Anniedeb

I only have one friend who quilts, and we did try to make baby quilts, but it ended up being a disaster! We had the opportunity to make 12 baby quilts for what would have been a "pop-up" type of craft sale. We spent hours gathering and matching up patterns, colors, panels, minky, flannel. We then cut and sewed strips, borders etc. She second guessed every color, seam, binding, backing etc. I kept telling her she was being too critical, but to no avail. The sale came and went, with not one of our quilts done. She kept them all, and eventually finished them, and donated them because she didn't "like" them. We have totally different styles, machines and stashes. I just now know that we are not quilt compatible!!

hobbykat1955

Yup...play better by myself. But once a yr a friend and I get together at her Lake Hse. Prior to that we pick a project "theme" and we both work our own individual project and see the results of each others at the end. She and I have totally diff likes when it comes to fabrics and style so it's just fun being together and working on our own project while chatting and sewing away. This yr's theme..."Under the Sea"...wall hanging...will post when finished...

maminstl

I work with a friend, always at my house, all the time. She does lots of toddler size quilts and we frequently work on them together. I have chosen probably 90% or more of the fabrics in our stash, and she will pull fabrics for me to look at which I will then "edit". I keep her taste in mind when I shop for fabric so always have some of what I know she will like (very different taste- she is traditional, I most definitely am not) We think this is about the most fun there is in quilting. I have taught her everything she knows, so we play together very nicely. My own quilts are only done by me because I am selfish that way.

Watson

My Mom and I made a quilt together for my niece/her grand daughter and we each took one element of the quilt to do. My Mom did the applique and background and I did the frame and quilting. It turned out well and we didn't step on each others toes.

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luvstoquilt301

I love this thread. My guild did an opportunity quilt made of member blocks. They were paper pieced. This really helps with the precision issue. With instructions not to trim them.

QOV has done block drives and the block is always something that is made much bigger and will get trimmed later.

I hate sewing donated blocks together. Sometimes you just have to put a frame around each block and trim to a consistent size.

I sew with friends all the time but we each have our own projects to work on. I love sewing what everyone is making and often get ideas for something I would like to sew.

Rhonda Lee

I love people and I adore quilters. I don't do well sharing a project. I'm a little AR a little OCD and a little bit of a perfectionist. I, not intentionally, make it difficult for others to work with me. I'll redo or correct something or "you name it" and the partnership gets a little weird. I absolutely love quilting. I'm also a good teacher. So I have learned to back away from sharing a quilting project with another person. I want to encourage and praise and help. I totally come unglued if I've hurt anyone's feelings even if it's unintentional.

bearisgray

I am one of "those" people that expects a block/unit to come out close to the expected size. I mind when it doesn't - especially if it is supposed to be used with other blocks/units of an expected size.

So - if there is a mess up - I prefer to do it myself!

magicmoonmusings

A couple of Round Robins is the closest I've come.

They were fun but also challenging. I was a new quilter so I learned a lot about doing the math for multiple pieced borders as well as choosing and working with fabrics that were not my personal taste. I was glad I participated but it only worked because the group (it was a small guild) decided from the beginning that it was purely for fun and not to expect masterpieces. It also really helped that each person included a list of what styles/colours/etc she really liked and what she absolutely hated and we all respected each other's preferences. I think the beginners had more fun than the experienced quilters, though.

I haven't been part of a guild for years yet I often think about finding one or two like-minded gals for an informal group to quilt or embroider along side each other, mainly for social company but also for encouragement and critique.

petthefabric

I like parallel play. My art quilt friend and I (also art quilt) would each work on a quilt. Then when ready for critique, we'd stop. We gave honest critiques. Then left it to the maker. We often changed our quilt. Both were better for the mutual support. Had the greatest life discussions

The last time she was here, she was very ill. She talked about living life purposely, and said she'd done everything and been to every country she'd wanted. She said, when I go I think it will ge quick. I agreed with her. She died the next week of blood clots in her lungs. Doing better 1 day, gone the next. Now she's gotten to her favorite place.

anonymous

petthefabric What a sweet story. How nice to have such a good friend. I want to go the same way someday, just so I have enough time to get rid of my stash first. Lol.
I bet you miss your friend, my condolences and hoping someday you can quilt again reunited in her favorite place.