Never Stop Learning

Never Stop Learning Quilting and Sewing Tips

Never Stop Learning  – We all have a tendency to continue doing what we know, with what we know “Because that is how we do it” there are new techniques, new tools and new ideas popping up in our hobby all the time. Some of them not so good, some of them brilliant.

The difference in some of the applique fuse available in the last few years, to what was available (and still is) years ago, are like chalk and cheese.

Try the different things out there, if you don’t the idea or it doesn’t work for you or you don’t like the new product, no harm done, just go back to what you were doing. But when we stop looking, reading and learning, we stop growing as sewers and quilters.

Depiction of Sandwiched Quilt Layers 

It has only been recently I have managed to find a technique for sandwiching my quilts that I find easy and  works for me.

I had tried everything and had so many quilt tops stacked up ready to finish it wasn’t funny. I broke needles from trying the safety pin thingy, got puckers from the hatching thingy, got sore knees from every technique I had come across. (I am not a hands, knees and on the  floor person). And finally I came across this wonderful technique that involved a type of zig zag baste and a length of fence pailing.

Initially I still got the pucker, so combined that technique with basting spray and voila, I can sandwich on my dining room table easily and quickly. I found this great idea at the Quilting Board Blog. (Link here if anyone would like a look at this technique.)

Very few of us come up with a totally new idea, the vast majority, learn from others and adapt the techniques so they work for us. And that is great. By sharing those adaptions, we are helping other quilters and sewers who may also be having trouble with that particular technique.

It doesn’t matter if we came up the idea ourselves, what does matter is that those techniques and ideas are shared. What works for some of us will not work for others. It is one of the great things about our hobby, nothing is set in stone (except straight seams and precise cutting 🙂 )