What Quilting Rules Do You Break?
#25
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 187
Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
Originally Posted by brenda21
I almost never wash fabric first. It just bothers me to put the pretty fabric in the washing machine :)
#26
OH, BUT when it comes to scissors, my fabric scissors are just for fabric. This isn't a rule, it is a fact. Using them on other items, like screws, nails, wire, and stuff will dull them. LOL ;)
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Keene, New Hampshire
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I rarely wash fabric
I don't press anything til the block is finished
I don't iron wrinkled fabric before cutting it, a plastic see-through template does it well enough
I don't change a blade til it hurts my wrist to press so hard
All colours go together
Sometimes use 1/4" of selvage for seam allowance
Use fabric scissor to cut paper if paper scissors aren't within reach
Fudge on seam allowance if I need to
Can't think of any others, but I probably break them too ... am a Taurus - stubborn, bull in china shop
I don't press anything til the block is finished
I don't iron wrinkled fabric before cutting it, a plastic see-through template does it well enough
I don't change a blade til it hurts my wrist to press so hard
All colours go together
Sometimes use 1/4" of selvage for seam allowance
Use fabric scissor to cut paper if paper scissors aren't within reach
Fudge on seam allowance if I need to
Can't think of any others, but I probably break them too ... am a Taurus - stubborn, bull in china shop
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