Just not hungry...
03-16-2017, 04:45 AM
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Just not hungry...
OK, I have a great scrappy quilt top, I have designed the backing, I need to make the sandwich.
Can I? Can I buffalo! No, I just cannot build the appetite to make the sandwich. So I am putting down the challenge to complete it by Easter.
Am I the only one this happens to?
Can I? Can I buffalo! No, I just cannot build the appetite to make the sandwich. So I am putting down the challenge to complete it by Easter.
Am I the only one this happens to?
03-16-2017, 04:53 AM
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Nope. I hated making the sandwich with such a white hot passion. Now I frame quilt and don't need to worry about it. I can definitely sympathize with your dilemma. But the only way you will finish that quilt is to knuckle down and make the sandwich.
03-16-2017, 05:24 AM
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I don't mind the sandwiching at all, now that I use the Sharon Schamber board method. But before that, it was absolutely grueling, so I can sympathize with you! Now my most hated quilting task (really the only thing I don't enjoy) is clipping threads on the back of the finished top.
03-16-2017, 05:35 AM
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I knew when I got back into quilting, that if I had to make "sandwiches" I'd never do it - having done a few ages ago when I was first married (30+ years ago).
So I bought a Bailey on a Gracie frame for about $3,000 and that solved the problem. I've upgraded to a HQ Fusion since. Though I have to admit I like piecing more than quilting - as evidence that I have over 20 floppies waiting to be quilted.
So I bought a Bailey on a Gracie frame for about $3,000 and that solved the problem. I've upgraded to a HQ Fusion since. Though I have to admit I like piecing more than quilting - as evidence that I have over 20 floppies waiting to be quilted.
03-16-2017, 07:57 AM
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I don't mind the sandwiching at all, now that I use the Sharon Schamber board method. But before that, it was absolutely grueling, so I can sympathize with you! Now my most hated quilting task (really the only thing I don't enjoy) is clipping threads on the back of the finished top.
03-16-2017, 08:58 AM
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If I had to crawl on the floor I would probably delay the sandwiching indefinitely.
But using a few sawhorses and a piece of plywood covered with canvas, I don't
mind the sandwiching at all. I glue baste most of the time.
But using a few sawhorses and a piece of plywood covered with canvas, I don't
mind the sandwiching at all. I glue baste most of the time.
03-16-2017, 09:08 AM
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I also loathed preparing the quilt. It was a part of my decision to purchase a long arm. Don't know if there are any long arm quilters in your area, but many offer a quilt basting service for a nominal fee. You deliver the top, batting (wadding?) and back in 3 pieces and they put it together & baste it.
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