Argggggh!

I hate paper piecing, especially when I'm brain-addled. But no other
way to get those sharp pointies for a sunburst. I'm waiting for the
sewing machine that will do difficult, precision stitching for you.
You know how bread machines work? Well I want a sewing machine like
that so when I'm frustrated with a difficult block I can just shove
the pieces of fabric into it, turn it on, and BINGO! out would come a
perfectly pieced block with points intact and seams exact. For that
machine, I would hock the household and take out a mortgage.

Sunny

My friend bought a new sewing machine several years ago. She paid around
$600 for it - which her husband thought was an astronomical price to pay for
a sewing machine! Since she paid so MUCH for the machine, he thought she
should be able to toss the fabric in the sewing room, close the door and she
would come back to a completed whatever! If he only knew what the
top-of-the-line machines are going for now. :-)

Donna in SW Idaho



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On Jul 28, 2:51*pm, Sunny wrote:
I hate paper piecing, especially when I'm brain-addled. But no other
way to get those sharp pointies for a sunburst. I'm waiting for the
sewing machine that will do difficult, precision stitching for you.
You know how bread machines work? Well I want a sewing machine like
that so when I'm frustrated with a difficult block I can just shove
the pieces of fabric into it, turn it on, and BINGO! out would come a
perfectly pieced block with points intact and seams exact. For that
machine, I would hock the household and take out a mortgage.

Sunny

Y'know, with cad cam, and diecut, embroidery, & longarm quilting
machines, that may not be all as far-fetched/science fictiony as it
seems. Your estimated price point may not be all that far off either
(at first, anyway, but that's how it goes...)

How's about a version of EQ or Quilt Pro (et al) where you design your
quilt, click FILEEXECUTE, and it goes online, orders the fabrics,
etc., receives, cuts, pieces, embroiders, appliques, trapunts/
trapunto[e]s(?) assembles, and quilts, etc. the whole shebang "...AND
IT COMES OUT HERE!"

I could deal with that!

Doc

Oh Sunny, You don't need that machine. YOu can do it.
I hate PP too. It seems to be one of those love it or leave it kind of
things. A Singer FW or a 301 are just about the best things for precision
piecing imo. My Brother 1500 is next favorite. I only choose to piece on
the 6600 is I don't have a lot to do or am in a hurry. I did just get an
order with a new quarter inch foot for it though. Maybe with that I will be
happier with the 6600 and piecing.
Keep plugging away. You can do it. Head up to that garden (shady spot or
umbrella?) with a book and take a break.
Taria
Taria
"Sunny" wrote in message
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I hate paper piecing, especially when I'm brain-addled. But no other
way to get those sharp pointies for a sunburst. I'm waiting for the
sewing machine that will do difficult, precision stitching for you.
You know how bread machines work? Well I want a sewing machine like
that so when I'm frustrated with a difficult block I can just shove
the pieces of fabric into it, turn it on, and BINGO! out would come a
perfectly pieced block with points intact and seams exact. For that
machine, I would hock the household and take out a mortgage.

Sunny

Sunny wrote:
I hate paper piecing, especially when I'm brain-addled. But no other
way to get those sharp pointies for a sunburst. I'm waiting for the
sewing machine that will do difficult, precision stitching for you.
You know how bread machines work? Well I want a sewing machine like
that so when I'm frustrated with a difficult block I can just shove
the pieces of fabric into it, turn it on, and BINGO! out would come a
perfectly pieced block with points intact and seams exact. For that
machine, I would hock the household and take out a mortgage.

Sunny


With Electric Quilt you can scan your fabrics, use them to "colour"
your block and then print it out onto a piece of fabric. Presto!! A
"perfectly-pieced" block with no sewing!!! :P

Allison

Show him some shop machine for the same price and he'd no doubt rave
about what a great bargain/deal it was.

Someone should drag him down to the LQS and show him one of the $12K
Bernina 830s (or equiv.)
Bring smelling salts/a defibrillator...

On the flipside, and giving the nod to equality, that old saying about
"the difference between men & boys is the price of their toys" is
increasingly applying to women & girls.

Doc

On Jul 28, 3:56*pm, "Donna in Idaho" wrote:
My friend bought a new sewing machine several years ago. *She paid around
$600 for it - which her husband thought was an astronomical price to pay for
a sewing machine! *Since she paid so MUCH for the machine, he thought she
should be able to toss the fabric in the sewing room, close the door and she
would come back to a completed whatever! *If he only knew what the
top-of-the-line machines are going for now. *:-)

Donna in SW Idaho

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On Jul 28, 4:12*pm, "Taria" wrote:
Oh Sunny, *
.....
Taria
Taria

A post so nice, she signed it twice!

On Jul 28, 4:13*pm, Allison wrote:
Sunny wrote:
I hate paper piecing, especially when I'm brain-addled. But no other
way to get those sharp pointies for a sunburst. I'm waiting for the
sewing machine that will do difficult, precision stitching for you.
You know how bread machines work? Well I want a sewing machine like
that so when I'm frustrated with a difficult block I can just shove
the pieces of fabric into it, turn it on, and BINGO! out would come a
perfectly pieced block with points intact and seams exact. For that
machine, I would hock the household and take out a mortgage.

Sunny

With Electric Quilt you can scan your fabrics, use them to "colour"
your block and then print it out onto a piece of fabric. *Presto!! *A
"perfectly-pieced" block with no sewing!!! *:P

Allison

You're EVIL!!!

I do need a break. And I do all my really precise piecing on my Pfaff
7570 -- maybe the finest little stitcher in the world. I love my 6600
for power jobs -- quilting and stitching through many layers and the
like. It's great for stitching paper and fabric concoctions. But PP is
just evil in my opinion. And I've royally messed this up.... Got to
start over and redo the whole shebang. When I went to put the halves
together, they nowhere near match up. Sigh.

Sunny
heading upstairs to eat some jello with cool whip on top

I don't like paper-piecing at all! But I also don't like piecing on a
sewing machine. Instead, I do it by hand, and have found that my
marking the stitching lines rather than the cutting lines, pinning
very carefully, and hand-piecing comes out as precise as anything I
have ever seen. It takes a bit of time, of course, but I enjoy the
work and am not in a hurry.