3 Reasons Not To Rush Into Your Next Quilting Project

There is nothing quite as beautiful as a quilt. Perfect for gifts, they brighten up homes, create unique designs and even keep a person warm on the coldest of nights. It is easy to understand why you'd want to rush through making one yourself. 

It doesn't matter if the quilt you desire to make is puffed up or made with roses all over it, there are numerous reasons why you don't want to rush the quilt project. Let's discuss the three most common reasons why speed could work against you. 

1. Mistakes can happen
   It's true, mistakes can happen, especially so if you rush. It could be that you made the wrong measurements, or set the stitch wrong, but your rushing will actually have the opposite effect and lose you valuable time fixing those mistakes. This will lead to entirely messing up your project and actually slowing you down. Experienced or amateur, it doesn't matter as mistakes do not discriminate. If speed can be the biggest reason for car crashes, when lives are at stake, it surely can be the biggest reason for messing up a quilt.
   
   
2. Poor quality
   The second result of speeding through your quilting project is ending up with a badly constructed and poorly looking quilt. When in a rush, you are tempted to take all sorts of short cuts which lead to a number of inaccuracies. The measurements are off; the cutting is sloppy, and number of other ‘small’ details gets neglected.  These would result in joins that just don't match up, or gaps in the edges, or even unsightly scrunching up of the quilting material. Any one of these problems is better fixed by just undoing everything and starting the whole process over again.
   
   The old carpenter's rule applies to quilting as well. "Measure twice, cut once" simply means to take your time to do it right the first time, so that you don't have to do it again and take twice as long to finish a project.
   
   
3. Problems with the pattern
   Any kind of problems can occur with a pattern. You might be making a traditional design quilt for a friend with a very contemporary taste. Or, you are putting one together to display in a room in your house and it clashes with the already existing design style. It could be something as simple as two colors that, when joined, just don't work the way you originally thought they would. Taking the time to plan out your entire quilt in advance is a critical step in quilting. It might be a patchwork but you still have to be able to see the big picture from start to finish. 

No matter the reason, rushing through a quilting project will not allow you the time to step back, observe and evaluate every step of the creative process and will always result in a poor job. Slow down and do things right the first time. Relax and enjoy every step of the quilting process and at the end you’ll be richly rewarded with a newly created beauty.

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