I used to love cutting the fabric and now I can't stand it literally. Since I stand to cut I stay on my feet for very long and it makes my legs wobbly
:(

Can you kneel on a sturdy bench with a cushy pillow? That would still give you the height leverage and it wouldn't put strain on your feet.

I never hated Zucchini until I discovered yellow crook neck squash. A summer squash with flavor.

Zucs? Make great bread.

tim in san jose

I make soup out of 'zucs' - we call them courgettes! Some onion, chicken stock, herbs and a few spuds for thickness, then blend and serve with a swirl of creme fraiche. I freeze it in and we eat it all winter long!

K x

I hate the quilting part. I love piecing, everything about it, but I get so danged frustrated trying to maneuver the quilt through the throat of my machine, no matter how I roll/fold etc. that I've pretty much given up and send mine out. The funny thing is, I practiced FM on the second quilt I ever did, lap size, and though I still don't like it, I think it turned out really well! Let's see if I can attach a pix.

Oooh, me too please! I love squash. Thanks Martina.

So, k3n, do you machine quilt with those little tacks in place?? I love that little thingy too, but I find them (the litle plastic tacks) a problem on the machine.

Sliced? in foil? I need more details please.

i hate that there are so many beautiful fabrics and project ideas on the market that even if i quilted 8 hours a day 7 days a week i'd never get them all done.

it always saddens me to put a project on the back burner.

I have just finished quilting my first ever machine FMQ - up til now I've hand quilted. It was my pansy kaleidoscope. And yes I did it with the tacks in. I'm about half way through taking the tacks out and so far only a couple have been under a stitch and took a little coaxing to get out! I had no problems with them while quilting. And that goes for hand quilting too. I haven't posted yet because I still have to hand stitch the binding to the back.

K x