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I don't really enjoy the actual quilting part! I love piecing - it's probably my favorite part!
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I love it all except for the pressing - I do it quick and I know I need improvement but I am getting there.
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I love just about everything with quilting..But the one thing I do not love is cutting fabric..I am always so scared that I am going to mess it up and cut it wrong..
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I enjoy all of it except the cutting. I used to even enjoy handquilting but the hands just don't hold out for long any more so it takes me a lot longer to do it.
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Originally Posted by SWEETPEACHES
I love planning. I love choosing fabrics and choosing a pattern. I have many ideas written down.
I don't mind cutting the fabric. I enjoy sewing the pieces together and watching it come alive and take the shape that I envisioned. But I really really dislike squaring up the blocks. I'm making a Friendship Star. It's going to have 42 blocks (I think). Each block has 1 solid square and 8 HST. I detest squaring up those HST's before I sew them all together to form the block. And it's putting a damper on my quilting this weekend. I keep taking breaks. I wish I could hire someone to square my squares! :roll: |
I hate squaring up the block. This takes forever! I can't sit for long periods so I do a few than go do something else and do a few more. Takes me longer to square them up than to do everything else.
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I love it all, especially right now when I can't do it.
Hand surgery!!!! but soon I hope... |
Originally Posted by Moonglow
I love the whole process of making quilts, it's the distractions (eg housework, shopping etc) that sometimes frustrates me.
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MZStitch I'm with you. I hate choosing the fabric. I'm always afraid that there is something better that I haven't seen yet or someone will say 'why'd you put THAT colour in there?' I know that it is MY quilt but I am just not confident with colours. Unfortunately, I don't have a LQS nearer than 30 miles and work (while paying for my fabric obsession) does limit my time.
BUT I LOOOVE designing. And I must admit that, given the time to play (and create) I'm not bad at it--especially when I know that the cost of the fabric is minimal and the local animal shelter doesn't care that it is a creation-gone-wonky. I actually look for super-cheap fabric to keep on hand to try out new patterns or something of my own creation. Oh and yeah--that housework thing--don't like that much either--or laundry--or yard work--or just work (oh, yeah guess I have to keep doing that one--pays for the previously mentioned obsession) |
I love everything about putting a quilt together except for the hand sewing. I give all my quilts and projects to my friend's 90 year old mother who just loves to hand sew. She won't take any money either so I send a bag of candy each time, which she absolutely loves.
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