Do you ever struggle with something that should just be easy??
09-26-2010, 06:48 AM
#32
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I'm with you on this. Right now I have a blouse that is almost completed and somewhere in the construction the neck area has really stretched out of shape. Bias went nuts!! It needs be taken apart and recut. Right now it sits there until my one nerve calms down. Yes, I've had quilt blocks seams go awry that needed special attention. I let it set for a while then go back to it.
09-26-2010, 08:18 AM
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I am so glad I am not a perfectionist. when that happens quilting stops being fun and I wil have to quit. only God is perfect and I am not God. Has no one told you the Amish Quilts have a mistake on pupose in each of their quilts. quit sweating the small stuff and have fun
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09-26-2010, 08:28 AM
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I think your quilt is really lovely and whoever receives it will be so happy with it. We are always hard on ourselves, which, is good to a point, as we strive to do our best. BUT, indeed, we do need to know when to let go and be able to be satisfied with "I've done my best."
09-26-2010, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
You know when you are making hst and you go to sew them together and you have that little bit of light where the dark should be, in the corner? A very famous quilter who swore us to silence, pulled out her supply of permanent pens, fine point, and touched up every corner and the quilt was perfection. You could not see what she had done. She said very few quilts that you see photographed have not had this trick used on them. I do it now and again but I like to get perfection on my own. It washes beautifully, never runs or disappears.
Another suggestion - Bargellos don't have to be matched seam to seam - they can be offset mid rectangle. You still get the Bargello effect without tearing your hair out.
I have an excuse that I get to use for another 3 years - chemo brain. It IS a side effect of chemo - muddled thinking, lack of focus, forgetting. It comes and goes, and it can be maddening. I do a sudoku puzzle in the morning - and if I have trouble with it, I know I'd better not try to do anything having to do with quilting - or face the consequences - ripping out - ruining fabric - you name it, I've done it!
09-26-2010, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by lance1quilts22
I am so glad I am not a perfectionist. when that happens quilting stops being fun and I wil have to quit. only God is perfect and I am not God. Has no one told you the Amish Quilts have a mistake on pupose in each of their quilts. quit sweating the small stuff and have fun
Betty
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09-26-2010, 11:04 AM
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I have one sitting on my guest bed. I decided to make two, hand stitched Christmas wall hanging. One for myself and one for my son. I hand pieced all the stockings, then picked the best ones to go into my sons wallhanging. I should have just hand quilted it too, because I'm having such a hard time with my machine stitching properly. I finished my sons, and am still working on mine, but I am one step away from throwing it away.
09-26-2010, 11:32 AM
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Every time I see the word "EASY" I cringe. I always make something hard out of it. I guess I overthink on how I could make it easier or think I can just do it. I'm a visual person and like to see the finish project up close and personal.
09-26-2010, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by klgreene
I have one sitting on my guest bed. I decided to make two, hand stitched Christmas wall hanging. One for myself and one for my son. I hand pieced all the stockings, then picked the best ones to go into my sons wallhanging. I should have just hand quilted it too, because I'm having such a hard time with my machine stitching properly. I finished my sons, and am still working on mine, but I am one step away from throwing it away.
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