookworm
1. Stop when you get tired or are breaking needles
2. Make patterns you find appealing or they'll never get done
3. Do small projects now and then to give you a sense of accomplishment
4. Take pictures of every quilt and keep it for later reminiscing
5. Make quilts for those special people in your life.
2. Make patterns you find appealing or they'll never get done
3. Do small projects now and then to give you a sense of accomplishment
4. Take pictures of every quilt and keep it for later reminiscing
5. Make quilts for those special people in your life.
06-24-2010, 11:51 PM
#67
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Brentwood, CA
Posts: 317
1. Starch, Starch and Starch again.
2. I't not a mistake, unless you can see it from 5 feet away.
3. Stop when you are tired, or by 3am, whichever comes first.
4. There are no color rules...anything goes.
5. Just one more piece of fabric never hurt anyone.
2. I't not a mistake, unless you can see it from 5 feet away.
3. Stop when you are tired, or by 3am, whichever comes first.
4. There are no color rules...anything goes.
5. Just one more piece of fabric never hurt anyone.
06-25-2010, 04:28 AM
#69
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 24
my son made this rule...
Mom, don't start to cook anything then go quilt!
Have ruined three 3-quart saucepans, and countless dinners. What can I say? cooking is pretty far down on the list of "to do" when fabric is on my brain.
Mom, don't start to cook anything then go quilt!
Have ruined three 3-quart saucepans, and countless dinners. What can I say? cooking is pretty far down on the list of "to do" when fabric is on my brain.
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