Alie Ward

Cut bangs, texture crush, make a quilt.

Rhiannon Foster says, better done than perfect.

which is how I feel about this episode.

I'm reading off a bunch of advice that I didn't write, and that's just dandy.

Okay, but how do you get things done?

Here's some practical advice.

So if you're going to try it by hand, Resting Laurel Face says, if making a whole quilt seems daunting, but maybe you want to try your hand at a block, one or two blocks sewn with some light batting as the backing can be made as a little book cozy.

Look at that.

You don't have to make a whole quilt.

You can make just a little thing.

Just try it out.

Katie says, glue basting in lieu of pins or clips is a thing.

No, it's not cheating.

Rowena Z says, keep lengths of thread shortish, like an arm's length or so when quilting by hand.

Not only does it keep your arm from tiring out, you also don't have to rip back as far if your stitches haven't gone all the way through all the layers by mistake.

And they say as a kid, their mom would frequently check our quilting stitches because it's better to have big stitches than stitches that aren't going all the way through.

They also say use a thimble for the hand underneath the quilt frame so you don't draw blood with the rocking stitch.

Again, we don't need anyone going to the doctor.

Now, machine heads, take note.

Silks Monkey says you absolutely need an iron to get good results.