which part of the process is your LEAST favorite?

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02-16-2010, 11:10 AM

#31

dakotamaid

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kathy

I'm with you, the only part I really mind is that final press.

Yes, Yes!!! Partly because I don't have a big pressing board. We're looking for our retirement home and it will have a room big enough for a LARGE pressing board!!

02-16-2010, 11:19 AM

#32

Dancing Needle

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My least favorite part is buying the fabric....oh wait....that's my most favorite part (tee hee). :D My least favorite part is sandwiching and then deciding how to quilt it. That's where I really get stuck. Once I get going on the quilting I'm okay, but getting started is my brick wall.

02-16-2010, 11:33 AM

#33

MaryStoaks

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For me the finish is the fun.

02-16-2010, 11:36 AM

#34

vjengels

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Oh how I loath loading and unloading a quilt on to rails for machine quilting!!!!!!! I hand quilt most everything bigger than a wall hanging; one day I'll actually send something out to be done.....I hear these's someone out there that doesn't mind it.

02-16-2010, 12:15 PM

#35

tkhooper

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Left-hander here. I hate to cut. But I'm sticking with it.

02-16-2010, 12:29 PM

#36

Boston1954

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I have a special situation. This is a very OLD trailer and I must turn off the heat to stop and press anything or I will trip the circuit breaker. Sometimes I feel like Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres". It would not bother me as much, I think, if I did not have to remind myself to stop, turn off heat, turn on iron, press my pieces, turn off iron, turn heat back on. Yikes! Can't wait for spring when I will not have to have the heat on.....

02-16-2010, 02:38 PM

#37

Jingle

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I actually like the whole process and I always finish one before I start another, so I know if I get one finished I can start another.

02-16-2010, 03:19 PM

#38

roselady

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobbinwinder

I'm your basic topper...so I'll only address the process to top completion. My enthusiasm wains when I can see what the top will really look like...that's when I want to start another! I've got quite a few completed tops...but I've got quite a few tops that just need a bit more work because it just wasn't going to be as much fun to finish as it would be to start another! For me, it's about the fun...not about the finish.

Ooo! Now I guess I can admit it too!! I LOVE the planning, picking the fabric, not so much the cutting, and piecing about the first third or so....then I'm ready to move on. So you can imagine how many UFO's I have. I have made myself finish some things recently and it does feel GOOD to be done. I do love hand quilting, but I am still so slow. I dislike (not hate) basting everything together - I guess I need a 3 roller frame, right?

02-16-2010, 03:37 PM

#39

Miss Purple Shoes

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Making the sandwich. I don't have enough space to stretch the backing and seem to get spray fix everywhere but on the batting - including on Branston the dog!

02-16-2010, 03:44 PM

#40

mpspeedy

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I dislike the piecing the most. I have learned over the years to just go ahead and do the parts I like the least so I can get to the parts I like the best. I love picking out fabric and imagining what I am going to do with it. All the steps after that until I get to the handquilting are just like a "job". As a child my brothers and I hated to do the dishes. As an adult I have learned to "just do" mindlessly, many things so that I could get to the best parts.