Inspiring Quilters, Stitch by Stitch
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cheri Foster Aug 5, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My cutting skills are not where I want them to be. Some pieces cut perfectly and others - - driving me crazy!!! I am thinking of investing in Acuquilt. Read alot of reviews and they are all over…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joy Sleeman Oct 1, 2012. 21 Replies 2 Likes
I seem to have a problem with cutting strips from my fabric. Whether they are 2" or 5" wide the centers sometimes have curve to them. Any help would be appreciated. Continue
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Hi Debbi,
Just back from my walk with Bruno, my 11 month old lab., getting bigger and better behaved,.... him not me........ delighted to get your request and of course happy to call you friend...... just been looking at your work, you have been busy, and are those blocks in pale greens, etc., BOM's, if so, they will make a lovely quilt.
hope your weekend is going great!
now...the point of this little diatribe is....if you have a pattern that tells you how many strips to cut...& then the subunits to cut the strip into...i open up my fabric and cut along one selvedge edge till i have all that i need. i save the opposite long side for long strips of border cuts. you can piece borders, most do. i don't like the seam lines. it is an esthetic thing w me. if i can't acoid thos pieced borders i will work my quilting to hide or camoflage it. i also have a large table size cutting mat, but i started this routine with the standard cutting mat that most use. i just keep moving the fab to accomadate my cutting needs/plans. tedious, but the resulting acuracy and straightness of strips is worth it to me. i do most things this way. not just my quilting. my mil asked me one time..before i started quilting..."do you ever do anything the easy way?" being a smart mouth w someone who, at the time didn't view me as the dil she would have chosen lollol. i said "no, easy is boring, i like a challenge". :)) ... anyway, we get along much better...after 33years i guess i "grew" on her lollollol...but she recently inspected a miniature quilt i had finished and turned and said..."every thing you do, you do so beautifully." so..w that comment i decided i may do it the more involved way...but the results in the end project show...and for every scrap of fabric i save by not doing "quick & easy" is $$$'s toward more fabric. my end goal :))!! if the other suggestions still leave you w the "v's"...try my method. it is also a much more ecconmical way ro use your fabric. & when you may not have enough of a fabric that is "just" the right one...it evens the odds that you will have enough.
but whatever, have fun! ...and congrates on your success on your first applique project.