The old-fasioned, tedious way -
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The old-fasioned, tedious way -
There are some parts of the quilt-making process that I enjoy doing the old-fashioned, "tedious" way - even though I know there are tools to make the jobs easier.
Some of them are:
Fussy cutting with a rotary cutter
Snipping the seams of a rag quilt (great for relieving aggressive feelings!)
Hand sewing (the second stitching) of a binding
Drafting designs on graph paper
Anything you still like to do "an older/less modern" way?
Some of them are:
Fussy cutting with a rotary cutter
Snipping the seams of a rag quilt (great for relieving aggressive feelings!)
Hand sewing (the second stitching) of a binding
Drafting designs on graph paper
Anything you still like to do "an older/less modern" way?
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I do hand stitch the binding closed on my quilts. I don't know why but I like it a lot better and it is a very comforting thing to do in my opinion. And I do start my quilt designs in a grid notebook. But after I have the initial design I do draw it up on the computer as well so I can see what it would look like in its finished colors.
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I am just always so delighted to be in the generation that has a rotary cutter and mat. I watched my great Aunt Maude cut out her patterns with newspaper print. I do enjoy hand sewing the binding to the back of a quilt. But I love my EQ7 program. That save me so much time.
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I love to hand stitch the binding on the back. Wool applique' is another favorite - hand stitching with the blanket stitch. My real love however, is when a particular picture of a quilt catches my eye and I can figure out how to make it.
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