So those of you who may know me may recall that I am a bit of a rebel quilter. I already shared my own set of rules that can be summed up as make it strong, do what you want and get it done. And I have made a lot of quilts that cause the quilt police to turn up their noses. I still abide by those rules.
However, over the years, I have started to try harder to be more precise. That came mostly from joining a group of phenomenal older quilters. These ladies are competition quality, appraise in the tens of thousands quilters. BUT, they are not police. They celebrate all the quilts and some will try all the styles and some will join every challenge. Some are follow the pattern with the original fabric. Some have to match dye lots when buying more fabric. They are amazing. And their kind encouragement makes me want to improve my basic skills
The biggest change I made, and probably the easiest was to get the ruler by stripology that is in the picture. My old cutter attached ruler wore out and it makes wonky cuts. This one makes it easy for me to make multiple consistent cuts. Starting with good blocks makes everything else easier . Whoda thunk? I almost think that if you can only afford one ruler, this is the one to buy. It is pricey, but the savings in time, frustration and wasted fabric more than make up for it.
Now more corners still don’t all meet but they are closer and pinning and sewing is much easier.
