What are the top 4 reasons you don’t quilt your quilts quilted? and what can you do about it?
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I NEEDED to see this video today! Yay! I am not alone on this journey of procrastination. You are encouraging, motivational and nothing less than AWESOME. Thank you Pat!
So did I!
I think of many of my tops as a "bank" of potential gifts. A few times, I invited someone to look through a stack of my tops and pick one they wanted me to finish for them. They get really excited. It is really fun and motivating.
I love this idea.
That's fun
Great idea.
What a great reason to keep a few unfinished tops!! Clever lady!!
I love that idea💕
I have two sisters that quilt my quilts, so I just send mine on, Lucky me!
I remember when I first started learning to quilt my own quilts 15 or 20 years ago that someone said: be gentle with yourself. It takes about 1,000 hours of practice to become OK at free motion quilting.
That totally put things into perspective for me! That’s like 6 months of full-time working hours! As we get older, we forget how to learn how to do new things. We forget that there are stages to learning skills. We forget that being an expert in one area doesn’t mean that we’re an expert in another. Our life experience leads us to analyze why something won’t work and go into it with preconceived notions that ultimately make it more difficult to learn.
So, relax. Be gentle with yourself. Bring your shoulders down away from your ears or you’ll get sore. It’s not ever going to be perfect. You’re not ever going to be perfect. All you can do is build the skills and make little improvements every time.
Absolutely. Plus our memory isn’t as strong as we get older. Fmq is building muscle memory. Good grief- unless I’m fmq daily - I can’t remember- lol - but sew true 💕. I really believe that is the hardest part for me is giving myself the typical grace needed for fmq and accepting the long dedicated learning curve and the. At least doubling that for my age and ability to not catch on and retain as quickly as I use to 😩
Another thing I saw on a quilting tv show years ago was to put two rubber door stops on the backside of your machine to tip it up towards you. That way you can see what’s going on better & reduce the stress/fatigue as you quilt. I did that until I got a sew steady extension table, but that’s the way it goes. Honestly, I don’t do the quilting anymore usually, so it’s ok.
@@Tam-te5nh what a great idea!! I never thought of that:)
So true! People expect to be experts right away, it rarely happens we are even decent right away. Takes doing it
I hadn’t heard this before, 1,000 hours, that makes me feel better. I am in my 50’s so for some that’s still young. I hope so anyway , I’ve always told myself that I wouldn’t stop trying new things, hopefully I do. So it’s good to know that it takes lots of practice, I won’t give up!
The binding is the best part. It means the dang thing is finished! Hand binding is very relaxing for me😍🇦🇺
You were talking my language this morning. I love piecing quilts and I am hesitant to quilt them on my long arm for fear I mess it up. Last fall I bit the bullet and started quilting my 19 tops. I also had 6 charity quilts to quilt which gave me a deadline. So I told myself after every quilt of mine , then I could quilt a charity quilt. It has worked. My numbers are down to 12 now👏
And this is why we love Pat Sloan! Very inspirational........I need to go panel shopping!
I have started doing edge to edge quilting with my embroidery machine on my quilts. There are a wide variety of designs available and they look so professional when done. Magnetic hoops have made it so easier. Lastly my husband put plant hooks in the ceiling above my machine and hung bungie cords with clamps. I can then keep the quilt lifted up. This allows the embroidery unit to move freely without drag. I now finish my tops!
I bought the bungie cord clamps from Handy Quilter and I have my plants hooks I just need to put them in the ceiling. Thanks, I better get that done tomorrow.
@@roseannecarratkinson4271 Good luck!
I am doing edge to edge quilting as well. I was finding it very hard to line up the designs, but I am getting better at it. I have a Q Zone hoop frame now, tho, with a 15 inch quilting machine on it. So I need to get busy and start practicing on that. I am excited about both techniques.
Will the magnetic hoops work with Bernina machines?
@@dianewingenbach7153yes! I have one and it makes the edge to edge quilting so much easier
I love binding too. I feel like I'm at the end, and it looks so great, feels so great, and I'm really good at binding too.
