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#51
I usually don't cut all the pieces at the same time because my wrist won't allow it. I cut as many pieces as I can before my wrist hurts too much and I have to stop. Then I sew for a while before cutting more pieces.
#52
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When you are cutting out the parts to a quilt, do you cut them all out before starting to sew or do you cut some, sew some, cut some more, etc? I have just cut out the parts to the squares of a new quilt and think I will put the squares together before cutting out the sashings. Does anyone else do that? Just curious.....
#53
I do both - depending on the quilt design. I cut some, sew some, then cut more. Sometimes my DH likes me to sit and watch t.v. with him...I can't be idle with my hands, so I cut more while watching t.v. If I know he has other things to do and we will avoid the t.v. time, I cut them all out, then sew them all at one time.
#54
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sometimes I do it that way, but usually I do the blocks first and then cut the sashings--because I may change my mind about sashings, as some have mentioned, or it will look differently after the blocks are done. Since I'm working for stash, that works for me. if I had bought everything at the fabric store and kinda HAD to use what I had for each thing, I'd probably go ahead and cut the sashings at the beginning if I were sure I was going to use what fabric and already knew the size, etc.
#58
It depends on the quilt. I rarely use a pattern, so therefore no fabric requirements list for me to follow and sometimes I cut until I know I have enough fabric before I start sewing. That often requires cutting most or all of the quilt pieces first. I've come up short only one time and had to set aside some cut pieces (added to my stash for scrappy quilts) and go buy some fabric to replace it.
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