The Journey
11-08-2010, 12:24 PM
#12
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Location: Texas Gulf Coast
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Course, as a newbie the number of "Wow! I never thought of that!" moments is HUGE. My first two quilts were sandwiched by taping the backing to the floor and crawling around for what felt like hours. Quilt number three was clamped to a table. No more floor for me! I've bound each of them a different way - happier with each one than the one before. My choice to accept "Good enough" and "Finished is better than Perfect" is due to the encouragement I find here. Hopefully my level of acceptance will rise with each quilt, but at least I'm getting them DONE! I have two more tops that are finished and now that I know I'm not going to be crawling and that they will be loved even with flaws I'm ready to move on down the road!
11-08-2010, 12:35 PM
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Location: Central Indiana (USA)
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yes, I just love this quilting board site and have learned alot from all of you!
Originally Posted by JanTx
I so enjoy reading everything I can on here. The variety and sincerity of answers amaze me. The biggest relief I get is that no one seems to have THE ANSWER.
Prewash? Yes, definately. No, never. Depends.
Fleece backing? Of course, do it all the time. No way, no how!
Quilting? Hand, of course. Machine fancy. Machine plain. Tie the thing!
What a relief that is! Personally I look for the answer that affirms what I wanted to do anyway and deem it the RIGHT answer! :lol:
I've decided that we are all on a journey with our quilts. Some of us are in different stages of the journey; others are traveling different roads; some travel solo; some travel in groups - but, we are all headed the same place. A place that allows our creativity to flourish, our families to be warmed, and our love to show. How cool is that?
Prewash? Yes, definately. No, never. Depends.
Fleece backing? Of course, do it all the time. No way, no how!
Quilting? Hand, of course. Machine fancy. Machine plain. Tie the thing!
What a relief that is! Personally I look for the answer that affirms what I wanted to do anyway and deem it the RIGHT answer! :lol:
I've decided that we are all on a journey with our quilts. Some of us are in different stages of the journey; others are traveling different roads; some travel solo; some travel in groups - but, we are all headed the same place. A place that allows our creativity to flourish, our families to be warmed, and our love to show. How cool is that?
11-08-2010, 02:20 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out searching for some sunshine :-)
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Good analogy. What I love about this board is that on quite a few occasions, my journey was heading down a rocky path and some helpful soul headed me off at the pass and sent me on a better way. I hope I can do that for someone else along the way.
I enjoy reading and trying all of the new methods, techniques and styles shown here.
I so appreciate that there are very few rules... and those few have really saved my bacon after reading/learning of them here :D:D:D
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