ARRGH!!!! Frustration
03-05-2010, 05:48 AM
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Well I decided to try the quilt as you go technique on a lap quilt I was making for my mother in law.
The blocks worked up quick and easy. And the rows were OK, but when I assembled the first two rows together, I just did not like.
I did not like the way the quilt laid. It just did not sit on the lap like a quilt. So, after a primal scream and in utter frustation, I started ripping out last night.
I guess I am too much a tradionalist. I think the method works well for a wall hanging, but for a lap quilt it just is not comfy.
Back to the darwing board!!
The blocks worked up quick and easy. And the rows were OK, but when I assembled the first two rows together, I just did not like.
I did not like the way the quilt laid. It just did not sit on the lap like a quilt. So, after a primal scream and in utter frustation, I started ripping out last night.
I guess I am too much a tradionalist. I think the method works well for a wall hanging, but for a lap quilt it just is not comfy.
Back to the darwing board!!
03-05-2010, 05:53 AM
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I haven't tried that method but was thinking of doing so as it seemed like you could do a little at a time and cut down on your stash at the same time.
As I learned in my Tuesday class, get "froggin" rip-it, rip-it.
As I learned in my Tuesday class, get "froggin" rip-it, rip-it.
03-05-2010, 06:05 AM
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What quilt as you go method did you use? Fun and Done and Cotton theory makes a quilt too rigid for me, like you described. I use Georgia Bonesteel's method and can't tell a difference, can't even tell its a quilt as you go quilt.
03-05-2010, 12:15 PM
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I used the Fun and Done Method. Like you said - too rigid not comfy for a lap quilt. I think it would be a great method for a wall quilt - becasue it would be nice and sturdy.
Now I have something to do while watching TV.
Now I have something to do while watching TV.
03-05-2010, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
What quilt as you go method did you use? Fun and Done and Cotton theory makes a quilt too rigid for me, like you described. I use Georgia Bonesteel's method and can't tell a difference, can't even tell its a quilt as you go quilt.
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