Quilting Rants

Maximus
Maximus Posts: 12,256 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Why is it so hard to quilt! Grrrrrrr!!!
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  • G085H173
    G085H173 Posts: 514 Member
    Please tell me " to quilt" is not some euphemism for some private sport with a load of feathers?
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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Quilting is easy, I've done it lots of times.
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    My aunt just made me a wall hanging to go with the quilt she made me a few years ago:

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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    It starts with a little prick

    then there's blood everywhere
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    edited June 2016
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    Know when to stop, girl.
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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    ok but i only have the first block done

    just finished these pillows with fat quarter stash tho

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    Those are gorgeous!
  • 285to170
    285to170 Posts: 330 Member
    Louise1491 wrote: »
    I got 99 problems but a quilt aint one.

    If you having quilt problems I feel bad for you son!
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  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    Why can't quilters and knitters get along!!!! :'(

    not to mention crocheters, embroiderers and applique . . appliquers?
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,786 Member
    I'm glad somebody posted this. Seriously, I have a legitimate rant. I have my original Poncho Liner from 1972, when I was a Marine. Over the years I have been saving my Levis as I grew out of them or they have worn out. I have always wanted to use the Poncho Liner as the quilt liner and cut squares from the Levis to create a quilt that I could use as a bedroll on my motorcycle. My wife loves to sew, so does my youngest daughter and my sister-in-law. I have hinted around many times that I wanted this bedroll created. For decades. No one has offered to help me out. The closest thing I ever got was a Camo Quilt that my wife bought me for Christmas many years ago, Not the same thing.

    I guess I am going to have to take some sewing classes and do it myself. Or take the materials to a professional. Soon, because I have about 30 pairs of Levis I have saved up for this project.
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    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,786 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    I'm glad somebody posted this. Seriously, I have a legitimate rant. I have my original Poncho Liner from 1972, when I was a Marine. Over the years I have been saving my Levis as I grew out of them or they have worn out. I have always wanted to use the Poncho Liner as the quilt liner and cut squares from the Levis to create a quilt that I could use as a bedroll on my motorcycle. My wife loves to sew, so does my youngest daughter and my sister-in-law. I have hinted around many times that I wanted this bedroll created. For decades. No one has offered to help me out. The closest thing I ever got was a Camo Quilt that my wife bought me for Christmas many years ago, Not the same thing.

    I guess I am going to have to take some sewing classes and do it myself. Or take the materials to a professional. Soon, because I have about 30 pairs of Levis I have saved up for this project.

    just ask and if they say no tell them cryptically you may 'have to take your quilting needs somewhere else to be satisfied'

    I retire in 3 years. Going to take a sewing class and do it myself.
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    jessiferrrb wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    Why can't quilters and knitters get along!!!! :'(

    not to mention crocheters, embroiderers and applique . . appliquers?

    But keep away from bedazzlers, though. They always go too far.

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  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,502 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    Why can't quilters and knitters get along!!!! :'(

    Mrs Jruzer does both. She says the quilters are a lot crazier than the knitters.
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  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    Why is it so hard to quilt! Grrrrrrr!!!

    I've never quilted before...but if I did, I'd do it while drinking Chocolate Milk and having Seinfeld on in the background! :lol:@Maximus
  • 285to170
    285to170 Posts: 330 Member
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    But keep away from bedazzlers, though. They always go too far.



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    Vagazlers! Yes that is what you think it is.

  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    i'm not sure, but my neighbor is apparently a "rock star" in the quilting world.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    michellemybelll wrote: »
    i'm not sure, but my neighbor is apparently a "rock star" in the quilting world.

    no joke though, ben venom is the rock star of the quilting world http://www.benvenom.com/
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    edited June 2016
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    I'm glad somebody posted this. Seriously, I have a legitimate rant. I have my original Poncho Liner from 1972, when I was a Marine. Over the years I have been saving my Levis as I grew out of them or they have worn out. I have always wanted to use the Poncho Liner as the quilt liner and cut squares from the Levis to create a quilt that I could use as a bedroll on my motorcycle. My wife loves to sew, so does my youngest daughter and my sister-in-law. I have hinted around many times that I wanted this bedroll created. For decades. No one has offered to help me out. The closest thing I ever got was a Camo Quilt that my wife bought me for Christmas many years ago, Not the same thing.

    I guess I am going to have to take some sewing classes and do it myself. Or take the materials to a professional. Soon, because I have about 30 pairs of Levis I have saved up for this project.

    @TheRoadDog OK, here's the trick... start getting everything out like you're going to do it yourself...scissors, a pile of jeans, the liner etc. Put it in the middle of the floor or the table ...wherever it's going to be right in the way of everything. Now start struggling with it which might not be to hard since you've shared you don't know how sew yet.

    You won't have to wait too long and someone will sigh and pick it all up and say "Oh here give me that! I'll do it so it's not in the middle of everything!" The quilt you've always wanted? It will be done before you know it! :wink:

    You're welcome... and if that doesn't work... stop hinting and say the only thing I want for Father's Day is for someone to start my Quilt so I can have it by Fall! :lol:

    You can always start sobbing if need be... >:)

    Edited: to add missing words and make it more readable, lol
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 427 Member
    I love to quilt! I made my parents a back of the couch quilt for each holiday. And then when they got new curtains I bought an additional panel and used it in a quilt so it matches perfectly!

    I do this weird way of binding though. Instead of the pillowcase method, or using long stripes of being, I cut my backside about 5 inches to large, and then fold it over the front. it looks almost like a picture frame. Does anyone else do this? I know some other quilters and they always look at me like I am crazy when I do it that way......
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