Originally Posted by shamrock
Machine quilting anything over 24 " square, I hate it. My machine knows I hate it! My whole sewing room braces for it. I have eased the presser button, the tension, I'm just straight sewing, nothing fancy. Grrrrr!
Thank you, I feel better. I'll have a cup of coffee and a cookie, and go at it again.
I hate it with a passion right along with you!!! I decided a while ago that
A) Life is too short to wrestle a big quilt through the throat of a small machine, and more importantly
B) Hobbies are supposed to be enjoyable. If they aren't enjoyable, they can't be called hobbies, they are punishment. That means that
C). People who persist in doing something that is punishment are masochists.
D). I am not a masochist. I now enjoy piecing, and quilt by check.
And people who tell you to hang in there are sadists who enjoy the pain of others. My advice: Decide whether it's worth the aggravation, and if not, don't do it.