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Posted by AuntK on July 11, 2008, 12:25 pm
I think I've frogged about 2 spools worth of thread on this quilt!
It's a BOM sampler from my LQS. It's king size. It has pieced 'rick
rack' style borders. Then more solid borders. What a chore. Doesn't
help that I'm not a very experienced quilter. Doesn't help that the
finishing directions were a little vague for my level. Of course the
finishing class at the LQS was the middle of the day shortly before I
was laid off from work. Now that I have days free (not by choice, of
course), there is no class. Yes, I could go there with my pieces and
someone would help - they are all very helpful there. But if I READ
correctly, it seems to make a big difference. I have ripped these
borders apart more times than I can count. Bias all over the place.
I'm pretty much ripping out each triangle and re-sewing one by one on
the first border sections. Second section was much better from the
start so that should be ok. What a tedious process. Because of the
lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
iron, pin, over and over and over again.
But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
Kim in NJ
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Posted by Estelle Gallagher on July 11, 2008, 3:24 pm
You poor thing. I would have flung it out of the nearest window by now, but
dont do as I do.lol You will be smug and proud when you do finish it! hope
we can see pictures when it is done!
--
Estelle UK
Gallagher one one at btinternet.com
You are never too old to become the person you should have been!
My photos are here!
http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11
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>I think I've frogged about 2 spools worth of thread on this quilt!
> It's a BOM sampler from my LQS. It's king size. It has pieced 'rick
> rack' style borders. Then more solid borders. What a chore. Doesn't
> help that I'm not a very experienced quilter. Doesn't help that the
> finishing directions were a little vague for my level. Of course the
> finishing class at the LQS was the middle of the day shortly before I
> was laid off from work. Now that I have days free (not by choice, of
> course), there is no class. Yes, I could go there with my pieces and
> someone would help - they are all very helpful there. But if I READ
> correctly, it seems to make a big difference. I have ripped these
> borders apart more times than I can count. Bias all over the place.
> I'm pretty much ripping out each triangle and re-sewing one by one on
> the first border sections. Second section was much better from the
> start so that should be ok. What a tedious process. Because of the
> lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
> machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
> iron, pin, over and over and over again.
> But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
> Kim in NJ
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Posted by Debra on July 11, 2008, 6:47 pm
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:25:44 -0700 (PDT), AuntK
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>I think I've frogged about 2 spools worth of thread on this quilt!
>It's a BOM sampler from my LQS. It's king size. It has pieced 'rick
>rack' style borders. Then more solid borders. What a chore. Doesn't
>help that I'm not a very experienced quilter. Doesn't help that the
>finishing directions were a little vague for my level. Of course the
>finishing class at the LQS was the middle of the day shortly before I
>was laid off from work. Now that I have days free (not by choice, of
>course), there is no class. Yes, I could go there with my pieces and
>someone would help - they are all very helpful there. But if I READ
>correctly, it seems to make a big difference. I have ripped these
>borders apart more times than I can count. Bias all over the place.
>I'm pretty much ripping out each triangle and re-sewing one by one on
>the first border sections. Second section was much better from the
>start so that should be ok. What a tedious process. Because of the
>lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
>machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
>iron, pin, over and over and over again.
>But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
>Kim in NJ
Maybe. It would just make me never sew another triangle ever again.
I tried triangles once. Sewed four, threw the miserable looking
results away, haven't sewed one since. Haven't missed them either.
Life is too short for a hobby to be a headache.
There are directions online for how to make triangles by sewing on
squares. You might want to try that, but a kitted BOM block probably
won't allow you the flexibility to use that method for lack of fabric.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designsbydeb/
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Posted by Sherry on July 12, 2008, 12:31 am
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> I think I've frogged about 2 spools worth of thread on this quilt!
> It's a BOM sampler from my LQS. =A0It's king size. =A0It has pieced 'rick
> rack' style borders. =A0Then more solid borders. =A0What a chore. =A0Does=
n't
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> help that I'm not a very experienced quilter. =A0Doesn't help that the
> finishing directions were a little vague for my level. =A0Of course the
> finishing class at the LQS was the middle of the day shortly before I
> was laid off from work. =A0Now that I have days free (not by choice, of
> course), there is no class. =A0Yes, I could go there with my pieces and
> someone would help - they are all very helpful there. =A0But if I READ
> correctly, it seems to make a big difference. =A0I have ripped these
> borders apart more times than I can count. =A0Bias all over the place.
