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I am that partner love quilting and sewing and putting the binding on hey maybe we could go into business LOL -- Kathy B in West Oz http://community.webshots.com/user/kazzxie51 ""Pussywillow" Volfie" wrote in message ... I was piecing a block today and it occured to me that there are very specific parts of building a quilt that I like and very specific parts I don't like (or don't like as much). I like looking at patterns and designs and dreaming up quilts. I like finding, buying, washing, ironing, cutting the fabric. I like cutting out stuff I can cut with a rotary cutter. I like working with patterns and putting the pieces together for sewing. I'm not so wild about the sewing part. I like trimming the sewn pieces to make them square. I like ironing them open. I like pining those pieces together for the next stage. Then I'm back to the sewing which I don't like so much. Once the whole top is assembled, I've pretty much hit my "I like" limits. I don't like sandwiching the layers together. I don't like basting. I don't like quilting although if someone does all the other steps for me, I will stipple my brains out -- the only quilting I love, love, LOVE to do. I don't like putting on the binding. I DO love looking at the finished quilt. Now if I could just find a partner who likes doing the parts I hate, I could make a quilt about every other day or so. |
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"Pussywillow" Volfie wrote:
I was piecing a block today and it occured to me that there are very specific parts of building a quilt that I like and very specific parts I don't like (or don't like as much). I like looking at patterns and designs and dreaming up quilts. I like finding, buying, washing, ironing, cutting the fabric. I like cutting out stuff I can cut with a rotary cutter. I like working with patterns and putting the pieces together for sewing. I'm not so wild about the sewing part. I like trimming the sewn pieces to make them square. I like ironing them open. I like pining those pieces together for the next stage. Then I'm back to the sewing which I don't like so much. Once the whole top is assembled, I've pretty much hit my "I like" limits. I don't like sandwiching the layers together. I don't like basting. I don't like quilting although if someone does all the other steps for me, I will stipple my brains out -- the only quilting I love, love, LOVE to do. I don't like putting on the binding. I DO love looking at the finished quilt. Now if I could just find a partner who likes doing the parts I hate, I could make a quilt about every other day or so. I love all of it, but the best bit of all is seeing the finished quilt wrapped round someone who needs it just at that moment. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Oh, Polly ...
In article , Polly Esther writes I love the honor of hugging a little guy who arrives at a shelter with nothing to call his own, not even a Wal-Mart plastic sack with a change of underwear. The quilts to the Linus folks, the little ones at the Lion's House who were abandoned and the neonatal unit where, for a long time, they are only known as the "baby with the chicken quilt" because it hurts too much to think of that little bit of life as a person. I love having the time, enough skill, the materials and the tools to show love. Yes. I love it. Polly -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I love fabric. Working with it. Enjoy all aspects of the quilting
process, although some much more than others. (Basting is a pain, literally. Which is why I spray baste as much as possible. Takes less time and less stress on the hands/fingers.) I enjoy both hand and machine work. Love using a nice sharp rotary cutter to cut out parts. But do get bored trimming a lot of parts to size. (But the end result makes it so worth it. ) The actual quilting is my downfall because I don't think I do it well enough. But I am persisting and trying to do more to be able to do it better. Pati, in Phx "Pussywillow" Volfie wrote: I was piecing a block today and it occured to me that there are very specific parts of building a quilt that I like and very specific parts I don't like (or don't like as much). I like looking at patterns and designs and dreaming up quilts. I like finding, buying, washing, ironing, cutting the fabric. I like cutting out stuff I can cut with a rotary cutter. I like working with patterns and putting the pieces together for sewing. I'm not so wild about the sewing part. I like trimming the sewn pieces to make them square. I like ironing them open. I like pining those pieces together for the next stage. Then I'm back to the sewing which I don't like so much. Once the whole top is assembled, I've pretty much hit my "I like" limits. I don't like sandwiching the layers together. I don't like basting. I don't like quilting although if someone does all the other steps for me, I will stipple my brains out -- the only quilting I love, love, LOVE to do. I don't like putting on the binding. I DO love looking at the finished quilt. Now if I could just find a partner who likes doing the parts I hate, I could make a quilt about every other day or so. |
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Ooooh yes I agree Kate - that is the best bit. But I also like the dreaming
up designs too. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Kate Dicey" wrote in message ... I love all of it, but the best bit of all is seeing the finished quilt wrapped round someone who needs it just at that moment. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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I agree - Oh Polly. And it's true. Those quilts will stay with the babies
