How critical are you of your own work?
08-20-2009, 05:17 PM
#51
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I guess I have to admit I'm pretty anal about getting the seams to line up and for the points to be totally there.
My biggest frustration is with the so called "1/4" quilting feet on our domestic machines..there is no trusting those if you want to be dead on...I do test sew outs...and have determined the "sweet spot" on my Viking and now have a lower stress level when piecing a quilt..
I also recently bought an Accuquilt Studio cutter and that is awesome for consistant cuts..anyone else out there with one?
Anne
My biggest frustration is with the so called "1/4" quilting feet on our domestic machines..there is no trusting those if you want to be dead on...I do test sew outs...and have determined the "sweet spot" on my Viking and now have a lower stress level when piecing a quilt..
I also recently bought an Accuquilt Studio cutter and that is awesome for consistant cuts..anyone else out there with one?
Anne
08-20-2009, 05:19 PM
#52
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Originally Posted by AnnaF
I guess I have to admit I'm pretty anal about getting the seams to line up and for the points to be totally there.
My biggest frustration is with the so called "1/4" quilting feet on our domestic machines..there is no trusting those if you want to be dead on...I do test sew outs...and have determined the "sweet spot" on my Viking and now have a lower stress level when piecing a quilt..
I also recently bought an Accuquilt Studio cutter and that is awesome for consistant cuts..anyone else out there with one?
Anne
My biggest frustration is with the so called "1/4" quilting feet on our domestic machines..there is no trusting those if you want to be dead on...I do test sew outs...and have determined the "sweet spot" on my Viking and now have a lower stress level when piecing a quilt..
I also recently bought an Accuquilt Studio cutter and that is awesome for consistant cuts..anyone else out there with one?
Anne
08-20-2009, 05:44 PM
#53
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maxville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 364
Originally Posted by bstanbro
My quilts are far, far from perfect. But I'm having fun, and the recipients of my quilts (only my family so far) seem no less thanful to receive them even though they have many flaws.
Jan
08-23-2009, 11:41 AM
#54
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Location: Louisiana
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Hmm, I'm not sure. I do the best I can. Sometimes I rip and try again, but mostly I just do my best to make the pieces fit. I try not to make this hobby hard work. I try to learn something on every piece I make and then move on. If one block doesn't come out the best, then I try to learn from it and do the next one better. I want it to be fun and relaxing. We can be too hard on ourselves.
08-23-2009, 05:39 PM
#55
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I guess I'm a type A personality...I'm the same way when I'm working on my longarm machine on customer quilts...I know I beat myself if there's just one little itty bitty stitch out of place...I've done more frogging in the last 5 1/2 yrs..there should be a froggers Hall of Fame..boy I'd be right near the top I think. I keep trying to tell myself no one will ever see anything because they don't have their nose on the quilt...well I'm not taking that chance as it could come back to haunt me if anyone did notice.. for myself on my own quilts I probably would let it go as long as it wasn't really blaring..I think...LOL
Anne
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