What bothers you when making a quilt?
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 15,639
When I lay out my design and CAREFULLY plan the sewing order. It NEVER fails that at one point I sew the wrong side and my entire pattern gets off. Often I don't notice until the entire top is sewn. At least I have a battery-operated seam ripper for just those occasions.
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
Posts: 6,674
I try never ever to undo , just a waste of time. It has to be a very very serious reason. The thing which annoys me are my two seams slipping apart as you sew 1/4" seam.
not sure why they slip.
not sure why they slip.
#18
The math, if I'm trying to make a quilt without a pattern!! One small calculation error and it drives me mad for hours trying to figure it out. Last time this happened, the QB members saved my sanity
#20
What bothers me is that I am using a 1/4" foot with a guide and I move my needle over 1 so I'm getting a scant 1/4" so that is good - right? Well, somehow my blocks never end up even or if there are points, I loose the points when I put them together. So my new motto is "make it bigger and trim it to size!" Waste a little fabric - keep my sanity.
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