their whole lives and the story of them too. I remember when both my girls were in NICU fighting for their lives (born at 27 weeks and 32 weeks) and I remember looking at them and thinking "I can't love them because it will hurt too much if I lose them". Didn't work - I still loved 'em to pieces. Still do. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Patti" wrote in message ... Oh, Polly ... In article , Polly Esther writes I love the honor of hugging a little guy who arrives at a shelter with nothing to call his own, not even a Wal-Mart plastic sack with a change of underwear. The quilts to the Linus folks, the little ones at the Lion's House who were abandoned and the neonatal unit where, for a long time, they are only known as the "baby with the chicken quilt" because it hurts too much to think of that little bit of life as a person. I love having the time, enough skill, the materials and the tools to show love. Yes. I love it. Polly -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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After quite a few years of experience, I now like it all. Except for
hand-stitching the binding. And ripping out mistakes. Roberta in D ""Pussywillow" Volfie" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I was piecing a block today and it occured to me that there are very specific parts of building a quilt that I like and very specific parts I don't like (or don't like as much). I like looking at patterns and designs and dreaming up quilts. I like finding, buying, washing, ironing, cutting the fabric. I like cutting out stuff I can cut with a rotary cutter. I like working with patterns and putting the pieces together for sewing. I'm not so wild about the sewing part. I like trimming the sewn pieces to make them square. I like ironing them open. I like pining those pieces together for the next stage. Then I'm back to the sewing which I don't like so much. Once the whole top is assembled, I've pretty much hit my "I like" limits. I don't like sandwiching the layers together. I don't like basting. I don't like quilting although if someone does all the other steps for me, I will stipple my brains out -- the only quilting I love, love, LOVE to do. I don't like putting on the binding. I DO love looking at the finished quilt. Now if I could just find a partner who likes doing the parts I hate, I could make a quilt about every other day or so. |
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Diana Curtis wrote:
I enjoy designing, and putting the last stitch in the binding. :-) I like pressing bits and finding they went together acceptably well. Diana -- I only like piecing when the seams come out less than half a mile apart - otherwise I get really upset... Seriously, I procrastinate about the whole thing until the top is pieced and Paul has held it up at least 6 foot in front of me (galloping horse theory!) and I can see for myself that its really nice and that you REALLY can't see the 'tiny' glitches or seams that don't meet quite as well as they should... then I get a second wind and have to get it basted, quilted by machine to stabilize it as soon as possible - then into the big hoop it goes for hand-quilting! And - I love sewing the binding on - you know that everything is done except that, and can start to move onto the next project! Suzie B -- "From the internet connection under the pier" Southend, UK -- Please remove NOSPAM when emailing me! http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga |
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I love looking for a pattern which will fit the purpose of the quilt, then
finding the fabrics to fit the pattern. I love the cutting and sewing. I prefer to machine piece. I hate pinning and basting. Most of my larger quilts are sent out for quilting - that eliminates the need for pinning and basting, but I mainly do it because I don't machine quilt as well I would like, so I leave it to the experts. My favorite part is the binding. I love binding! If I could start a binding business, I'd do it in a heartbeat! But, my most favorite part of quilting is the all the friends I have met since I started quilting - priceless! -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/RCTQ/index.htm (add a recipe) "Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.." Lisa Alther ""Pussywillow" Volfie" wrote in message ... :I was piecing a block today and it occured to me that there are very : specific parts of building a quilt that I like and very specific parts I : don't like (or don't like as much). : : I like looking at patterns and designs and dreaming up quilts. : I like finding, buying, washing, ironing, cutting the fabric. : I like cutting out stuff I can cut with a rotary cutter. : I like working with patterns and putting the pieces together for sewing. : : I'm not so wild about the sewing part. : : I like trimming the sewn pieces to make them square. : I like ironing them open. : I like pining those pieces together for the next stage. : : Then I'm back to the sewing which I don't like so much. : : Once the whole top is assembled, I've pretty much hit my "I like" limits. : : I don't like sandwiching the layers together. : I don't like basting. : I don't like quilting although if someone does all the other steps for me, I : will stipple my brains out -- the only quilting I love, love, LOVE to do. : I don't like putting on the binding. : : I DO love looking at the finished quilt. : : Now if I could just find a partner who likes doing the parts I hate, I could : make a quilt about every other day or so. : : : : |
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I hate the frog stitch!
-- Bonnie NJ |
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