What bothers you when making a quilt?
07-17-2015, 03:59 PM
#42
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Batting that beards! I have a roll of Hobbs Tuscany Cotton and a roll of Hobbs Tuscany cotton/wool blend and love both. But I recently found Quilter's Dream Orient (the one with bamboo) for a good deal on ebay, so bought it. Wow, was I ever sorry. The quilting was fairly intricate, spent a week on it, though that time was likely extended do to constantly stopping and going over it with a lint roller. I went thru a large lint roller during the quilting and after it was done. What a mess . . .never again.
07-17-2015, 05:59 PM
#43
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My children & furbabies usually bother me more than quilting related things. I admit I am a procrastinator which sometimes means I think about a shortcut, take and then spend the rest of the day with Frank & Henrietta (my 2 seam rippers.) Even when I think I have the schedule figured out, it's wrong somehow & that's what bugs me most. Yes, I also agree with Jingle that the clock moves too fast.
07-17-2015, 06:24 PM
#44
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Location: Harrison, MI
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What bothers me the most is when I make simple mistakes. Something that I have been doing mindlessly for years & all the sudden I do it wrong. I guess sometimes you get to the point where you get too comfortable or something & just make simple mistakes that you would be too embarrassed to tell anyone about. lol
07-17-2015, 06:26 PM
#45
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dealing with batting is my least favorite also....in my dreams my (dream) longarm will have a roller underneath for the roll of batting....in reality I guess that is not really practical because it would get full of thread snippits, but in dreams it never happens.
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07-18-2015, 09:45 AM
#50
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There is a Pfaff available where I do some volunteer sewing. I'm not sure what model. I like this machine, and it does have a bobbin minder. But IMHO, there are two problems with it. It's just a tiny red light, and easy to miss. And there is really too much thread on the bobbin when the light turns on to change bobbins. I'd like a bobbin minder that squawks at me and I'd like to so little thread left on the bobbin that I don't mind pitching it.
I wanted to read about the gripes of other quilters. The bobbin running out and not realizing it until I've gone through so many pieces. I've heard some machines have a bobbin minder that lets you know when the bobbin thread is low. Any quilters out there that have that option and does it work well for you? Secondly, I don't know if I could call this a gripe but I don't care for sandwiching the quilt. I must 7 or 8 tops to do, mostly charity.
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