My issue was it was too hard to maneuver a huge quilt in my home machine. I also hated marking large quilts with markers/chalk, etc....so hard to see markings. So, I either did quilt-as-you-go or made smaller projects. I just got Clear Blue Tiles and a magnetic hoop....so now I LOVE quilting in the hoop!! Love all of the end to end designs. Making my way through my quilt tops this year!!
I'm going to have to check out the Clear Blue Tiles and magnetic hoops. Do you have a link?
My problem of the quilt tops was the expense of getting them quilted. I now have them all quilted because of a dear friend that now has a long arm and does mine for Free, She is learning on my quilt tops and has done 8 tops for nothing. How blessed am I.
One of the reasons my quilt tops pile up is that I have to finish sewing the top before I choose the backing. Then if I want to use a fabric from that collection it becomes a search and rescue mission. Add to that shipping delays now and I’m on to starting more projects. I have taken your discussion to heart about UFOs and yesterday pulled out a puzzle mystery quilt from 2020 to work on the last clue of putting it together. This will be a Christmas gift for my oldest grandson. I’m determined this year to have all my gifts sewn before December arrives. Wish me luck!
Thanks for the kick in the pants!
Pat, thank you for giving us inspirations to motivate us, to get back on track to complete our quilts!
I’ve been very blessed by having been surprised with my Gammill for Christmas back in 2011 which turned into me quilting for the public so now my only reason was that I was super busy quilting for everyone else so my quilts took the backroad….Closed the business now able to take inventory of mine and excited to get mine done, but the binding was my stopping point because I hated it so much. Then I learned to do it all by machine which was a game changer for me! 22 tops to be quilted and only 1 to bind….YAY Thanks Pat for your encouragement!
Deadline with a reward of something really special to you !! Coffee with a friend, day at a spa, shopping spree to buy more fabric- ha ha
Thank you, Pat, for this topic. You have enabled me to free motion quilt so many quilts. I'm not perfect, but they are done. If I may quote Angela Walter," a finished quilt is better than than a perfect unfinished quilt."
I make my binding along with the quilt top so it is ready when the quilt is quilted…it keeps me going!
Great tip. Just did this the other day and will make this part of my process when cutting the borders or backing.
Hi Pat! This is a great video. I am lucky enough to have a sewing shop nearby who rents their longarm by the hour at a very low rate. I have learned so much by doing this.
Thank you! It's the "my skills aren't good enough" that holds me back. I bought a panel because you suggested that previously. I'm going to pull it out and start practicing. I also have a couple quilt tops that don't have to be well quilted. My goal is to practice 🙂. Thank you for this encouragement!
Do several panels in a row, you have to build the skills
Yay!!! Have fun Pam!
I quilted 2 donation baby quilts yesterday and will try to finish a panel in the next couple days!! Thank you again for your encouragement. It's not perfect, but I'm seeing much improvement. 🙄
@@pst47wings yay!!! 🎉 Have fun. Once you get into a rhythm, you notice the sound of your machine when something isn’t quite right. I haven’t done it in a while, but I love the sound when you’re sailing along. ♥️
For years I joked that my hobby is not quilting but sewing quilt tops! Thank you for keeping it real💕
I call My quilt tops “ Ladies In Waiting”. (Waiting to become a quilt) I always make my binding when I finish my top before the fabric gets lost in my stash or used for something else. I often use up my leftover fabric for the back of the quilt so some already have backings. My reason for delay is 2 things. First stumbling block is Pinning the sandwich. If it’s a big quilt I need help getting it pinned. Single and not easy getting help when I want help. Second is selecting the quilting design. I’m fairly comfortable free motion quilting but it’s not easy picking a design on some quilts. So maybe I’m waiting for inspiration or the quilt to say what it wants. I have a 84 yr old Mom helps out doing binding in the winter.
That's such a great idea, making the binding before the fabric gets "lost" and back in my stash.
