I love quilting but I hate making tops
10-13-2011, 07:00 AM
#71
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I love to make tops but hate to quilt. I am just not good enough yet to attempt to do it myself. One of these days though, I will be. I keep praying for the expertise I need to do my own. I just don't want to mess up all my great work on the top. I could make tops all day!
10-13-2011, 07:27 AM
#72
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Wish you were my neighbor, I'm a TOPPER ! ... it's the quilting that bogs me down. Doing more machine quilting now, but I rarely hand quilt anymore. I used to years ago, but no time now :roll:
10-13-2011, 08:20 AM
#76
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I love making tops and hate the quilting - machine or hand. I wish you lived closer, we could be buddies! Want to hand quilt my avatar, a hand appliqued Vintage Valentine?
Originally Posted by AshleyR
I know I can't be the only one out there.... I really really dislike making tops. I will be the first to admit that I'm not the very best at it, but I can do it. I'm pleased with the results but I hate the process. So much that I'm going to go ahead and say it aloud: I HATE making quilt tops and I'm not going to do it again ever.
I love quilting. I love hand-quilting and I'm good at it. I am having fun practicing machine quilting, but I'm not good at it at all (yet!). I would love to quilt for hire but who can afford a hand-quilter??! My dream is to partner up with someone who loves to piece and she/he makes the tops and bastes them (ha) and I quilt them. :)
I love quilting. I love hand-quilting and I'm good at it. I am having fun practicing machine quilting, but I'm not good at it at all (yet!). I would love to quilt for hire but who can afford a hand-quilter??! My dream is to partner up with someone who loves to piece and she/he makes the tops and bastes them (ha) and I quilt them. :)
10-13-2011, 08:31 AM
#77
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Location: Greeneville, TN
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My girlfriend and I would do that exact thing when we would make charity quilts. I enjoyed the piecing she enjoyed the quilting. She asked me once if I would like to go into business with her and I told her that I thought that working on someone elses deadline would probably take the fun out of it. It was fun when I could do my own thing but not so much when I had to work within someone elses choices of design, color, and pattern. Then there was the fact that my DH retired and we moved out of state. Ann in TN
10-13-2011, 08:35 AM
#78
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Location: South Texas
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I don't dislike making tops, but FMQ is what I live for! I can't wait to finish a top so I can quilt it. When I finish quilting one, it's like finishing a good book- really enjoyed it, and sad it's over! I FMQ my sis-in-law's quilts, but she works full time and doesn't get very many made.
10-13-2011, 09:24 AM
#80
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I'm exactly the opposite. I love the whole process of making a quilt top from planning the design, shopping for the fabric, to piecing all those small pieces together and seeing the design emerge. But, I hate to quilt! So, our solution was to buy a mid-arm quilting machine. I'm hoping that quilting will become fun when I get skilled at using my machine. I hope you can find someone who can partner with you and you can both enjoy your respective parts of the process and produce lots of stunning quilts.
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