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Originally Posted by StitchinJoy

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Originally Posted by janb

I love it all, but if I had to choose some part I liked least it would be preparing the fabric for cutting.

I hate to bind. I would rather move on to the next project.

I love to hem the binding by hand, but hate to sew it on to begin with. Fortunately, I have two friends who love me enough to sew the binding on for me. I am blessed.

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Originally Posted by charismah

I hate borders....ONce i get to borders sometimes I have to let my project sit for a few days to "talk" myself into do them....Measure...cut ..measure...Measure again..UGH!

Borders are not my favorite thing either. I am obsessive about them and don't like to piece them. So I have to buy fabric at least as long as the finished quilt will be and cut the borders lengthwise before doing any other cutting. Is that weird or what! Given the economy and my finance now that I am retired, I will probably have to suck it up and buy less fabric and piece my borders in the future. Darn.

Picking out the fabric. When sewing clothes, I can pick one in the store to match or blend without even having a sample. Quilts? I just don't SEE color combos like you all do.

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Originally Posted by maryb119

Adding the label is a chore for me. I always add on but sometimes, my quilts have to wait a while after they are finished before I get around to adding one. I add an aditional label if the quilt places in a show and those labels really wait a while.

I am that way too! Usually just sign with a Pigma pen if I remember to!

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Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter

I hate marking the diagonal lines on squares to make HSTs and flying geese. Bores me to tears and somehow there's always a zillion of them.

I have used post-it notes corner to corner if the square is small enough and stitched just next to the edge of the paper when doing flying geese. Seems to work well for me as I don't like to draw lines either. When doing HSTs i also use the sticky and just stitch 1/4 in away from it. I move the tape over 1/4 inch too.

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Originally Posted by Jim's Gem

I'm not real fond of the sandwiching either. Though I have trained DH very well on how to help me. That and he has keys to the church where we go and push tables together.

Mine wait a long time to be quilted. I only have my Bernina to quilt on and I have a hard time coming up with a good quilting design to use. I am very weak in that area.

I send mine out to be quilted. I admire anyone who does that part themselves. PS keep the hubby. Keys to the church sounds like keys to the kingdom to me. Blessings on you both.

Another vote here for CUTTING!

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Originally Posted by Izaquilter

Sandwiching the 3 layers. Now that I'm getting older it's getting harder & harder to get on the floor & pin my quilts. Going to send one to a friend with a long arm & have her baste it & I'm going to pin it as she goes.....

I am curious--why is it necessary for you to pin after having it basted on the long arm--I thought that kind of basting took care of any slippage, etc.?????

I dislike the cutting. Love the rest of the process, especially hand-sewing the binding at the end. I find that so relaxing and it marks the end of the project. Good thing! But it also means I have to cut the fabric for the next project. Bad thing! ;)

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Originally Posted by Vanuatu Jill

sandwiching and thread-basting (I hand-quilt) is so bad, everytime I have to do anything larger than a wall-quilt, I end up in pain-and sometimes, tears from doing it on the floor. I HATE IT! I got a full sheet of plywood several years ago and taped the edges and got some big plastic bull clips to anchor it and except the bending over it, it works really well. The problem sometimes is when it is a queen or so, I have to keep shifting the sandwich to get to another section to baste and risk getting a wrinkle to two in the backing. I couldn't take that board with me when I moved back to the U.S. and haven't replaced it yetproblem being I don't have the room for it now!! I got on the floor earlier this week to baste a Xmas tree skirt and I'm still feeling the effects!! I HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT SO MUCH, each time I wonder why I keep doing it! Then when the pain goes away, I remember why!!

Have you considered putting the plywood board on sawhorses or same height bookcases, so you don't have to get on the floor?

I have a piece of plywood that I bought folding legs for: attached the folding legs to the plywood, and then got those chair-elevating things to place under the legs, so that the height was right. If I had to do it on the floor, I'd be in the same kind of pain you are!!