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thank you!

Great way to coompare costs. Example the costs of travel for pleasure, whether a weekend road trip or vacation destination or a cruise trip. I think quilting/sewing is much less expensive than those pastimes. Golfing is expensive as is attending professional sports games in person. So don't fret too much over the cost of quilting as a pastime.

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Thank you! Your presentation was concise and clear.

You don't explain too well the round corner. It took me 2 days and loads of do-undo to get it right, but not by your method. Too bad...

❤ what a great idea

Thanks for sharing

What a cute idea!

Great idea

Just signed up for a beginner quilting class, and part of the supplies I'm supposed to have when I arrive, are 9 total fat quarters (plus some background fabric). The suggestion was 3 shades of green, 3 of red, 3 of blue. All I could think was "yuck"....if the purpose is to make my first quilt, then I'd rather choose other colors like shades of purple, and shades of maybe orange or yellow. Thanks for the video guidance.

Great advice! Am about to try this out now as my blade is a bit dull and do not feel like going to the store 🤔😊

Way too much wasted fabric.

Thank you for posting this technique. I have just recently learned about Pojagi. You have posted a Short video about a workshop you offered for a beautiful curtain but I can’t find it. Do you have it available online and if so, could you send me the link? I’d love to try this lovely “stained glass” curtain for my sewing room! Thank you very much, Lynda

I’m making a simple black and white checkered quilt, I want it to be crisp and I want to SitD obviously because if I quilt over the whole thing then the alternating thread color would be distracting! Just curious, is it possible to press the seam open and do a very small zig zag stitch to that it catches both sides? I’m trying to decide what the best way to do this is because I don’t want it to fall apart 😢

Here's the point you missed, OK, maybe 2, if you don't mind my adding this. I'm not saying this to hurt anyone's feelings -- I'm also a prolific quilter. ... Quilts you make are simply the output of YOUR HOBBY. You give them away so that you can make more quilts. Expecting others to be "over the moon" to receive a quilt from you is unreasonable. You can't expect others to place the same value on the output of YOUR HOBBY as you do. It just doesn't work that way. (2) Most of the quilts we make are NOT heirloom quality objects. ... Again, I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, but I read online so often how "hurt" people are that people don't "cherish", yes "cherish", the quilt they received the way the giver expected them to.

So true!!

So cute 😍

More inspiring ideas🎉🎉 I can see myself doing these in the future. Thank you.

Thank you! I've always wanted to make reusable wrapping, and you've given me the inspiration I needed. I crossed wrapping paper off my shopping list! 🎉 I've made one small piece and hope to make three larger ones. It will be interesting to see if they are returned to me immediately or if recipients reuse and return them next year 🤔

When did quilters become such egotistical snobs? How would you feel if someone didn't "deem" you good enough for them to put any effort into a gift? You would complain even more about that person than a quilt you made and tell everyone how hurt you are. How many gifts have you re-gifted or stuck in a closet? It's ok for you to do it but not them because omg, you made the quilt ? Give me a break 🙄 I have made and gifted many quilts. I donate many quilts too. I enjoy it. I would never tell someone how much I paid for a gift, why would I tell them what I spent on a quilt? To brag? That is pretty self centered. With these attitudes, you should tell people to never give you a gift and you reallly should find a new "hobby".

Just watched your whole series on pojagi wrapping cloths and I've fallen in love. I have too much wrapping paper, but I could donate it and use these instead. A bit squeezed to get enough done by Christmas but will start and continue in the more relaxed timeframe later. Thank you so much! I love learning about things like this from other cultures.

I love this so much! Quilting is your hobby. Quilting is your hobby and just because you love and value your quilts doesn’t mean others will. Gifting them something they don’t really appreciate beyond the thought behind the gift actually puts them in an awkward position. It is very egocentric to expect everyone to see it your way. It is way better to ask people if they would like a quilt and if so, involve them in the process. What do they want to use it for, let them choose the colors, fabrics and pattern. Alternately you can make quilts you love and then have a stack available to let people choose from. If those are not their style, this can start a conversation or they can choose not to take one. I see people all the time now asking for ideas of gifts to sew for a man or variations on what they should make for gifts. It really is important to first ask, should I make gifts for these people, or is there an alternative? Not everything has to be monetary. Some will say they can’t afford to buy gifts, but I call BS for many (not all) of those. Quilting is an expensive hobby, and even thrifting fabric has become expensive. It is a matter of priorities. What is more important, gifting someone something they will like, or spending money on your hobby? And if money truly is an issue, sometimes a batch of homemade cookies or a favorite meal is way more appreciated and costs a lot less than a quilt to make! I love to quilt and many in my family have requested quilts, so I make for those who are interested, and I donate quilts to organizations I believe in or relief efforts when it makes sense. And nothing makes me happier than pictures like the one I got from a friend of his little girl carrying the quilt I made her around the garage dragging it on the floor because she loves it so much she won’t put it down! Let it go and make your gifting about the recipient, not about you. Otherwise, why bother?

I'm giving a quilt to my stepson and his wife this year. I'm very, very nervous about whether it will end up as a dog bed. I made one for his twin brother as well and I know he will treasure and use his. This Christmas has me biting my nails. I only did the one that I worry about to appease my husband. (He owes me big time! Ha ha)

Sure like this. I have been wanting to make a courthouse steps quilt.

So true. As a new quilter I was very excited. My first quilt I gave to my daughter, and the second quilt I gave to a family friend. I love them both never had a quilt that I made for myself. I quickly realized that my passion and joy is not theirs. Now I will only make a quilt if someone asks me to make one. Lesson learned as a new quilter.

