Mdegenhart

lots2do, I am short too and I flout the "raise your chair" rule. I keep my chair very LOW so that I am just above eye level to the presser foot.

Mdegenhart

Vera, I put a ruler with markings under the presser foot up against the foot flange and note the needle setting to get me to just shy of 1/4". If you do this you can be consistent (enough) to go between machines.

Helen6869

After reading this thread I realize hey, I am not alone!! I have the very same problems as many of you.....do i really expect things to go perfectly every time I sit down to sew? not by a long shot! I just go with the flow and do the best I can. I am not above ripping seams to get those seams "nestled" as Eleanor Burns says....just keep working at learning and improving. My main dilemma right now is as another one wrote, finding patterns to go with all the fabrics I've collected the last 16 years! Another dilemma, indecision. Good luck to all at overcoming these various dilemmas and moving on!!

carolynjo

Some people are wonderful quilters, but they perhaps need to enlist a professional writer to go over their directions to make they are clear and no steps are left out.

Claire123

The first would be finding the energy, money & time to complete projects without starting too many new ones. The other would be working on not focusing too much on imperfections.

lots2do

I'd add trying to work out problems rather than giving up and setting the problem aside for a long period of time.

gramma nancy

i share everyone's pain as I read these, but my biggest dilemma is how to squeeze more hours out of the day (and hight!)