Poll: Time on a Quilt
05-19-2014, 11:36 AM
#11
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,042
DEPENDS, some quilts are a snap (cutting & piecing) other have a zillion pieces to cut, which means zillions to piece.
Sometimes I am in the mood to do hand work, or maybe let it go for months.
Quilting is a hobby, I work on it at my pace, mood and desire. It is not a race (except when we realize we need to finish asap for that special occasions). Some quilts inspire me to finish because it is beautiful and I am enjoying the process others (unfortunately) might become a UFO.
So it is hard to put a percentage up.... but I can say I'm ALWAYS drooling!
Sometimes I am in the mood to do hand work, or maybe let it go for months.
Quilting is a hobby, I work on it at my pace, mood and desire. It is not a race (except when we realize we need to finish asap for that special occasions). Some quilts inspire me to finish because it is beautiful and I am enjoying the process others (unfortunately) might become a UFO.
So it is hard to put a percentage up.... but I can say I'm ALWAYS drooling!
05-19-2014, 11:45 AM
#12
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: dayton OH
Posts: 1,911
i know i'm completing my longest ever quilt - a king-size quilt w/ over 4000 pieces. I'm handquilting it, and have been working on it for 18 months. The end is in site. I'll be giving it to the own the end of june.
05-19-2014, 01:37 PM
#13
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,127
Can we add Procrastinating to the list?
If I spent even 20% of my time on cutting, piecing, and quilting I would have finished far more quilts. Too much of my time is spent looking at quilts online and in magazines and books, trying to decide what to make next, changing my mind, pulling fabrics and putting them back...
If I spent even 20% of my time on cutting, piecing, and quilting I would have finished far more quilts. Too much of my time is spent looking at quilts online and in magazines and books, trying to decide what to make next, changing my mind, pulling fabrics and putting them back...
05-19-2014, 01:48 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 10,703
Most of my time is spent picking fabrics and making mock up blocks to see if I like where a pattern is taking me.
Once I decide, Cutting and piecing is a smaller amount of time. Cutting a whole quilt is impossible for me. I cut as I go in case I mis cut something. I would hate to ruin a whole quilt worth of material
I have more quilt tops than finished ones. I find I am a piecer more than a quilter. Wish I could find some one to do the quilting for me
I could keep someone busy for a long time quilting my flimsies!
peace
Once I decide, Cutting and piecing is a smaller amount of time. Cutting a whole quilt is impossible for me. I cut as I go in case I mis cut something. I would hate to ruin a whole quilt worth of material
I have more quilt tops than finished ones. I find I am a piecer more than a quilter. Wish I could find some one to do the quilting for me
I could keep someone busy for a long time quilting my flimsies!peace
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