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Quiltmaking chores I would cheerfully never do again.....

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Old 05-18-2016, 06:14 PM
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I enjoy all stages of quilt making. I would be trilled if all my finished projects looks as good as what I envision I my head. Not there yet but hope springs eternal.
My thoughts exactly!! I really enjoy it all....Binding is my favorite!
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Old 05-18-2016, 06:21 PM
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sandwiching the quilt.....I don't really have the room to do it well, when it is king sized.
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Old 05-18-2016, 06:26 PM
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For me it is the actual quilting of it - only because I am not that good at it and cannot afford $300.00 for a LA'er to do it.
Ditto! I've been quilting all day, and I'm bushed!
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Old 05-18-2016, 06:44 PM
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since the majority of my quilts were hand quilted by me, i don't mind that part. binding on something round or not straight. that's a problem i hate to deal with, like a circle. I quilt in sections, so the basting part isn't so bad. I was quilting way before the rotary cutter, so i like using the rotary cutter now. got that when it first came out. best invention since the sewing machine.
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Old 05-18-2016, 06:48 PM
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ok....ok....ok....I've read all the posts on this thread and while I can understand most of them my most hated part of quilting is 1) deciding on a pattern/block to make and 2) picking COLORS....I am the worst and not good at figuring out color combos....all the rest of quilting doesn't bother me! why couldn't it be the binding???!!!
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Old 05-18-2016, 07:52 PM
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I've got 2 currently in progress, but once they're done, I hope to go a long time without doing another tee shirt quilt. The sheer amount of time spent standing over a hot iron setting the interfacing to the shirts.

And then doing it all again when it fails to stick/peels too easily.
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Old 05-18-2016, 08:47 PM
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Sandwiching the quilt!
I dislike it enough that this is the reason why I have several unquilted tops.... have to pull myself together and just get it done.
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Old 05-18-2016, 09:26 PM
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[QUOTE=mme3924;7552928]When I first began quiltmaking, I loved cutting. I had been sewing for donkey's years, but it was mostly clothesmaking, and I had never used a rotary cutter. So I enjoyed the preciseness of it. And, I think, it delayed the actual sewing of a block, which I was apprehensive about.

Now, some years later, I almost hate cutting. It bores me and sometimes frustrates me. What I want now is to get to the sewing.

And to add to the title of this thread, here are other things I'd cheerfully never do again while quiltmaking:

1. Square up blocks .... ugh!

2. Make the quilt sandwich. I hate this part.

3. Decide upon, measure, and sew borders....mainly because it's boring.

4. Clean up my mess after all is done.

Oddly, I don't mind the binding, which some people hate.

So, what are your "I'd never do it again if I had a choice" quiltmaking chores?[/Q

Binding! So how about if you do my binding and I do the rest of the things you don't like?
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Old 05-18-2016, 09:41 PM
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Ironing the fabric! The shorter pieces, a yard or so, aren't so bad, but ironing backing and other sizable lengths just bores me to tears. And hurts my back.

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Old 05-19-2016, 02:54 AM
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I find that my quilts lay flatter if I trim up my blocks before sewing them together. I get lots of compliments on how flat my quilt lay. I didn't dislike binding, but it is hard for me to do with my hands any more. I ONLY clean when I have to find something!
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