Quilting Has Changed… And NOT All of It Is Better | Episode 226

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  @4CloversQuilting · 2 days ago (edited)

  Maureen, I love that you have the courage to give your honest opinion!! &nbsp;Refreshing!! With so many people who just “go with the flow” &amp; follow everyone else, I am thrilled you are out there doing what you do!! &nbsp;Thank you!!<br>Keep sharing your great videos!!

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• RU

  @RubyGraceInspo · 2 days ago

  My husband thought I was out of my mind spending as much as I just did on a new higher end machine, until he tried it out. He said it’s like driving a luxury car. You don’t really need it to get from point A to B, but it’s sure a nice ride. I couldn’t agree more. 😂

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• CL

  @cleot151 · 2 days ago

  Maureen is such an honest person. &nbsp;She owns a quilt store, and she&apos;s telling us not to buy stuff!

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• CE

  @ceciliaschleicher278 · 2 days ago

  The YT Quilters that bother me the most are the ones that don&apos;t press their fabrics before initial cutting. I can&apos;t get through their videos because messy fabrics drive me nuts. Then there are the ones that don&apos;t press and square up while making the blocks, another pet peeve for me. These are things that will teach newbies how to fail

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• RO

  @rosiehowell5575 · 2 days ago

  I think the worst thing in quilting are the words &quot;perfect&quot; and &quot;exact&quot;...when I started quilting I watched so many videos that used those words a lot. Perfect quarter inch. Perfect matching. Exact points. I was so discouraged since I couldn&apos;t reach that level I wanted to give up and throw away everything. One day I decided to see and have fun and not worry about those two words. So I did. Lo and behold my seeing improved since I didn&apos;t have as much pressure on myself.

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• SH

  @sharifitzgerald9211 · 2 days ago

  I found seam guides to be an asset when eye sight is an issue. &nbsp;I use the stacked tape Karen Brown uses and it is slick.

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• MA

  @MaryTheCraftyPanda · 2 days ago

  Loved this episode! I too have said the same things about many of the influencers on YouTube who are inadequately &quot;teaching&quot; our new generation of quilters. I love MODA fabrics!

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• IT

  @itcouldbeanyone · 2 days ago

  I keep an old pill bottle by my machine for dead needles. &nbsp;I unscrew the lid, clearly I have been doing it wrong.😂

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• LU

  @luraalsalam9795 · 2 days ago

  I just watched &quot;4 at a time&quot; flying geese units and they all end up with the straight grain on the outside. A real time saver! I love your Monday videos and that Moda fabric bundle is beautiful.

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• LE

  @lesa6399 · 2 days ago

  I recycle a lg prescription bottle for used blades &amp; needles. I, sincerely, thank you weekly. The chez moi Moda looks fun!

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• KA

  @karenberger4974 · 1 day ago

  This video encouraged &nbsp;me to start thinking about the macro changes in quilting. I started quilting in about 2000 and was very active until 2010. I became very active again about 3 years ago, when I decided to finish a quilt acquired in a 2003 shop hop. I really noticed lots of changes. Here is my list. &nbsp;<br>1. Internet resources available now. Enough said.<br>2. Most of the focus in 2000 was in making &quot;sample block&quot; &nbsp;quilts. &nbsp;&quot;Yellow Brick Road&quot; was a revolutionary pattern for us.<br>3. &quot;Designer fabric&quot; wasn&apos;t really a thing back then, unless you were Jinny Beyer.<br>4. Shop hops were locally organized, a lot more fun, and I am sure, a lot more work for the shops. &nbsp;So were the &quot;Once a Month&quot; block clubs, because you got (usually purchased) &nbsp;real resourses for making quilts, planned by the local shops.<br>5. Quilt shops come and go. None of the shops I went to in 2005 are still around, but there are new ones.<br>6. Quilting fabric colors and designs go in and out of style. &nbsp;My stash from 2000 to 2010 is, generally, really hard to match with current fabric styles.<br>7. Pre-cuts were not available back then. I think jelly rolls were the first, around 2000&apos;s but I never heard of them until now.<br>8. Managing your stash and scraps was a new concept for me. The notion of managing scraps by cutting fabrics into 2 1/2 inch strips was ridiculous because there weren&apos;t or few patterns for quilts using 2 1/2 inch strips. &nbsp;Now I have dozens downloaded. <br>7. Making quilts from scraps to use up scraps... never heard of doing that until now. I have made several. <br>8. Long arm quilting has revolutionized quilting. I never saw one in a shop back in the 2000s. &nbsp; Now most quilt shops have them chugging away on customer&apos;s quilts, and I have a sit-down long arm in my basement. <br>9. There are a lot more tools and notions available, and a lot more discernment is needed to decide they will be effective. <br><br>That&apos;s all for now.

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  @Oontaka · 2 days ago

  Funny to see the &quot;knee lift&quot; as a new machine feature. &nbsp;When I learned to sew on a Singer in 1968 in school, the machines all had a knee lift. &nbsp;I guess what&apos;s old is new again! &nbsp;I like the Moda bundle.

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