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Your story is sooo sad! i hope you find a different quilt shop and continue quilting. I'm a newbie too and luckily the quilt shops I have been to have been extremely helpful.
I agree with other posts that say that this board is also supportive. I am a new member on the board and the amount of info available is amazing! Hang in there!!! |
Originally Posted by libber
I would say that it is time to 'expose' the shops that put profit before customer satisfaction and quality. After all if we do not share the less than positive experiences we have shopping how are these shops going to learn that we will not shop there again?
I say, bring on the names....(of the stores, that is) :thumbup: |
Originally Posted by purrfectquilts
I'm sorry you had problems. It might not be just your quarter inch foot. It could be the thread you are using too. If the thread is on the thicker side, you need to be one or two threads shy of the one-quarter inch. This would be enough to make the difference you mentioned.
Using a thinner thread you would only need to be shy maybe one thread width. Quilt patterns call this using a scant quarter inch. A lot of patterns and pre cut kits are designed using computer programs that do not allow for the thread difference. Now you see reading posts like this one is interesting to me as a new quilter. I did not know this and have not heard it mentioned before by experienced quilters. I was told recently by an experienced quilter at our Wednesday sew day "for a non-quilter you sure know alot of stuff about quilting". Little did they know that I come to this board and other sites online and I read and learn stuff like this. LOL |
Originally Posted by Quiltbeagle
To fix your blocks you can find a coordinating fabric (or one you just like), frame each block log-cabin style to make a border, then square them all to the size you needed for your pattern.
I remembered her saying this just the other week when a friend who has a couple years experience quilting invited me to come sew at her house and she was working on a quilt for a GI she and her hubby adopted who was leaving to go to Germany after having come back from Iraq or some such place. Anyway I reminded her of what that quilter told us and taught us last fall and we placed the blocks on the wall to see what would be needed and used coordinating fabric to match up and when she showed it last week it looked even more beautiful than what she expected it to be. |
Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Originally Posted by grugirl
I love the idea of breaking all the rules when I quilt.
OK, I need help here...what ARE the hard and fast RULES for quilting...other than giving credit to the pattern designer and quilter if you don't do it all yourself??? :twisted: My attitude is do as you please and just have fun with it. Make it your idea, your project and yours entirely. I always tell them "different strokes for different folk" when one of them proceeds to make comments that is not the way to do it. And it makes me want more to keep annonying them with doing things outside of their box. |
It is sad that you had a bad experience at your lqs. Maybe you should talk to the owner. Sometimes the hired help does not have much more experience than the customer they are trying to help. Do not let it keep you from trying again and from completing your project. Maybe get some help from another quilt shop if the ideas here don't help.
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So sorry about your bad experience. This is not the norm, at least not in NC! I find shop owners, and especially customers, full of ideas, ready to share, teach, lend ideas and techniques, and wonderfully willing to help. Next time you need help, come here and post questions. I am a novice too and have learned so much from reading posts from the experts who frequent this site!
Don't give up! Your next quilt will be a masterpiece! Hang in there! Every time you complete a project, you will get a little bit better! |
Sorry about the experience you had. I think what ever you do should please you and not someone else. They are no rules
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Sorry you have had a bad experience. But please chalk it up as just that.
Each quilt shop has it's own personality. Just like local stores of any kind. would I go back if what you described happened to me. No, but then, maybe it was not the owner. Good luck.. hope you are enjoying quilting. Ell |
I signed up for a BOM via the internet with a quilt shop out of state. First kit arrived, it was short on fabric. I complained, was told it was the correct amount. Apparently soon thereafter several other people also complained. Then I rec'd an apology letter and some extra fabric strips. This was not a good experience - I will not order a kit from an unknown shop again.
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Originally Posted by gramarraine
It is sad that you had a bad experience at your lqs. Maybe you should talk to the owner. Sometimes the hired help does not have much more experience than the customer they are trying to help. Do not let it keep you from trying again and from completing your project. Maybe get some help from another quilt shop if the ideas here don't help.
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I agree with all the others, don't give up, there are many ways to make your quilt come out nice. If you had a pattern where all the seams had to line up perfectly, I would consider just rotating them so more of the seams will not show so much if they don't line up (hidden by the common color). If all your blocks are the dimensions you described, you could sew all the (3-piece) blocks, then measure them all & trim them all to one size before continuing. I would also add some more black sashing to fill in. Here is just one idea based on the block you describe...a "Rail Fence" of sorts in a weave layout.
Rail Fence variation - weave layout [ATTACH=CONFIG]176271[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Originally Posted by grugirl
I love the idea of breaking all the rules when I quilt.
Pre-wash your fabric...or not, your choice, not a rule 1/4 in seams or scant 1/4 inch seams...your choice, just be consistent, not a rule (and I know I'm not consistent :oops: ) Press seams to one side or open, and press after each seam or when you are finished with the block or whole top...your choice, not a rule Use starch, press with steam or dry...your choice, not a rule Press fabric before cutting...your choice, just makes it easier :lol: Color choices are totally your choice...it's YOUR quilt and only you have to be happy with it. (working on a hot pink, hot orange and black right now that would curl some quilters' toes!) Oh, I know a rule...don't IRON triangles, just press them or they get wonky...but maybe wonky works for you (I've made it work for me!) OK, I need help here...what ARE the hard and fast RULES for quilting...other than giving credit to the pattern designer and quilter if you don't do it all yourself??? Have a blast with your new addiction...it is a fabulously fun one and this board if filled with wonderful experienced quilters just waiting to help you with any question you may have!! Whatever works for you! |
Be sure you let that qs know exactly what their kit was really like. It may be late to get your money back but they should know!
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Hi Neighbor Grumpy, I live in League City also. I go to Pin Wheels & Posies to the Saturday Sampler. It is on the 1st Saturday of the month. It will be this Saturday and we have 2 more blocks in this session. Really love it alot. They are very helpful.
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