I am curious, do you quilt yr own or send it out? Why
#121
I do both!
I would say 90% of my stuff I do from start to finish.
I sent out a quilt to Charismah before Christmas -- it was very special. It was a mix of my nephew's turtle stuff and some of my old turtle shirts, and a hodge-podge of turtle fabrics and scraps from projects from that year. (2009) The top sat on my shelf for almost a year because I knew I didn't have the ability to quilt it the way I wanted it to look and not ruin the shirts/bibs/towels etc that were in the top.
Charismah did a WONDERFUL job, and it was super reasonably priced.
I just sent her two more -- one that a customer ordered from me in september, but when i got sick she was the first one to tell me to take care of myself above all else. I want her quilt to be better than I can do on my own. She's been awesome to me.
The second one I just didn't know what to do with it. She will make it special.
I have one more that I might send her when I get it put together - it's for my mom (who's more special than mom?!?)
But I have since quilted two quilts on my own.
It works both ways for me.
=)
I would say 90% of my stuff I do from start to finish.
I sent out a quilt to Charismah before Christmas -- it was very special. It was a mix of my nephew's turtle stuff and some of my old turtle shirts, and a hodge-podge of turtle fabrics and scraps from projects from that year. (2009) The top sat on my shelf for almost a year because I knew I didn't have the ability to quilt it the way I wanted it to look and not ruin the shirts/bibs/towels etc that were in the top.
Charismah did a WONDERFUL job, and it was super reasonably priced.
I just sent her two more -- one that a customer ordered from me in september, but when i got sick she was the first one to tell me to take care of myself above all else. I want her quilt to be better than I can do on my own. She's been awesome to me.
The second one I just didn't know what to do with it. She will make it special.
I have one more that I might send her when I get it put together - it's for my mom (who's more special than mom?!?)
But I have since quilted two quilts on my own.
It works both ways for me.
=)
the special turtle top -- quilted by charismah -- i still need to put the binding on...
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#124
I do both. Some times it depends on what I can do at the moment and it is way to hard for me to machine quilt a queen or king size, unless I do one of 4 quilt-as-you-go methods. However, there are definitely times I send out to be quilted and I have to admit that I really, really, really enjoy those quilts since I don't have a long arm to use. I don't mind binding so I just have them quilted and bind myself.
#125
I like to do my own quilts, from start to finish. Just enjoy the whole process, & being able to tell someone I did it all myself. I kept after my hubby for a quilt frame, a floor frame that is. Finally got one about a year ago & love it. We have a small house, so it set up in crib size, but that's okay, I don't do many large bed quilts, & if I want to, I can do it in sections, then sew them together. It is so much nicer quilting on a frame too, love it! I can still do little ones on my Janome machine, but have a Viking Sapphire 830 on a Grace Mini Pinn frame now, & love it all!
I also couldn't keep buying much fabric if I paid someone else to do the quilting, so this works better for me too, lol....
I also couldn't keep buying much fabric if I paid someone else to do the quilting, so this works better for me too, lol....
#129
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I do all my own hand quilting. That is one of the most rewarding parts of quilting for me. I also, don't make lots and lots of quilts. Sure, I have dreams for many but since I want to hand quilt I just work on one or two at a time.
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