Tuesday, June 21, 2011

3 Good Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Rush Your Next Quilt

By Jane Green


Quilts are fantastic things. They make great presents, look nice in almost any room and can keep you toasty warm during even the chilliest of winter nights. Its simple to see why you'd want to speed your way though it.

In any case whether its a puffy quilt or a rose quilt design, there are numerous rock solid reasons why you should not do this. The first of which is:

You Can Make Mistakes

Not only can you make mistakes, you most probably will mess up. Even the most experienced quilters are way more sure to mess up when they are rushing. Its the primary cause of most automobile accidents and thats when the drivers personal safety is at risk!

Most likely you'll make a an error and when you do, it's going to be minutes or most likely hours of undoing your mistakes, whether its inaccurate measurements, wrong stitching settings or who knows?

Poor Finish

This is the second likely side effect of making an attempt to rush your quilt making. You are likelier to find yourself taking shortcuts.

This may come in any number of ways. You could be spending less time measuring properly or not taking as much care with your cutting as you need to. This can lead to awkward joins, gaps or scrunching with your quilt - something that is simpler to fix by starting over.

If you have to start from scratch, its going to take you two times as long as if you had just taken your time the first time.

Pattern Problems

Planning your quilt is a vital part of the quilting process. When you're in a rush you can lose sight of the overall picture.

You might pick a pattern for a loved one they do not like, forget the decoration of the room and make something that clashes badly or just pick some colors that don't truly work well together.

Whatever the truth might be no matter what the reason, it never pays to rush a quilt. So just sit back, relax and take heart in the incontrovertible fact that if you did rush it - it just wouldn't work out.




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