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Old November 14th 11, 11:46 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Lizzy Taylor
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On 12/11/2011 22:12, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?


Deciding on the quilting design. I'm OK doing the quilting, but
deciding HOW to quilt, what motifs/designs to use is very difficult for
me. I am slowly getting braver as time goes on, but often I have to do
some of the quilting and then wait for the quilt to tell me waht else it
needs.

Lizzy
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Old November 14th 11, 06:27 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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On cabinet machines I look to see if the cabinet is set up to take the
foot pedal as a knee lever.
It might take a little getting used to, but you never have a problem with
knee levers scooting on the floor!

If it is a portable, try a rubber bathtub mat. One of the sort of ugly
textured finish ones with the pokeys on the back.
Rubber feet on the bottoms of my pedals solved my problems on hardwood
floors, but one of my machines tends to try and scoot across the table.
An ugly bathmat solved that problem, I don't see why it would not work on
a pedal that is trying to escape.

NightMist



On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:31:05 -0500, KT in Mich wrote:

The blankety-blank foot pedal that just will NOT stay where I put it on
the floor. Have tried everything short of nailing or glueing it. I have
both carpeting and one of those desk floor mats under the table. If I
use that drawer-liner stuff, it puckers/gathers/bunches all up. If I use
one of those long thingy-dingy-special mats that go under the foot, it
either slips on the plastic mat or creeps on the carpet. Am now looking
for a very, very heavy brick to put at the back of it so it can't go
further than my foot can reach. Do you have a solution??????

KT. in MI


On 11/12/2011 5:12 PM, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in
the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.






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Old November 14th 11, 08:39 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Pat S
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Ah! Thanks for the tip, Sandy. I have been using the microtacks (and
those before them) for so long, that I had forgotten all that had to be
done with pins. That'll be something to try - to help me get it done!
I have quilting thread out and chosen, quilting patterns ready, and
binding fabric out and ready - just want to summon up the oomph to do
it!
I'll remember the word about the batting, too - just in case I ever
decide to do it again! Nowadays I find that the ideas I hatch in my
mind for future quilts all tend to be of a size that I can manage with
my own machine. This top had been hanging around a bit and so was quite
large (I do have a long lap gg).
..
In message , Sandy
writes
Pat, basting isn't a huge thing for me, unless I'm doing a larger quilt.
g However, I recently sent a quilt to a long-arm quilter for basting,
and I also sent along my own batting so I'd have what I wanted. I've
noticed that clipping the stitches as I come to them during quilting
(after all, I'd remove safety pins at that stage, too) makes removing
the basting much simpler; I can remove whole lines in almost no time at
all as I go. Just an idea ....


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Old November 14th 11, 09:31 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Jo Gibson[_3_]
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Default The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......

On 12/11/2011 22:12, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.



I think it's a tie between being ready to go on a project, excited about
working on it, have all the fabric, materials and tools ready and.... I
can't find the pattern! I know it didn't leave this room. What are
Scottish pixies/brownies/elves/leprechauns called? They have hidden it
away. I have looked for hours and hours. I finally admitted defeat
today and ordered another pattern - even though it will take a week to
get here and I want to work on it NOW. No doubt it will show up tomorrow.

Oh yes. A tie between that and the project one feels they SHOULD do,
because it was promised or something, and yet when a person returns to
it, each time she finds exactly why it is a UFO. For example, when I
started this quilt I'm 90% done with, I made the top and then a pieced
back exactly the same size. Try getting those lined up to baste
together, let alone quilt. I wouldn't do that now, but I started this
in 2002 or 2003. That sort of thing. So you soldier on, but it's not
that fun, and you keep thinking "It will be nice to be done with this"
not, "It sure is nice to get to work on this!"



-- Jo in Scotland
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Old November 15th 11, 12:50 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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My least favorite part is when my rotary cutter takes off on it's own
and leaves the side of the ruler in it's dust. And it always seems
to happen when every 1/16th inch of the fabriuc is needed and then I
have to re-square the edge of the fabric and waste even more of it.
Usually it's due to the nut that holds the blade coming loose....
maybe it's a tired-out nut? My rotary cutter is about 24 years old
now. LOL

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Nov 12, 4:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.


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Old November 15th 11, 01:43 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Roberta[_3_]
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If you haven't basted that quilt yet, just add a border to the back.
Maybe the same fabric as the binding.
Roberta in D

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:31:22 +0000, Jo Gibson
wrote:

On 12/11/2011 22:12, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.



I think it's a tie between being ready to go on a project, excited about
working on it, have all the fabric, materials and tools ready and.... I
can't find the pattern! I know it didn't leave this room. What are
Scottish pixies/brownies/elves/leprechauns called? They have hidden it
away. I have looked for hours and hours. I finally admitted defeat
today and ordered another pattern - even though it will take a week to
get here and I want to work on it NOW. No doubt it will show up tomorrow.