I've learned I love the piecing. And I pray I never run out of people to give them to. These are great tips! Thanks for all your wisdom ❤️
I totally get this! I've been quilting for about 25 years and I would finish a quilt top, with no person in mind (although all the family and friends who saw it would let me know they'd "absolutely love to have it")...and I would fold it up and put it in a box. Over the years, I had torn both rotator cuffs and had surgery on them and all that and everything is great. But I am still very aware of how easy it was to reinjure my shoulders. I could pay to quilt about 6 tops a year. Turned out when I retired, I had 4 boxes of tops( about 15 in each box) waiting to be turned into finished quilts. I bought a computer driven long-arm, and now after a mere 6 years, I have cleared out 1-1/2 boxes. Yea me...only 2-1/2 boxes to go! Would have been more, but I'm still piecing tops and throwing those in the boxes. I've learned a lot watching Ms Pat's videos and tell myself "it's perfect...enough" when looking at my quilts and meaning it. No one is a critical about the quilting and piecing of a quilt as the person working on it.
My very first machine was a White! A Christmas gift from my sister.
Jacqui Gering's Walk books are great. They helped me get out of the ditch. My walking foot quilting is improving with each quilt. Eventually, I want to learn free motion quilting. But for now, there are so many walking foot designs I want to try.
I’m a pretty new quilter and has ZERO clue you could quilt your quilt with your embroidery machine! You totally just blew my mind 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
as an athlete i learned to accept winning ugly is still winning...yet continue to focus on improving my game...same for me with hobbies and sewing. You won't quilt without mistakes, you can't do anything with some mistakes....that's why experience is so valuable, it's earned.
I just found a quilt top that I did 7 years ago with the Fat Quarter Shop. It is now being quilted for my daughter.
Your wave stitch has worked out for me so many times. I love it! If you have a machine that does embroidery there are so many quilt designs to use.
Something about this video has really spoken to me and hit right on the target! Time to get my machine fired up!
What a great show. I have a new machine, and bought with machine quilting planned [10'' throat], and today's the day. I feel even more energized and ready after watching this am. Thanks Pat for always bring us fun and informative content. I watch every day now.
Ann, I just bought a new machine with a 10 inch throat so I could do more of my own quilting. That’s my goal for this year. Good luck to you.
I’ve enjoyed your past videos and following you overcome challenges especially this past year. Today’s video was exceptional. A subject so relevant to many, addressed with practical, insightful advice that is reasonable for hobby quilters to achieve with several options provided to get on with getting the tops done. THANK YOU SO MUCH! This information was a huge help.
Pat, I have found that I need others to do the quilting. I complete more quilts that way. I am happy to pay for that work.
Wonderful! Thank you for all the tips and encouragement. Now I have the motivation to keep going and not be so judgmental of my own work.
The right tools certainly have made it easier for me
Squirrel 🐿!!!! Pat is starting a new sewalong. Lol. That my distraction.
I have a blocks made for fall frolic and summer soirée, just gotta put together. Yes they are UFO’s. I’ll get there. I have to remind myself this is a hobby, not a job. I will also say “too much pretty fabric” is a distraction for me as well. Once I load it and get it quilted, I’m so much happier. Thank you Pat for another great lesson.
Pat mentions the space we need to clear to put binding on. The last two I did, I just sat in my king sized bed with the tv on and had all the room in the world. It was nice.
I can't use machine on the bed
Thank You for discussing this! It is so timely. I am working on a goal this year of making more quilts. And for me it’s a head game. I have to focus my head/mind on the goal, and the deadline. I love quilting, it makes me so happy when I’m quilting, but then a squirrel/distraction comes along and I stop quilting. So I have stopped the distractions by watching quilting videos and engaging with them. Social media is too much of a distraction so that’s why I watch videos. The videos are focused on quilting. And I have lots of quilts on my written list of quilts to make. And the quilts each have a purpose or need to them. Which helps to stay focused.. Having lots of quilts to work on is giving me variety so I can work on different things and I’m not doing the same thing all the time. And I’m finishing more quilts. But like you talked about I have a quilt top I’ve put off finishing, it’s king size, and I feel like I can’t do it, so this video is very helpful. Thank You!
