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this reminds of a certain president who had a certain word discussion.......
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How sad that others have to put folks down for doing things differently than they do. I appreciate all forms of quilting, and truly appreciate the advances made that have made parts of quilting easier and safer, especially as I get older. Good for you for just leaving -- why allow those negative folks to taint what is a truly a happy, creative and giving art such as ours?
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The wonderful lady who does long-arm work for me is my partner in quilting. I do hand piece as well as machine piece. I also hand quilt and use my domestic machine for some quilting. I have been know to work with other people on designing and piecing tops. We are all quilters! My grandmother, who taught me to quilt 55 years ago, learned to hand piece. She taught me on a treadle machine! She would have loved the beautiful work my long arm quilter does! She would never had said that what I did was any less a quilt than what she did all by hand as a young woman. Some people think they know everything, but in reality know very little!!!!!!1
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Originally Posted by spokanequilter
(Post 5241298)
"Cackling hens" - LOL!! Seriously, I agree with you - I do my best work and am most content at home in my own little quilting studio doing my own thing. There's noone but me in that studio and I am a quilter, even if I only piece the tops. And someone should just ask those cackling hens just what they would be doing if we didn't piece those quilt tops for them to quilt.... ho hum... life's too short for that kind of argument...
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
(Post 5238088)
I would have had a ball making that group mad as wet hens. LOL. There would be no end to the comments I could have made, the more absurd the better! I would have laughed my butt off just hearing the debate out loud. I'd say you do it your way I'll do it my way and we'll let God sort it out, in the mean time pass me the cheater cloth.
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SuzyQ2-remember it's what you do with your hands, and your heart that counts, many people are just stubborn headed, and enjoy their way of doing things-Just think of yourself as a "Modern" Girl-who goes with the flow-Enjoy your Art no matter what way you do it-at least you get things done faster than the OLD Fuddy duddies-haha
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Originally Posted by quiltmau
(Post 5240220)
I love to design and piece tops. I can't quilt to save my soul!-Binding is okay. My main problem is I can't afford to pay up to $300 to have the tops quilted as I won't keep them but donate them.
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Originally Posted by Quiltbyme
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Question ?? When you send your quit top to a long arm quilter do they bind the edge before you get it back or do you have to do it.
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Originally Posted by Steady Stiching
(Post 5239562)
You're only a real quilter if you hand quilt using a needle you whittled out of a whale bone using thread you spun from your own cotton plants.....while breast feeding a 5 year old ....LOL
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There are many steps in the process of making a quilt. Piecing the top, basting the top, batting and backing together, quilting the layers, and applying the binding. Who is to say that you must do every step of the process yourself or it isn't a quilt? I machine piece because it is fun to sew on my little Brother machine. I can't sew well enough to do anything else but straight lines, but that's all I need to piece a quilt top. I hand quilt because I enjoy the slow steady rhythm of each stitch and it gives me time alone to just be. Besides, I don't have the skill to machine quilt. It's all good.
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