Oh yes. A tie between that and the project one feels they SHOULD do,
because it was promised or something, and yet when a person returns to
it, each time she finds exactly why it is a UFO. For example, when I
started this quilt I'm 90% done with, I made the top and then a pieced
back exactly the same size. Try getting those lined up to baste
together, let alone quilt. I wouldn't do that now, but I started this
in 2002 or 2003. That sort of thing. So you soldier on, but it's not
that fun, and you keep thinking "It will be nice to be done with this"
not, "It sure is nice to get to work on this!"



-- Jo in Scotland

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Old November 15th 11, 01:44 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Roberta[_3_]
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ROFL! I feel like a tired-out nut sometimes.
Roberta in D

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:50:16 -0800 (PST), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

My least favorite part is when my rotary cutter takes off on it's own
and leaves the side of the ruler in it's dust. And it always seems
to happen when every 1/16th inch of the fabriuc is needed and then I
have to re-square the edge of the fabric and waste even more of it.
Usually it's due to the nut that holds the blade coming loose....
maybe it's a tired-out nut? My rotary cutter is about 24 years old
now. LOL

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Nov 12, 4:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.

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Old November 15th 11, 09:14 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Jo Gibson[_3_]
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Default The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......

On 15/11/2011 12:43, Roberta wrote:
If you haven't basted that quilt yet, just add a border to the back.
Maybe the same fabric as the binding.
Roberta in D

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:31:22 +0000, Jo
wrote:




I think it's a tie between being ready to go on a project, excited about
working on it, have all the fabric, materials and tools ready and.... I
can't find the pattern! I know it didn't leave this room. What are
Scottish pixies/brownies/elves/leprechauns called? They have hidden it
away. I have looked for hours and hours. I finally admitted defeat
today and ordered another pattern - even though it will take a week to
get here and I want to work on it NOW. No doubt it will show up tomorrow.

Oh yes. A tie between that and the project one feels they SHOULD do,
because it was promised or something, and yet when a person returns to
it, each time she finds exactly why it is a UFO. For example, when I
started this quilt I'm 90% done with, I made the top and then a pieced
back exactly the same size. Try getting those lined up to baste
together, let alone quilt. I wouldn't do that now, but I started this
in 2002 or 2003. That sort of thing. So you soldier on, but it's not
that fun, and you keep thinking "It will be nice to be done with this"
not, "It sure is nice to get to work on this!"



-- Jo in Scotland



Two bottles of cider helped me to baste that sucker. It's had all the
grid quilting done, I'm doing the diagonal quilting now, when I get a
chance. We've all been ill with fever, hacking cough & green phlegm and
vomitting for 2 weeks now.... quite tired out by it all, and no sewing
has been getting done. However, I am going to sneak up to the sewing
room now and do some ironing. Very therapeutic. I might do some
stitching as well.


I did think about adding a border of muslin, because the back is a giant
Carpenter's Wheel on muslin, but my sewing room was all in boxes in
storage and I couldn't find my muslin anyway. C'est la vie..

-- Jo in Scotland
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Old November 17th 11, 01:45 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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OOOooohhhhhh... Got another one! But maybe it's more about what I
don't like about *me* than what I don't like about quilting. ;-/

When I finally finish the quilt top, get it sandwiched and basted and
ready to quilt I am all excited and enthusiastic to start the machine
quilting. The first two or three blocks get quilted to death. Then
I run out of time or just want it DONE and I start cussing myself for
starting out with such a huge amount of dense quilting because I have
to continue that standard in the remainder of the quilt. grrr!

Yep. I'm in that "what the heck was I thinking that not one square
1/4 in. should be without quilting stitches???" right now. And I need
this quilt to be finished- like now. Or by Sunday.

Sigh.....

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Nov 12, 4:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.


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Old November 17th 11, 10:51 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Roberta[_3_]
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I feel your pain!
A dear quilting buddy uses this strategy (she really likes all-over
spirals as a go-to quilting design). Make a "grid" of Very Open
all-over wavy lines. then you can remove all basting, finish the edge
if you like. Then go back in and fill with spirals.
Roberta in D, about to start covering a quilt with names of the
world's rivers and wondering if this was really such a good idea

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:45:16 -0800 (PST), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

OOOooohhhhhh... Got another one! But maybe it's more about what I
don't like about *me* than what I don't like about quilting. ;-/

When I finally finish the quilt top, get it sandwiched and basted and
ready to quilt I am all excited and enthusiastic to start the machine
quilting. The first two or three blocks get quilted to death. Then
I run out of time or just want it DONE and I start cussing myself for
starting out with such a huge amount of dense quilting because I have
to continue that standard in the remainder of the quilt. grrr!

Yep. I'm in that "what the heck was I thinking that not one square
1/4 in. should be without quilting stitches???" right now. And I need
this quilt to be finished- like now. Or by Sunday.

Sigh.....

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Nov 12, 4:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique.

Now, what's your favorite task to hate?

Sunny
Yes, miles and miles of it.

 




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