I get a lot of joy from a finished project. I cut, assemble and press my binding before I piece a single block, with my eye on the finished product! It helps me focus. Sometimes! 😊
My problem was knowledge. As a new quilter didn't know how to put these inherited pieces together. Sometimes the quilt did not lay flat. This was a grandmothers flower garden with very small pieces. Worked on this for over two years and asked many people for their help, even Pat Sloan about cutting and attaching the borders . A quilter in Canada sent me a diagram with arrows as to how to join the pieces together. It worked and the quilt top was finally put together. Probably could have made two quilts due to lots of taking out and re-doing. This was all sewn by hand. When ready for quilting, I asked what I needed to supply the long arm quilter person. She supplied the thread and the batting. I supplied the quilt top and backing. Be sure to ask beforehand. This quilt has been finished and is on an antique bed in a 1925 house in Kentucky. Thank goodness!
I’m stuck on what design to use on my Grandmothers Flower Garden. Did you do an all over design?
Pat , this was a great video. You gave us so many helpful tips to get us finishing those quilt tops! And some are just NOT intended to be quilted! The fear of messing up something we have put many hours into is REAL. But practice is the only way to get better. I often get big pieces of paper and draw out my design ( or design options) on the paper.... before I go to the quilt. Then I have a quilt sandwich about the size of a baby quilt ( 40 X60 inches) where I try out a bit of the design using my FMQ foot on my sewing machine. These steps build both muscle memory and confidence. Our quilt guild also has a charity program where members make tops or quilt tops someone else has made. I find the I am more likely to "relax and quilt" on a quilt top that I have not made... so I quilt MANY charity quilts. Each one I quilt is better than the last and I can build my repertoire of designs, or even create a new design of my own. AND THEY GO TO A GOOD CAUSE!
This was so inspirational and heartfelt actually. Miss Pat you have become a beacon and start to my day with you share and give with your videos. Thank you thank you.
My least favorite part is trying to line up, smooth out, etc., the backing, batting and top. Once I've done that and can start pinning I finally feel like "okay I've got this"! Sometimes I yarn tie them.
When I started quilting, I assumed the most involved work was completing the top piecework. As I’ve started my own quilting, I realized: I don’t really enjoy that part as much; I’m afraid to wreck it with poor quilting skills; it takes longer than I thought to quilt a top. Knowing this about myself is helpful, though. P.S. When I finally get to the binding, I’m like a horse to the barn! 😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Great video chat this morning, can hardly wait to quilt the next unfinished quilt top! You are an inspiration, thank you again 🙏 ❤
In my small group of quilters, we went around and asked what was your least favorite thing to do when it comes to quilting. My least favorite is putting together the backing. My good friend said binding. We trade services now.
That's awesome! Putting together backing is my nemesis at the moment! I've never done one that had to be pieced and I don't know how! My only finished projects are wall hangings, table runner or lap quilt size that don't have to have pieced backings.
Backing is a struggle for me as I never know what to put on the back. I’m really liking the pieced backings using fabric left over or using your stash. I was stuck with thinking the backing had to be something that matched the front of the quilt.
Hi Pat, I always feel anxious to see the quilt tops completed. I make the top, then quilt it, well then I must do the binding bcz I want to hang it on my front porch and take a picture of the finished quilt. 🥰 Then I have a record of when it was completed with a date saved to my picture album on my computer. That is my my reward for a job well done. 👏❤️🥰 Have a lovely weekend. Chris
This was an awesome video. Thank you so much.
Oh my goodness Pat, I felt like you were talking directly to me! My word for the year is FINISH and today's video is giving me the push I need to get started.
