What is your least favorite part of quilting?
11-21-2010, 09:27 PM
#44
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I dislike doing borders!! I always hated trying to cut long pieces straight until I learned here to tear the pieces. That is so much easier because it tears straight but, I still trim 1/4" off the torn edges. Not as bad as cutting the whole thing.
My quilts usually end up waiting a long time for me to get the will to do the borders.
My quilts usually end up waiting a long time for me to get the will to do the borders.
11-21-2010, 09:31 PM
#45
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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.
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.
11-21-2010, 09:53 PM
#47
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I find myself most frustrated w/the sandwiching and basting. Some projects are a challenge to quilt on my DSM, maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to own that LA I'm dreaming of. Unlike a lot of you, I enjoy the handwork of stitching down the binding - I find it relaxing and it lets me take time to appreciate the project I just finished.
11-21-2010, 10:01 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
For those of you who hate the sandwiching part of large quilts, why not have someone with a longarm do the basting for you? That way you can get it put together with no tucks in the backing.
11-21-2010, 10:22 PM
#49
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That is why I tried the Sharon Schambers method with the two boards. I always called on my kids and grandkids to do the floor work, after I became unable to do it myself, but now I can sit or stand at the dining room table and do the sandwiching without any others help.
11-21-2010, 11:44 PM
#50
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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!
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