How many of you quilt your own quilts?
04-20-2012, 12:42 PM
#31
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Location: Clayton, CA
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I gave up the guilt of not quilting my own a long time ago. I hate and I mean really hate ..quilting anything over a lap size quilt.
So many L/A pros are artists with what they can do, that I will continue to explore and go further with my art of piecing, and leave the quilting to a PRO. I would rather eat mac &cheese , cheap bologna sandwiches , even give up ice cream ( and I really love ice cream) than quilt a big quilt myself.
Sending my quilts to a pro , is the best gift I can give myself
So many L/A pros are artists with what they can do, that I will continue to explore and go further with my art of piecing, and leave the quilting to a PRO. I would rather eat mac &cheese , cheap bologna sandwiches , even give up ice cream ( and I really love ice cream) than quilt a big quilt myself.
Sending my quilts to a pro , is the best gift I can give myself
04-20-2012, 12:54 PM
#32
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NE Indiana
Posts: 564
I have never sent one of my quilts out...I'm too cheap! I'd rather spend money on more fabric.
I started out hand quilting them all (nearly 30 years ago), but now am fairly comfortable FMQing on my vintage Bernina Record 830. The largest I've done is a queen, but then I don't have a king sized bed in my house. My early attempts were pretty sorry...I started out with table runners and baby quilts, but I'm getting better with each one.
I still hand quilt at least one quilt a year, usually a reproduction or applique one.
I started out hand quilting them all (nearly 30 years ago), but now am fairly comfortable FMQing on my vintage Bernina Record 830. The largest I've done is a queen, but then I don't have a king sized bed in my house. My early attempts were pretty sorry...I started out with table runners and baby quilts, but I'm getting better with each one.
I still hand quilt at least one quilt a year, usually a reproduction or applique one.
04-20-2012, 02:09 PM
#33
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: brunssum, the netherlands
Posts: 457
I do all the quilting on my domestic pfaff, even king size.
we don't have that many LAQ around here and it's too expensive for me to let one of them quilt for me.
and I'm pretty proud of myself if I can say I did the whole quilt on my own
we don't have that many LAQ around here and it's too expensive for me to let one of them quilt for me.
and I'm pretty proud of myself if I can say I did the whole quilt on my own
04-20-2012, 04:03 PM
#36
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8,117
I usually do quilt all most of mine. I get an idea of how I want them to look when they are finished and I have to do it myself because I can't explain to someone else how it is suppose to be. I hand quilt some, especially if they are 30's prints or I use my mom's long arm and machine quilt them.
04-20-2012, 04:03 PM
#37
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Location: Southern California
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LAQ because I am still learning and not comfortable doing my own. When I spend a lot of money and time on a quilt I don't want to be mad at myself for ruining my own quilt because I am not ready
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