Bonnie Hunter
09-18-2014, 05:03 AM
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 674
It's funny. I am all things Bonnie, but I don't use her leader/ enders. I make her l/e quilts or projects, but - I don't need to use them. The machines I use do not get upset with starting a seam, I've had several that do, but not right now. I also sew with a Juki f-600 that doesn't need them. I sew in long strips, not individually most of the time, but when I need to start from scratch my machines just do it. Am I the only quilter who locks her seams? After many repairs on quilts I had put together and were starting to open up, I got fed up and just lock stitch when I start.
09-18-2014, 05:31 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
Thanks for bringing Bonnie Hunter up again. I really am going to have to retrain myself to start using her method. I don't have the scraps, but I bought several precut kits that I am going to start sewing while I am stitching other patterns together. This will get rid of those other leaders full of thread that I have now. I hated wasting the thread anyway. It's amazing how someone has to point something out to me before I can see it how it can apply to me. What I will have to deal with is that I don't always use the same needle setting or stitch length for all projects. I guess it's time for the sticky notes.
09-18-2014, 05:55 AM
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
Posts: 1,497
Bonnie Hunter is going to do an all day workshop for our quilt guild next year. That date is reserved on my calendar and I am going to be one of the first on the sign up sheet. I'm also putting down the money to reserve my spot.
09-18-2014, 06:09 AM
#15
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: North Central Arkansas
Posts: 1,510
09-18-2014, 08:56 AM
#16
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Delphi, Indiana
Posts: 191
I started using Leaders and Enders after finding Bonnie last year. I have made 2 quilts since then, and had the "bonus" third one from using them.
Now I have no projects going, so I'm going to be cutting the pieces for a Smith Mountain Morning (one of Bonnie's patterns) that I'm going to make for my brother. Need to think about finding something for Leaders and Enders for that.
I'm hooked!
Now I have no projects going, so I'm going to be cutting the pieces for a Smith Mountain Morning (one of Bonnie's patterns) that I'm going to make for my brother. Need to think about finding something for Leaders and Enders for that.
I'm hooked!
09-18-2014, 09:02 AM
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 783
I was once part of a guild that had her come and do a talk, followed by a class the following day which I couldn't attend because I have a day job. I had never heard of her, and wish I had paid more attention to her because now I am a huge fan and didn't know the treasure I was learning from at the time.
09-19-2014, 03:43 AM
#19
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Central PA
Posts: 1,920
I, too, use enders and leaders. I keep a pile of 2-1/2" squares used for this purpose wherein I stitch the 1/4" seam, thus collecting for a scrap checkerboard for another project.
Sorry, #11 above. My response is redundant.
Sorry, #11 above. My response is redundant.
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