Do you ever get stuck here?
09-06-2011, 10:47 AM
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nawth o' Boston
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Hand quilting is simplicity in itself. If you miss a stitch, pull the thread through and re-do.
The hand-binding can be done in a jiff compared to the hand-quilting. But machine quilting is a whole lot of set-up every time you sit down. Tension adjustments? front of quilt doesn't look Harriet Hargreaves good enough? Nylon invisible thread tangles up? Knots on the back? bored by pantograph? Tired of 'birthing' the quilt? Lot's of reasons to pick up a needle and thread...
On the other hand, this board is addictive!! :) :) :) :)
Good luck with your project!!!
The hand-binding can be done in a jiff compared to the hand-quilting. But machine quilting is a whole lot of set-up every time you sit down. Tension adjustments? front of quilt doesn't look Harriet Hargreaves good enough? Nylon invisible thread tangles up? Knots on the back? bored by pantograph? Tired of 'birthing' the quilt? Lot's of reasons to pick up a needle and thread...
On the other hand, this board is addictive!! :) :) :) :)
Good luck with your project!!!
09-06-2011, 11:05 AM
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,703
All the time!
Right now I should be ironing out and cutting a fabric for one, cutting out pink fabrics for another quilt, and maybe washing the cream fabric for the pink quilt. Actually I should have got that done a few nights ago! Yet, here I am.
Right now I should be ironing out and cutting a fabric for one, cutting out pink fabrics for another quilt, and maybe washing the cream fabric for the pink quilt. Actually I should have got that done a few nights ago! Yet, here I am.
09-06-2011, 11:55 AM
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Mars
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It's not easy to get stuck here if I have a quilt that's got me engrossed.
But on a day like today, when I had planned to clean my studio and organize everything... well, seeing what everyone else is doing is far more interesting.
For hours at a time. :oops:
But on a day like today, when I had planned to clean my studio and organize everything... well, seeing what everyone else is doing is far more interesting.
For hours at a time. :oops:
09-06-2011, 11:58 AM
#19
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bucks County PA
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I go in spurts. I'm spending time on here a bit every day for weeks, then I go days without even checking in. It depends on time constraints and work schedule.
I think it's good to know your "down time" of the day and log on then. Mine is usually late afternoon or after supper when I have no energy left from my day. That's the perfect time to look at quilt pix and have a quilt chat pick-me-up.
I think it's good to know your "down time" of the day and log on then. Mine is usually late afternoon or after supper when I have no energy left from my day. That's the perfect time to look at quilt pix and have a quilt chat pick-me-up.
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