What is your most fun part of making a quilt?
#12
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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I love working with color --- pulling the fabrics from my stash is the most fun part for me! In fact, I find that more and more these days, I pick colors, do the piecing to see how they all look together, then I'm done with that quilt and it becomes a UFO. I need to partner with someone who loves to do the quilting part, LOL!! Any takers?
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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I'm with you Jan in VA. I love the design phase. I used to be afraid of cutting! But now when I buy new fabric I can't wait to cut it up and see what it will become! I'm learning now to love the quilting aspect as I bought a long arm last year.
#14
I love putting the blocks up on my design wall and seeing them make another design that I didn't expect.
I love piling colours together before I start.
I love, (Yes, I know I'm nuts), ironing and starching fabrics, before cutting them.
I love FMQ-ing when you get in a rhythm and you can just keep going.
Watson
I love piling colours together before I start.
I love, (Yes, I know I'm nuts), ironing and starching fabrics, before cutting them.
I love FMQ-ing when you get in a rhythm and you can just keep going.
Watson
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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I enjoy planning / doing the math on the quilt - figuring out how many of each piece I need to cut and therefore how much fabric I need.
And weirdly I've started to enjoy squaring up the blocks. My last quilt had 88 blocks and I remember sitting there looking at them and thinking how long it was going to take, but once I got going it was kind of fun. It doesn't require a great deal of attention, so I could let my mind wander or listen to a podcast, and it was very relaxing.
And weirdly I've started to enjoy squaring up the blocks. My last quilt had 88 blocks and I remember sitting there looking at them and thinking how long it was going to take, but once I got going it was kind of fun. It doesn't require a great deal of attention, so I could let my mind wander or listen to a podcast, and it was very relaxing.
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
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I love all aspects. Except when things aren't going well, then whatever the problem whether choosing fabrics, designing, piecing, quilting on my domestic machine-- that part gets momentarily demoted to not love until the problem is solved.
If I had to choose my least favorite aspect of quilting it would be precision piecing, or doing any part that requires putting lots of the same units together-- which is why I do so many art/improv. quilts.
I like to doodle quilt for relaxation.
I even enjoy the sandwiching and basting part...
Rob
If I had to choose my least favorite aspect of quilting it would be precision piecing, or doing any part that requires putting lots of the same units together-- which is why I do so many art/improv. quilts.
I like to doodle quilt for relaxation.
I even enjoy the sandwiching and basting part...
Rob
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
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I know this is going to sound as though I cannot make a decision, but I like the whole thing. I like to audition the fabric, cut it and get ready to sew. When the top is done I really enjoy thinking about how I want to quilt it. Even the binding is fun for me because I am already thinking about the next project.
Actually there is one part that I do not like....ripping out stitches when I put a piece in the wrong place.
Actually there is one part that I do not like....ripping out stitches when I put a piece in the wrong place.
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