It got me thinking, and without further ado, here are my top 10 "Quilty Secrets:"
1. I rarely pin. But after reading a few other "Quilty Secret" lists, I would say this is more like the norm (well, either that or sewing over pins). :)
2. I do most of my cutting with my cutting board on my ironing board or on the floor. I think I'm supposed to use a hard surface or something?
3. Not really a fan of Cotton+Steel. Or Liberty. Or Aneela Hoey. SORRY!! I've also never really been a fan of scrap quilts.
4. Sometimes I let the twins scatter my buttons all over my sewing room just so I can have a few extra minutes of sewing time. Not to mention the fact that letting them watch a few episodes of Dora or Blues Clues every day is becoming alarmingly more common. I used to try so hard to limit my sewing time to times when they were NOT awake. And I feel guilty letting them watch so much TV. But as they get older and take fewer naps (almost none now), it's just SO HARD. Sometimes I just have to be a bad mom for an hour or so. ;) It's for my sanity.
5. I don't really like the post-wash crinkly look. I prefer flat an crisp and I don't like the way washing my quilts changes the way the quilting looks.
6. I press open 90% of the time. I had a couple of ladies freak out about this once at a sewing night (I was even pressing my HSTs open - gasp!) so I have tried pressing to the side a few times since. It works okay for me, but I just can't quite get the hang of it. Also, I love ironing.
7. I don't really have UFOs. I prefer to finish things completely before starting new things. My to-do list, on the other hand, is quite another story...
8. Rotary blades and needles - changing them is like pulling teeth. I don't have a problem cleaning out my machine every now and then, but that's because I do that for free.
9. I've tried machine stitching binding and was convinced for awhile that it was the way to go because it's so fast. Then I learned how to stitch binding by hand and realized how much better it looks (at least, compared to MY machine binding). Now I hand bind EVERYTHING and I love it.
10. Sometimes I use polyester batting. I know. It's really not as bad as others make it seem. :)
Now how about you? What are your "Quilty Secrets?"
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