I'm on the final stage of a long overdue birthday gift for my sister. I can now say unequivocable that I HATE piecing. I just hate it. I'd far rather applique a queen-sized quilt by hand. It might be much slower on an inch-by-inch basis but since I go to ridiculous lengths to avoid piecing it takes a lot longer to get a pieced project done in the long run. I also find that I don't like stained glass style applique. I think the thing is I just don't like working on a machine. Unfortunately several of my WISPs are going to require machine sewing. I'm just going to have to get over it. Maybe it will help when I get my machine serviced. I've had my Bernina for almost 15 years and it's worked like a top but with this project I noticed it's starting to make some pretty funny noises. As soon as I finish a couple small mending jobs I'm going to take it in to the shop.
But this quilt top is now finally done thank goodness. After much sweat and seam ripping, I finally have the top pieced, the same number of blocks on both sides of the unicorn and the bias tape applied down securely. And it's even almost square. Off it goes for quilting ... tra la. Hopefully it will be done in time for me to give it to her at Thanksgiving.
I'm on the final stage of a long overdue birthday gift for my sister. I can now say unequivocable that I HATE piecing. I just hate it. I'd far rather applique a queen-sized quilt by hand. It might be much slower on an inch-by-inch basis but since I go to ridiculous lengths to avoid piecing it takes a lot longer to get a pieced project done in the long run. I also find that I don't like stained glass style applique. I think the thing is I just don't like working on a machine. Unfortunately several of my WISPs are going to require machine sewing. I'm just going to have to get over it. Maybe it will help when I get my machine serviced. I've had my Bernina for almost 15 years and it's worked like a top but with this project I noticed it's starting to make some pretty funny noises. As soon as I finish a couple small mending jobs I'm going to take it in to the shop.
But this quilt top is now finally done thank goodness. After much sweat and seam ripping, I finally have the top pieced, the same number of blocks on both sides of the unicorn and the bias tape applied down securely. And it's even almost square. Off it goes for quilting ... tra la. Hopefully it will be done in time for me to give it to her at Thanksgiving.
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