Measure twice. Cut once.
Very appropriate proverb!
My favorite cutting tools in the studio.
Happy Friday!
I hope you have had a super week! I have been busy finishing a few projects, delivering quilts, and meeting with new customers, so my week has been less present in the studio than some weeks.
As you probably know I finalize the blog on Thursday afternoon, and today when I was piecing a quilt I had cut out last week, I started thinking about cutting. Cutting really is the magic in quilting. If a quilter cuts the pieces right, then the quilt will go together so easily! I remember my PawPaw, who was a woodworker, say often to me to “measure twice, and cut once,” and I live by those words all the time in the studio! Too often, though, I find cutting rather arduous, but I think I will look at it a little differently now...it really is what makes everything better!
Great preparation always helps!
Have a great week. Stay safe. Vote!
Sending Quilting Love,
Ginger
Coming Next Week: That depends on you...what would you like to hear about? Leave a comment by next Tuesday or Wednesday! More about the Anniversary quilt next week, too!
I am Reading: Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (unabridged); I am getting so close to finishing! 1112 pages finished...the end is 1243, so only 131 to go...oh my...so good! Maybe Agatha Christie soon? I am also reading various poetry.