What do you love/What do you not love..
09-18-2011, 07:58 AM
#71
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I love quilting, it's quite relaxing to me. I am a quilter about 6 yrs now. Each quilt I plan and make is a little harder then the first. I am now working on a queen sized log cabin. I love the blocks. I am doing strip, and a lot of squaring up. It's been mentioned here numerous times how easy log cabins are. They are and are not.. It's an easy pattern to make, but, squaring as you go is not
09-18-2011, 08:22 AM
#72
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Originally Posted by Christine27
Originally Posted by SWEETPEACHES
I love planning. I love choosing fabrics and choosing a pattern. I have many ideas written down.
I don't mind cutting the fabric. I enjoy sewing the pieces together and watching it come alive and take the shape that I envisioned.
But I really really dislike squaring up the blocks. I'm making a Friendship Star. It's going to have 42 blocks (I think). Each block has 1 solid square and 8 HST. I detest squaring up those HST's before I sew them all together to form the block. And it's putting a damper on my quilting this weekend. I keep taking breaks. I wish I could hire someone to square my squares! :roll:
I don't mind cutting the fabric. I enjoy sewing the pieces together and watching it come alive and take the shape that I envisioned.
But I really really dislike squaring up the blocks. I'm making a Friendship Star. It's going to have 42 blocks (I think). Each block has 1 solid square and 8 HST. I detest squaring up those HST's before I sew them all together to form the block. And it's putting a damper on my quilting this weekend. I keep taking breaks. I wish I could hire someone to square my squares! :roll:
I only iron it after the top is finished.
( I have a suspicion that "squaring" takes off fabric I need to have there!)
09-18-2011, 09:08 AM
#74
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Location: W Ohio
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I dislike picking fabric. I know what I like but getting the right lights,med. & darks is stressfull. Next time I going to get the pks. were that is done for me then all I have to do is get the boarders & backing. I hope someday I can shop stress free.
Love the rest of the process :thumbup:
Love the rest of the process :thumbup:
09-18-2011, 09:40 AM
#76
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Location: Montrose, Michigan
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I love planning, cutting, sewing, binding, hand quilting,
binding. Maybe not so much squaring off everthing but it is necessary I guess, and maybe not always having to do a scant 1/4" seam. It's hard to remember now. When I first started quilting we didn't have to worry.
binding. Maybe not so much squaring off everthing but it is necessary I guess, and maybe not always having to do a scant 1/4" seam. It's hard to remember now. When I first started quilting we didn't have to worry.
09-18-2011, 09:45 AM
#77
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I love every step but when it's time to make parts fit for the sandwiching, it's a pain to me. Can't lay it out on the floor or my little 6# Peke plops right in the middle. Move her? She finds another spot. I haven't gotten into buying backing fabrics so I always have to pc. the back.
09-18-2011, 11:12 AM
#78
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I love piecing the blocks. Hate cutting as it's hard on my back and legs. Can't sandwich on the floor (artificial knees and one hip) but sewing it together and finishing are no problem. I think what I love most though is buying the fabrics! I would probably have to live another 50 years to quilt what I already have but can't resist looking and looking always leads to buying....LOL
09-18-2011, 12:40 PM
#80
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I love finding just the right fabric for the pattern. I would never even consider a kit~ would even take it apart & use the fabric a different projects if I was given one,lol. I hate making "that first cut" after the first slice, I'm okay. I very worse part for me is making the sandwich. I crawl on the carpeted floor & never get as smooth a fit as I would like.
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