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01-07-2009, 04:10 AM

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Hi and Welcome from southern Indiana!

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Hi! Welcome from Oklahoma!!!

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I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay specifically.

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Welcome from Concord, CA. You are probably just over the hill in Pittsburg. I lived there for a few years.

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Welcome from Suisun, Calif.
You are going to love it here!! Everyone is friendly and helpful and tremendously talented.... and willing to share their help, advice, tips, opinions and fabulous photos!

01-14-2009, 03:13 AM

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GailG

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pittsburgpam

I've been a quilter for about 20 years, off and on :lol: I have a tendency to complete the tops but not the quilting because it just takes so much time to hand quilt and after all the work I put into a top I just can't stand the thought of machine quilting.

My least favorite thing? Diamond stars!! It seems that no matter how careful I am, I can never get them perfect on a sewing macine so I piece them by hand.

I'm single, aged 45, with 3 children ages 27, 25, and 22, and 2 grandchildren with another on the way.

Another thing that happens no matter how careful I am is that there is ALWAYS something that is off in the finished quilt. I am aware of this and I am working on a fairly complicated one and I was SOOOO careful because I know this always happens. Well... I noticed that one of the blocks that makes up the center of a diamond star is turned the wrong way. I either take out two hand sewn seams and turn it around or, I leave it. It's kind of like a "find the one that's not like the others" in every quilt that I make! Maybe it can just be my signature in a quilt.

It sounds like you are so conscientious that you are expecting perfection. I'd bet your quilt tops are gorgeous!! I love your attitude when you say, "Maybe it can just be my signature in a quilt." :lol: I would say that I have a lot of "signatures" in my quilts. Sometimes I rip, but mostly I just press VERY well. Once quilted most of the things that make me unhappy about the quilt disappear. Once that quilt is wrapped around you or a loved one there will be NO mistakes. Enjoy.