I'm Quilting, But Now I Want to Piece
02-20-2021, 04:52 AM
#21
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My quilting machine went in the shop yesterday....again! If I were quilting large bed quilts I'd be in trouble, but since I mainly do children's quilts and throws, I can finish them on my DSM. Still, after a couple days of piecing my lower back feels like I've been stuck with an ice pick. Then I do some cross stitch and relax.
02-22-2021, 06:52 AM
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I love both, I hand quilt, hand piece, my favorite things to do. Of course I machine piece, but love hand piecing more, but since I can't sit on my behind ALL day, I sew at my machine, among other things so I don't sit all day.
02-23-2021, 09:20 AM
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I much prefer to piece than quilt, even though I have a mid arm.
I usually pick away at a quilt always set up on my mid arm while I piece on my domestic. I get a lot more piecing done, as evidenced by the bags of tops I have ready to be quilted.
I had decided not to go the long arm route, but my shoulders are beginning to ache while quilting, so may end up getting a small table long arm. Perhaps that will make me want to quilt more?
Watson
I usually pick away at a quilt always set up on my mid arm while I piece on my domestic. I get a lot more piecing done, as evidenced by the bags of tops I have ready to be quilted.
I had decided not to go the long arm route, but my shoulders are beginning to ache while quilting, so may end up getting a small table long arm. Perhaps that will make me want to quilt more?
Watson
03-04-2021, 05:41 PM
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I do QAYG, so I don’t have large pieces to work on. I like that I can quilt each block the same or different, and having a beautiful back as well. I don’t mind sewing the blocks together as that works up pretty quickly
03-04-2021, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by christinelf
I do QAYG, so I don’t have large pieces to work on. I like that I can quilt each block the same or different, and having a beautiful back as well. I don’t mind sewing the blocks together as that works up pretty quickly
03-05-2021, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tropit
I always have several projects going at the same time and I think that I know why. Every time I'm in the final stages of completing a quilt, (as in quilting it,) I want to do piecing instead. It happens every time. Maybe it's because I really like piecing, but as for quilting, not so much.
You are not the only one. I think that is why many of us have all these unfinnished tops or blocks.
