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Posted by Sunny on August 5, 2009, 5:53 pm
In the discussion about templates, I've gotten a couple of emails from
folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
"Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
putting them together.
Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
Sunny
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Posted by Joanna on August 5, 2009, 7:19 pm
I think I'm with you Sunny anything that says you needs thousands of
pieces. Although on the other side if someone just said starting cutting
and keep going till you have enough I might consider it. I thinks it's
just a mental block. One I would like to do a charm quilt or chinese
coins and they can take lots and lots. My other is the double wedding
ring. Way too many curves and although I like that pattern I don't
"love" it. So I'll leave it to those that don't mind it at all. I like
simple for myself and I'm glad there are others out there that can
tackal complicated patterns.
Just my two cents
Joanna
Sunny wrote:
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> In the discussion about templates, I've gotten a couple of emails from
> folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
> At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
> I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
> "Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
> it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
> them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
> I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
> thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
>
> Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
> breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
>
> So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
> pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
> putting them together.
>
> Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
>
> Sunny
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Posted by Michelle C. on August 5, 2009, 7:55 pm
Sunny wrote:
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> In the discussion about templates, I've gotten a couple of emails from
> folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
> At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
> I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
> "Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
> it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
> them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
> I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
> thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
>
> Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
> breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
>
> So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
> pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
> putting them together.
>
> Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
>
> Sunny
The deal-breaker for me is that I will never make a quilt where every
block is the same. Don't get me wrong, I think those quilts are
beautiful. However, the fun for me is seeing different fabrics play
together. So even on my color controlled quilts, every block is
different--only the background fabric is the same.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada, USA
P.S. I love curved piece quilts--but I have to hand-piece them.
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Posted by J* on August 6, 2009, 12:21 am
Michelle,
hand piecing is a bother because?
j.
"Michelle C." wrote...
The deal-breaker for me is that I will never make a quilt where every
block is the same. Don't get me wrong, I think those quilts are
beautiful. However, the fun for me is seeing different fabrics play
together. So even on my color controlled quilts, every block is
different--only the background fabric is the same.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada, USA
P.S. I love curved piece quilts--but I have to hand-piece them.
Sunny wrote:
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> In the discussion about templates, I've gotten a couple of emails from
> folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
> At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
> I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
> "Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
> it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
> them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
> I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
> thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
> Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
> breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
> So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
> pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
> putting them together.
> Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
> Sunny
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Posted by Michelle C. on August 6, 2009, 10:59 am
Oh Jeanne, I must not have phrased that right--I love hand-piecing! My
very first quilt (Rose Star) was hand-pieced and hand-quilted. While
I've made friends with my sewing machine over the years, I am still
intimidated by doing curves on the sewing machine. A lot of the time, I
feel using the machine is a way to make mistakes very fast. ;-)
Probably would stick to hand work, but I've got too many quilts
screaming to get out of my head.
That said, right now, I'm cutting for two quilts that will be
hand-pieced and probably hand-quilted too. One is another form of
Drunkards Path. (Did one Drunkard's Path--hand-pieced then tied--and
now I have to try a new layout.) The other is one composed of the block
that looks like the rising sun (the block seems to have lots of
different names). I've done a quilt with it before. It is twin sized.
Now I need one to go on a full-sized bed.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada, USA
J* wrote:
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> Michelle,
> hand piecing is a bother because?
> j.
>
> "Michelle C." wrote...
> The deal-breaker for me is that I will never make a quilt where every
> block is the same. Don't get me wrong, I think those quilts are
> beautiful. However, the fun for me is seeing different fabrics play
> together. So even on my color controlled quilts, every block is
> different--only the background fabric is the same.
>
> Best regards,
> Michelle in Nevada, USA
>
> P.S. I love curved piece quilts--but I have to hand-piece them.
>
> Sunny wrote:
>> In the discussion about templates, I've gotten a couple of emails from
>> folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
>> At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
>> I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
>> "Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
>> it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
>> them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
>> I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
>> thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
>> Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
>> breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
>> So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
>> pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
>> putting them together.
>> Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
>> Sunny
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> folks saying "I would never even consider a pattern that has curves."
> At about the same time, I found this amazingly beautiful pattern that
> I wanted for my summer bed quilt but the third paragraph in said this:
> "Cut 159 sets of A and B and 1100 pieces of each C and D." I swear,
> it said cut more than 1,000 of each of two LITTLE pieces and then sew
> them together. (This is for a queen sized quilt) I love that quilt but
> I will never consider a pattern that has hundreds, never mind
> thousands of pieces to cut and sew.
>
> Got me to thinking, we've each got our stopping point, the deal
> breaker that keeps us from ever starting a quilt even if we love it.
>
> So what's your deal breaker? I told you mine -- I'm scared of all the
> pieces to cut and just know I would never finish cutting, never mind
> putting them together.
>
> Let's hear all the deal breakers. This should be fun. (BEG)
>
> Sunny