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love cutting and planning and sewing but I HATE binding. Not so bad now that I am getting the machine binding down pretty darned good, but still don't like it.
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Originally Posted by watterstide
Originally Posted by yourstrulyquilts
I like Freddy Moran's approach to coordinating fabrics. She says if 10 are good together, 100 are better. She's got to be the Queen of Scrap and I really like her work. She likes to put black accents in her quilts; polka dots, stripes, plaids,etc, and it's very striking. :mrgreen:
/excerpt6rycasehttp://images.google.com/images?hl=e...s/fm/index.htm If you Google Freddy Moran you cand find more............. |
Originally Posted by yourstrulyquilts
Originally Posted by lfw045
I used to dislike sandwiching until I found plastic clamps at Lowe's Hardware. Now I clamp the backing down to one side of my cutting table....smooth it out and clamp the other side. Add the batting.......smooth and reclamp, add the top....smooth and reclamp and then pin away. I can do it so quickly now that I don't mind it but boy do I miss those tools when I am at my Dad's......LOL!
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I am so with you on this! I LOVE the designing and piecing of the quilt but when it comes to the actual quilting, I procrastinate! Right now I have 4 quilts all sandwiched and ready for the quilting and working on a 5th! I machine quilt, but just don't enjoy it! Can't afford to send it out, so I must get to get eventually!
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I dread the binding, it never comes out like I would like
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I am lucky cuz my husband will do the ripping for me - he likes to sit in my sewing room and chat with me while he is ripping. |
piecing everything after the first block. I love the quilting process, I guess because there is always room for improvement.
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I really hate adding the borders too! The sandwiching is so easy to me. I alway have to rip on everything at some time or another, I'm used to it so it don't brother me.
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Originally Posted by KBunn
Ok...this is going to sound terrible but it's the acutal quilting that I dread sometimes. I love the planning, cutting and peicing phases. I dont mind the endless pressing and sandwhiching parts. But hand quilting takes so long and I am still learning to machine quilt...so it's the phase of the process that frustrates me the most.
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Originally Posted by Deb watkins
Originally Posted by KBunn
Ok...this is going to sound terrible but it's the acutal quilting that I dread sometimes. I love the planning, cutting and peicing phases. I dont mind the endless pressing and sandwhiching parts. But hand quilting takes so long and I am still learning to machine quilt...so it's the phase of the process that frustrates me the most.
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