What is your quilting dilemna ?
03-25-2017, 04:17 PM
#51
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Not at the end. It certainly should help. I do use a seam ripper or a cuticle pusher often to keep areas around seams close to the presser foot. I just gave away a stiletto with a hand carved whale bone handle. I hated to see it go, but it belonged to an antique machine and I couldn't part them.
03-25-2017, 04:59 PM
#52
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I would have to say I always make mistakes, then I figure out how to fix, take apart, or come up with a new look for what I am working on. I do not give up, so I guess I am not your regular quilter, but I finish my project and use it. I stay with things that a more on the easy theme. I learn as I go!
03-26-2017, 04:40 AM
#56
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Location: Maine-ly Florida
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1. Squaring up blocks! I have a problem doing that without cutting off points due to not leaving enough seam allowance.
2. Even if the block is perfect (seldom) I have a problem sewing at the point because I can't see it under the pressure foot. I think it's because I'm short (4' 10" ). I look at the needle from the front but can't see over the needle from the top. If I raise my chair up high enough then I can't reach the foot pedal.!
3. Eyesight! I have big floaters in the middle of both eyes that drive me crazy! But I do the best I can. My quilts are far from perfect but I enjoy the process, and non-quilters that see my quilts don't notice the imperfections. 😊
2. Even if the block is perfect (seldom) I have a problem sewing at the point because I can't see it under the pressure foot. I think it's because I'm short (4' 10" ). I look at the needle from the front but can't see over the needle from the top. If I raise my chair up high enough then I can't reach the foot pedal.!
3. Eyesight! I have big floaters in the middle of both eyes that drive me crazy! But I do the best I can. My quilts are far from perfect but I enjoy the process, and non-quilters that see my quilts don't notice the imperfections. 😊
03-26-2017, 05:08 AM
#59
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ballwin, MO
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My dilemma is a bad back, which prevents me from sitting for very long. I can handle piecing just fine, alternating sitting and standing for short periods, but don't make much headway with quilting (either hand or machine), because that requires longer periods of sitting. I'm afraid I may leave a bunch of unquilted tops behind when I depart.
03-26-2017, 05:18 AM
#60
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I have several machines I use in different places. Apparently my 1/4" seams are different enough that I cannot easily use different machines on the same quilt. The 1/4" feet are actually different sizes. The only 2 that are the same are my 100yr old treadle and a hand crank my brother brought me back from Afghanistan. The 1/4" foot on both Bernina's are different and the Janome is different from them. I have started pinning a note on different projects as to which machine I was using. I love them all and have enough machines that 6 of my 10 granddaughters can all sew at the same time.
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