How many quilts have you made?
#22
I have been quilting for 30 years and have made hundreds. I sure do wish I had thought to keep a quilting journal all those years ago.
I quilt my own...both hand quilting and FMQing on my vintage Bernina. I have never sent one elsewhere...until now. A friend of mine is longarming a full size quilt for me and I'm piecing a twin size top for her. The barter system...gotta love it!
I quilt my own...both hand quilting and FMQing on my vintage Bernina. I have never sent one elsewhere...until now. A friend of mine is longarming a full size quilt for me and I'm piecing a twin size top for her. The barter system...gotta love it!
#23
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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I think about 45. I've been quilting for 17 years. Now I mostly stick to smaller pieces--table runners, wall hangings and my Talk-About Books, unless I know who a quilt is for before I start. Many have been given away as gifts. That doesn't include crib quilts. The vast majority of mine are sent to a log arm quilter because getting things layered is too hard here. I hate puckers.
#24
I have around 120 quilts on my finished or almost finished list and I've been quilting since 1999. But I've moved 4 times since then and each move caused a disruption of about 3 to 4 months in my quilt time. The last two moves were only 9 months apart and really disrupted my quilt time since I knew we'd be moving again and most of my sewing room stayed packed.
I quilt some of them and some of them I've sent out.
I quilt some of them and some of them I've sent out.
#26
I've made hundreds....when I first started around 1993 I kept track of each & every one with a picture & a description..... our guild made preemie quilts at 36 x 36 " and it was such a worthwhile cause I made at least one a month.....now my house is full; I donate quilts to the guild...... give each & every baby who happens along a quilt..... my DD's friends.... my neighbours... I LOVE to quilt! Stopped counting .... can you imagine an accountant stopping the count? I guess the only reason I am able to keep quilting is that I do some by hand.... some by paper piecing...some my machine at home.... but always the total quilt is made by me. I admire professional quilting but it's not what brought me to quilting, nor is it what keeps me quilting. This is me.... not you.... do what works for you & enjoy every minute....
#29
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Elkhorn, WI
Posts: 127
Funny that you ask. I just took my Brother in law to the quilt warehouse where I store the almost 250 quilts I've made and use for lectures, and . . . (quilting 30 years). He didn't seem to think his wife needed to make any more quilts. She only has about 15 of the 30 she has made. I told him quilting is my therapy.
Can you guess I love to quilt? I use my own longarm now but for a time I hand quilted, used my own domestic and sent a few big ones out. If I weren't making them for books, classes and lectures then I'd probably slow down and handquilt more.
Can you guess I love to quilt? I use my own longarm now but for a time I hand quilted, used my own domestic and sent a few big ones out. If I weren't making them for books, classes and lectures then I'd probably slow down and handquilt more.
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