> I'm pretty much ripping out each triangle and re-sewing one by one on
> the first border sections. =A0Second section was much better from the
> start so that should be ok. =A0What a tedious process. =A0Because of the
> lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
> machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
> iron, pin, over and over and over again.
> But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
> Kim in NJ
Hang in there! Part of my frustration was like yours, I had to walk
over the iron,
walk over to the sewing machine, walk over to the cutting table. I had
an epiphany one day. DH has completely hogged the entire garage, and
garden shed for his "stuff". So I *deserved* to hog one entire room,
no?
I bought $39 banquet tables, covered them with cutting matts put one
on the left side of the machine and one on the right. I bought those
"sterlite" (read: Cheap)...little plastic chests of drawers on wheels.
They fit exactly under the banquet tables. Drug the ironing board over
there till that area makes a big "U".
I love piecing now more than I ever have. I didn't realize how tired I
was of the whole walking across the room thing, the inefficiency.
Never mind that there is now no place to eat in this house except a
small kitchen table. At Thanksgiving I reckon we can take the cutting
boards off and set plates on the banquet/cutting tables.
If I come into some extra $$$, I'm buying OTT lights for the tables.
You'll "get" it. I've muddled blocks up before terribly, then found
the next ones go together like a dream. Hang in!
Sherry
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on July 12, 2008, 2:33 pm
Howdy!
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Welcome to my world. <g>
Sherry, if you weren't using the dining room as a quilter space,
it would just sit there empty 90% of the time. You're doing your
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home a favor and taking full advantage of the space you pay for. <g>
(And it's next to the kitchen, right?)
Cheers!
R/Sandy - w/ a sparkling clean dining room (house!)
because s-i-l has been cleaning w/ me for 2 days,
clearing up after the countertop installation
(construction dust EVERYwhere) -- Nona rocks!
...now I have to replace the quilt stuff in the dining room
to get on w/ the LogCabin...
On 7/11/08 11:31 PM, in article
aaf1810d-11f2-4557-ae42-0995c3934ae8@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com, "Sherry"
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>> I think I've frogged about 2 spools worth of thread on this quilt!
*snip*
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>> What a tedious process. Because of the
>> lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
>> machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
>> iron, pin, over and over and over again.
>>
>> But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
>>
>> Kim in NJ
>
> Hang in there! Part of my frustration was like yours, I had to walk
> over the iron,
> walk over to the sewing machine, walk over to the cutting table. I had
> an epiphany one day. DH has completely hogged the entire garage, and
> garden shed for his "stuff". So I *deserved* to hog one entire room,
> no?
> I bought $39 banquet tables, covered them with cutting matts put one
> on the left side of the machine and one on the right. I bought those
> "sterlite" (read: Cheap)...little plastic chests of drawers on wheels.
> They fit exactly under the banquet tables. Drug the ironing board over
> there till that area makes a big "U".
> I love piecing now more than I ever have. I didn't realize how tired I
> was of the whole walking across the room thing, the inefficiency.
> Never mind that there is now no place to eat in this house except a
> small kitchen table. At Thanksgiving I reckon we can take the cutting
> boards off and set plates on the banquet/cutting tables.
> If I come into some extra $$$, I'm buying OTT lights for the tables.
> You'll "get" it. I've muddled blocks up before terribly, then found
> the next ones go together like a dream. Hang in!
> Sherry
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> It's a BOM sampler from my LQS. It's king size. It has pieced 'rick
> rack' style borders. Then more solid borders. What a chore. Doesn't
> help that I'm not a very experienced quilter. Doesn't help that the
> finishing directions were a little vague for my level. Of course the
> finishing class at the LQS was the middle of the day shortly before I
> was laid off from work. Now that I have days free (not by choice, of
> course), there is no class. Yes, I could go there with my pieces and
> someone would help - they are all very helpful there. But if I READ
> correctly, it seems to make a big difference. I have ripped these
> borders apart more times than I can count. Bias all over the place.
> I'm pretty much ripping out each triangle and re-sewing one by one on
> the first border sections. Second section was much better from the
> start so that should be ok. What a tedious process. Because of the
> lack of space in my sewing room that means rip, iron, pin, go to the
> machine and re-sew, get up and go back to the table to iron, rip,
> iron, pin, over and over and over again.
> But this WILL make me a better quilter won't it?
> Kim in NJ