I made MIL a hand-pieced, hand quilted quilt to match her couch. A year later she told me that she was dog sitting for the neighbor and the dog loved the quilt, so she gave it to it. Last time I made a quilt for anyone either than my daughter or husband.

I am a knitter and a quilter. I don't understand being offended if you make a quilt for someone and they don't like it. I would hope that if you purchased a gift, you would make sure the person wanted what you buy. A handmade item is no different. Don't be upset with the recipient if they don't like something that you weren't sure they wanted.

I never even thought of this. Worth trying next time I feel experimental!

My sister was a quilter. She gave all her kids a quilt. She gave me, her sister, a quilt. All kinds of people quilts throughout the years. Her middle daughter like you say here didn’t exactly appreciate the quilt that her mom made, AND WHEN HER DOG DIED .. he was BURIED wrapped in the QUILT!! 😮 I heard about it years later, from my niece and was QUITE SURPRISED! 😮 I’m sure my sister never learned of it !

My sister gave me many quilts, she died in 2022, I cherished each and every one every single day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I needed to hear all of this. It was as if you had listened to my comments and needed to address them. I really felt that my granddaughter didn't care about the two quilts I made for her babies--but then I made an 'I SPY' quilt for them. Her comment to me made my day. "My kids love their quilts you made them better than blankets. If they want to play on the floor, the quilt will lay flat where blankets bunch up. They will have fun with this 'I spy' quilt."

I love making quilts for Project Linus or as a fundraiser for a good cause. Otherwise, I don't make quilts as gifts. I personally prefer a plush or fleece blanket to snuggle up in!

I made my mom a quilt that cost for Moda fabric and time to make. She used it for the dogs. This was 10 years ago. It still hurts but I just don't let on.

Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial! I wanted to make striped patchwork curtains with this style of seam, but I think I will also end up using it as an alternative to french seams when I sew clothing, too. Very neat and sturdy, with no extra bulk in the seam.

Cool, thx for sharing.

I just learned a bit more about pojagi than I did before. I didn't know about the ties. And I knew about the reversible jogakbo patchwork pojagi, but not the lined kind.

Unless they themselves are quilters, most young people do not know that they shouldn't machine wash and dry a quilt like an old pair of jeans. I was saddened to learn that the hand-sewn appliqued quilts that my MIL had made her great grand kids had been machine washed and dried to death by her granddaughter and the lap quilts that I had made were getting thread bare after 10 years of the same treatment. Now every quilt given has a little gift tag and with instructions on how to care for a quilt IF THEY WANT IT TO LAST. At least it makes me feel better now that I am over the initial shock!!!

I love making quilts, but I wouldn't gift them away, unless it was for a pet. My wonderful old dog loved his quilt, and many years later I still have it and it reminds me of him all the time, and other pets have loved his quilt too. And really, a quilt only looks homely if it goes with the colours of the room, and its hard to love something when the very colours repel you. I remember a long time ago my mum made me two cushion covers and they look totally out of place no matter where I put them or what I try to match them with, and though I do use them, I often think why on earth would she make something to her colour and style and give it me. Unfortunately, what colours I find ugly and hard on the eye, she grabs and treasures. But still, its the thought that counts, and I would never throw them away.

I have subtly put into conversation how expensive my hobby is and have told them how much it costs in fabric and long arm - then if I decide to gift one I have them choose from a variety of kits or patterns so I know they will love it - this works ! My kids love my quilts and my grandbabies use theirs every day

The one that really hit home is that some people don’t like quilts. That is my ex! He just doesn’t . . . but, lucky me! Closing in on 50 years divorced, we remain friends and I have been the happy and grateful recipient of vintage tops and quilts that ended up with him when elderly relatives died. They usually come my way via my daughter who says this is from (fill in the blank) and Dad thought you would like to have it.

That was so SAD TO HEAR, but so True!

Great video, not something I’d thought about before

I used to give wedding quilts. No way he wants them, they want matchy matchy duvets curtains and shams. Not a dumpy homemade item that’s donated next year. Yeah, I’ve seen a couple quilts in the cat bed.

I made a quilt for my sister, but I have never seen it displayed. I finally asked why and her response was “It’s too nice to be used.” I think she regifted it to someone because she couldn’t produce it when I asked to see it. I’ve given several quilted and cross stitch items as gifts in the past and I’ve learned that, unless the recipient also enjoys these hobbies, others do not understand the time, money, and love that was put into the gift. Therefore, I make what I love for myself.

Wise video! Agreed with everything! As a rule with anything I make, I learned very early on (during my tweens) to not gift any handmade stuff to folk no matter how much they like me or I them. You cannot control their likes and dislikes over time and vice versa. Would you be comfortable with something handmade in your line of sight for the rest of your life if your life changed and if the person who made it had a falling out with you and your family? It’s always better to give quilts to places where there is a direct need. More importantly a lot of people in general do not need gifts or quilts in particular and this is a harsh reality

Excellent Sage Advice!!

I made 3 quilts a couple years ago for Christmas gifts. I explicitly told them that I wanted them to be used, and if it needs repair, to let me know. When it is no longer in my possession, it is not my problem anymore.

So true, people do not realise the cost of these makes,thank you for this. I recently made a Christmas dress for a lttle cousin - no thank you, no appreciation. I now know which family members appreciate and treasure my makes.

I had a lady give me a puzzle she glued together and put in a frame, after that, I never randomly gave away a quilt without knowing ahead of time if they wanted it.