My Worst Quilt Ever!

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Quilting Mistakes – what went wrong?

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Mistake #1: Overthinking!

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But if you are going to make a quilt that way you kind of just need to be in a creative mindset, not an analyzing and overthinking one!

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Everyone knows the most important rule of machine quilting is to make sure your quilt is well basted.

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I used my microstitch tag gun to baste this – which has worked for me before – but I rushed it a bit, maybe put the tags a bit too far apart, and just was in too much of a hurry to get quilting.

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Mistake #3: Overcomplicating the Quilting Design

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Swipe up for full tutorial!

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My Worst Quilt Ever!

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