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#1
Hi - My name is Jil and I live near chicago - I have lots of quilt tops and am so intimidated by the quilting itself. But NOW I AM DOING IT!!! I am NOT having fun, though, because I find it so tedious. I love the quilting fabrics, battings, threads, embellishments, books, web sites. I love piecing - the designing, the colors, the overall look. And I can't stand the quilting. I want this to stop. So, I am currently completing a quilt for a dear friend of mine and I am persevering. But I hope to make it a more fun part of the process. :roll:
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Camarillo, California
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Hello Jil, welcome from Southern California. My favorite part of making a quilt is NOT the quilting, I really enjoy the piecing and cutting and selecting fabrics. However, there is nothing like the feeling of finishing a quilt and getting it to the intended giftee. It will get better as you get a few finished. Just try to relax and don't stress about it too much (I should take my own advice) I have a pile of about 8 quilts that just need the quilting, but I have "finished" over 80 quilts so far.
#6
Hi and welcome from NY. I'm with you - I find the quilting to be very tedious and I don't enjoy it at all. Used to be I was ashamed to admit that, but now I don't care. I like to piece, so that's what I do and I send the tops out to be quilted. I don't really have much spare time, so why spend it doing something I don't like? I do, however, quilt the charity quilts. They're usually smaller so they go faster, and it would be way to expensive to have them professionally done.
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