Originally Posted by
Kitsie
Because I get up to walk around my table to press my seams every few minutes, I don't have that problem. Sorry for you all!
I don't have tense shoulders when I am piecing either. The problem arises only when FMQ on the domestic for me. I don't have the problem when standing at the rack quilting. With me, it is all tension (and I'm not talking thread tension! LOL). I am tense when FMQ on the domestic, involuntarily so. Like Daffy Daphne, I would have to consciously think about keeping my shoulders relaxed and would constantly catch myself with my shoulders scrunched up around my ears. Even with frequent breaks it was an issue for me and still is when I decide to FMQ a small piece because I think it isn't worth the effort of loading on the rack. I don't find sitdown quilting fun and have resigned myself to that fact so don't do it. I got a longarm instead and prior to that I mostly hand quilted.