Do you have a favorite saying about a sewing technique?
Edited to Add:  I am updating the list as you guys give us new ones!

Here are a couple of mine.  I bet our hive mind could come with a great list.

• Don't be a chicken clipper.  (aka, don't be afraid to clip enough on curves, corners, etc.)
• Baggy on the Bottom.  (aka, when easing a slightly larger piece to a smaller one, keep the larger piece on the bottom so that the feeddogs do the work!)
• Sister Mary Joseph: "It should look as good on the inside as it does on the outside."
• Don't copy how I do it. 
• It's quicker to sew slowly than to unpick.
• Langes Fädchen, faules Mädchen .....  long thread, lazy girl!
• Before you cut; always think twice....
• Measure twice (thrice!); cut once.
• Don't sew tired; f you are tired, leave it and walk a way. Don't work beyond the point where you start to get tired 'just to get this bit finished'.  It usually results in disaster.
• Mark the right sides of the fabric as soon as the pattern pieces are removed.
• Keep your fingers away from the needle.
• Test the iron on a scrap before pressing.
• Press, don't iron.
• Do a mini trial run with thread and fabric before starting the project.
• "Please thread your machine and bobbin properly!"
• “Sew, rip, repeat."
• When you need to do a pair of something, like putting in sleeves, don’t start unless you have time to do both. (They always match better.)
• Don't assume that your RTW size is the correct size for a sewing pattern.
• Don't watch the needle going up and down. It knows what to do and you don't need to keep an eye on it.
• Always make a toile! ALWAYS!!!!  (Wearable toiles count, just not fabric you'll be bothered by if it doesn't work out).
• It will quilt out...
• Don’t put pins in your mouth.
• Stitch in time saves nine.
• Always use a tape measure and measure yourself.  Don’t assume, guess or estimate.
• In the dress making scenario, things will go wrong, but just deal with it.
• There is no right way to do this.  YOU create it, and YOU decide.
• There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents that turn into design elements.
• There are no quilt police.
• Do not assume your tape measure is accurate.  If you measure things with it, measure everything else with it too.  Switching to, eg, a metre rule or drafting square could result in under- or over-sized garments or elements thereof.
• "OH Bugger" and "Who says that's the right way to do it".

Anyone have others to share?

After I finished my coat, BH is hankering for a men's topper.   I figure if I start now I might even have it done by next winter.   I made him a faux suede coat several years ago from Burda 7142 - but would like to avoid raglan sleeves this time around - though they did make adjusting for an asymetrical sloped shoulder pretty easy.

The patterns that most closely approximate what he would like are vintage Vogue 7988 and Vogue 2613.  I have done a couple searches and the ones I found are not his size (chest 40-42).   Thought I would put the request out there to see if any one has secret sources or knows of similar patterns.  Thanks!

Born southwestern US, grew up sewing cottons.   Live in NorthEast US, and love sewing wool. 

Spotted a number of familiar user names here so thought I would join the conversation.