What do you like/don't you like about quilting?

I collect cook books. I read them. Then I make stuff. Usually just use
a recipe as a suggestion guide (except for baking). I make the same
dish, but it comes out differently depending on how I feel at the time.
And what is on hand.

One of the local stores had shrimp for 3.99 a pound, smallish ones, but
a good size for cooking. Some of them will end up in a gumbo, with
Andoulle (spelling??) and chicken. Some will either be a curry or a
pasta dish with feta and tomatoes and olives.

Now I am getting hungry. G

Love experimenting with food.

Pati, in Phx

Louise wrote:

You too? I seldom fix the same dish twice -- at least not exactly the same!
Once in a while I find something that's really great and it gets repeated,
but generally I'm looking to fix something new and different. I couldn't
live without allrecipes.com (okay, I could live without it, but it wouldn't
be as much fun!).

I call them a fact of life........ where ever they may be found. G

Pati, in Phx

Pat in Virginia wrote:

Those little threads?
I call them Wearable Art Embellishments!
PAT in VA/USA

Cow Whisperer wrote:

Boy, I had to laugh at my own reply...I don't like the little threads
I wear all over my clothes when I go to town (cause I snuck in just a
few stitches before I left). Guess I like all the things about
quilting!
Cow Whisperer

My grandma had a room full of cookbooks she'd collected. She'd copy recipes
from anywhere onto little 3x5 cards. She'd clip recipes and tape or glue
them onto blank paper and put in 3-ring binders (the small ones, not the big
ones). She enjoyed reading them, but I seldom saw her actually COOK with
them. To her, the joy wasn't in the food, but in what the recipe entailed.
Nothing strange about that. I have a bookshelf full of cookbooks, and 4
cases of books in the garage I've got no room for (yet). But I couldn't
part with a single one of those, because they're a huge part of who she was
and who I am.

"Pati Cook" wrote in message
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I collect cook books. I read them. Then I make stuff. Usually just use a
recipe as a suggestion guide (except for baking). I make the same dish,
but it comes out differently depending on how I feel at the time. And what
is on hand.
One of the local stores had shrimp for 3.99 a pound, smallish ones, but a
good size for cooking. Some of them will end up in a gumbo, with Andoulle
(spelling??) and chicken. Some will either be a curry or a pasta dish
with feta and tomatoes and olives.
Now I am getting hungry. G

Love experimenting with food.

Pati, in Phx

Louise wrote:

You too? I seldom fix the same dish twice -- at least not exactly the
same! Once in a while I find something that's really great and it gets
repeated, but generally I'm looking to fix something new and different. I
couldn't live without allrecipes.com (okay, I could live without it, but
it wouldn't be as much fun!).

I like planning the best. I can change my mind a million times before I
finally settle down to make one. I change my mind about design, color,
size, etc. until I realize I'll never get one done THAT way and commit to
one.

I like making the blocks a little, mostly despising matching all the little
seams. If there aren't many pieces to the block, I'm much more calm. If
there's a lot of pieces to a block, I'd rather make a bigger block.
Otherwise, I start to think I'll NEVER finish, and turn my WIP into a UFO.

I like making the blocks into the top. If it's made that far, it nags at
me, though.

I DESPISE sandwiching and quilting. To me, that's a chore that keeps me
from playing with the geometry.

I like the first part of putting on the binding, because it's quick and easy
and reminds me that I'm almost done. I don't like slip-stitching the
binding, until I get to the last few inches and can see that I'm almost
there.

I love putting the label on. It's the last thing I do before I give it
away.

I hate giving it away, until I hear how much the recipient loved it. Then
I'm finally satisfied that I did a good job.

""Pussywillow" Volfie" wrote in message
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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.

Linda,
I've never heard of a Mid Arm? Sounds interesting & must be something in
between a Long Arm & a sewing machine, but I can't think of what it could
be.

Pauline
"nana2b" wrote in message
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I love the fabric buying, cutting out the pieces and seeing the blocks
come
to life. The part I really hated was getting on the floor and pin basting
the quilt. I also did not like the wresting match with the SM to quilt
the
quilt. Now that I have the Mid Arm, I really look forward the quilting
part. Last but not least I love to hand stitch the binding down after
stitching the first part on the machine. That is when the quilt truly
gets
filled with love. The label will say it all.

Linda in Tx

I think I finally found something I don't like. Applique!

I love the way it looks on other peoples quilts - and I hope I learn
how to do it in a way that I don't begrudge it so much....

but trying to figure out how I'm going to put these butterfly pieces
together on the back of SMs Red Hat Vest is about to drive me batty!
How do I keep all those little edges turned under ?!
pulling my hair out over purple pieces
Tina

Tina, don't be too hasty about appliqué! It is such a great and useful
medium. I do understand how it can be daunting at first.
If you have something you want to do straight away - you mentioned
butterflies - then this is a method I suggest you might not mind too
much, because it eliminates raw edges:

(You sound as if you might have done a couple of steps already, so bear
with me, I'll set it out from the start):

Take the fabric you want to use for the appliqué, then put it right
sides together with another piece of very fine fabric in a colour which
matches or compliments the top piece, or a piece of fine interlining -
non-fusible.
Draw around your template/pattern on whichever of these two is easier to
see a line. Sew all the way around this line, joining the two pieces.
Trim round this sewn line, you can go quite close, less than a quarter
inch nearer to an eighth if you want. Clip curves almost to the sewn
line.
Very carefully, ease the two pieces apart and cut a slit in the *back*
piece, not right to the edges.
Turn through to the right side and smooth the edges all the way out,
then press. Lo and behold you have a lovely smooth line, a lined
pattern piece and no raw edges to be seen.
You can then apply it to your background by whatever method you prefer.
Hand stitching is easy. Machine stitching by straight stitching close
to the edge is also easy or machine stitching with a blind hem stitch
and monfilament thread is also lovely.
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In article . com, Tina
writes

I think I finally found something I don't like. Applique!

I love the way it looks on other peoples quilts - and I hope I learn
how to do it in a way that I don't begrudge it so much....

but trying to figure out how I'm going to put these butterfly pieces
together on the back of SMs Red Hat Vest is about to drive me batty!
How do I keep all those little edges turned under ?!
pulling my hair out over purple pieces
Tina


--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Hi Pauline, My "mid-arm" has a 16" throat area and sits on a track. YOu
can see one at www.handiquilter.com . In the epic struggle to "push" the
quilt through the Bernie I usually lost by a split decision (some quilting
good and some not) with the HQ "Rosie" I win by a knockout. No frustration,
better stitch quality and a faster result. YEAH!!! Linda in Tx

Oh Pat - thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! I think I can do
this! Oh my gosh I owe you the hugest hug! This sounds much easier
than what I was trying to do yesterday (ironing all those silly little
edges under!) And the solid purple background material would be a
great compliment to the Red Hat material I am using for the butterfly
"wings". Thank you ever so much for your wonderful tip! Now I won't
dread getting back to work on that project today. Of course, that also
means that I don't have an excuse to go back to making blocks for the
more fun/exciting quilt I am working on......... LOL

Tina

Linda, on your sixteen "incher" do you have the stitch regulator? If so,
are you happy with it? How much room do you need for the table, etc.?
Did you have to mortgage your home to afford it? 8^) TIA Nancycog in
MD