Re: unstuck

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- julia sidebottom
  
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20 years ago

Wed, Jul 23, 2003 4:57 PM

> I've sewed again today for the first time in over a month. I've been > stuck. But now I'm unstuck again, and I can't wait to get "stuck" in to > all my favourite projects. > > One of the things I'm stuck on is machine quilting Tom's quilt. I'm so > pleased with the top I have made, I don't want to ruin it with "first > time" quilting. I have done lots of practice squares, but when I came to > quilt a long-lost UFO it was just a horrendous mess. I think maybe that > is because it was the first patchwork top I ever made, over 10 years > ago, and it is lumpy and bumpy and the seams have got crumpled in 10 > years of storage, and no amount of pressing could put them right. So I > think that top was impossible to quilt and I have given up in disgust. > But I am afraid that perhaps I am just a lousy MQer and if I try to > quilt Tom's lovely top I will ruin it. Any advice? > -- > Mel Rimmer

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- Roberta Zollner
  
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20 years ago

Wed, Jul 23, 2003 5:10 PM

It'll be fine! Start with an all-over largish grid. Make sure you have a reasonably pucker-free back afterwards, and then you know that the areas inside the grid squares are stable. These won't be any larger than the practice squares you have already mastered. You can then do the borders and binding, which cuts out some of the bulk. Then look it over, decide if you want to continue machine quilting. You could also hand quilt or tie to finish it if you think it's better. No quilt police! Have fun with it! Roberta in D

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- Jalynne
  
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20 years ago

Wed, Jul 23, 2003 9:20 PM

I've been stuck for a couple months, since starting school, and hopefully will get back into it this week, and finish some quilts that just HAVE to get done, as well as a few blocks that have to get done as well. I know how you feel about the machine quilting, because I'm feeling that myself. Just take it slow and easy. You won't ruin the quilt, and you're not a lousy quilter. Just stick with simple designs for now, and work your way up. Nothing wrong with that. That's what I'm doing, so there'd better *not* be anything wrong with that...LOL. Hand quilting is so much more comfy for me, but I just don't have time with some things. So i just get myself in a comfy position, and sit down for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, then take a break. I've found that keeps me from getting too frustrated or intense about it. In no time at all, I find I've finished! Hey, and you've got all these cyber cheerleaders..."Go, Mel, you can do it!"