This video was so informative. Your description of the process and that it’s practice, practice, practice and not to be discouraged ged
i was a hand sewer of binding till i found suzie magic binding technique and now i machine sewing
Thanks Pat for all your wise words and encouragement. I have gone through all 4 points but the most Important thing I have found is to remember the enjoyment of each process. I learn something new each time I sew. Either combination of colors, machine mechanics, quilting or not completely it on time for my deadline.
As I get older I just have learn to not sweat the small stuff and remember the receiver will love the fact you made it for them. There are no quilt policeas one of my friends said, just have fun. If no fun do something else.
Thank you for addressing this, Pat, it is one of those videos that is worth re-playing every time you are stuck. Quilting is an emotional hobby, and can give you more satisfaction when you understand yourself.
I blame you! 😂 Your projects are all great and I want to do them all so I start the next one instead of finishing the previous. I have made a list of 6 tops to finish before I start the next one. I think I can live with this plan, sure hope so. I still work full time
This was a timely discussion for me. I had just spent this past week cataloging all my WIPs and came up with 28 tops that need to have a backing made and quilted. Pat, you've given me the push to try some of the suggestions. Thanks for a great video!!!!
Pat this was such an eye opener for me especially about quilting it myself. I’m just going to start with my smallest one and start doing it! Thanks so much💕
I don’t put my tops away until they are quilted. Then when I have 3-4 I know it’s time to quilt. I’ll sandwich them all, quilt all of them and then machine bind them. Sandwiching is my least favorite part but I have started using pool needles and it has helped a lot to keep everything smooth and straight when I pin.
Pool noodles were a game changer for me. That and using my husbands ping pong table. 😂
Thank you for taking the fear out of machine quilting! I ordered your book plus a pair of quilting gloves. I really like the QAG in quaudrants. Thank you!!!
I only do machine binding and ❤️ to do decorates stitches on them. Just learned to do edge to edge in the hoop while recuperating from shoulder surgery since I had to have something to do. It was slow going using only one hand but got 5 done, now to put binding on the last 2 (all charity quilts).
Now that’s being motivated! Great job
i try to be doing some hobby weekly, counted cross stitch, sewing, gardening....i have my projects in bins, so it feels like a task ready to go. even for gardening, i have a bin with gloves and tools i can plop in my garden cart, plant food, bins for weeding...i garden in sections so it never feels overwhelming. It makes the tasks fun to have it set up...I also have a weekly menu...it's as though someone made a guide, no thinking, just get the supplies ready for what's listed on the menu....it's a small task as you go approach to life chores and projects.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You gave me many reasons to quit procrastinating and get started (yet again) finishing my tops. Pat, you are a treasure!!!!!!
Always so kind of you to share your thoughts, tips and reminding us that this our journey to navigate whichever way makes us happy. You make it OK to have the feels, that we have at any stage of the process and your joyful attitude is a breath of fresh air! Thank you!!!!!!
Very encouraging today. Thanks 😊
This is one of the best videos I've seen about the quilting process in a very long time, Pat. I found myself in all those reasons and could relate to them for one situation or another along my quilting journey. Now that I've been quilting for over 20 years the deadline is really me and I feel it more so now in the Covid era. I don't want to leave behind a huge stack of unfinished tops. When I was younger I never considered making a quilt top just to donate and now that is a big portion of the quilt tops I do yearly in an effort to sew down my stash and just enjoy the process. Thanks for this great video, Pat. I know I'll watch it several times just for the gentle kick in the pants I need when I hit a slump.
Molly, great advice here as I have been a quilter for 30 years. Lots of accumulated projects that I want to finish and not leave a mess for my family to deal with. I will be gifting more and donating more as I finish my stash of kits and fabric.
I like the binding. I machine one side and hand quilt it down. It’s my time to bring the quilt upstairs and share my binding time with my husband as we watch TV.
Thank you Pat. It really is about the whole process of quilting that makes me love it! Even though there are parts that aren’t as favorable at times. I’m going to keep working on new projects I’ve started this year but I’m now motivated to work on the MANY unfinished tops and projects of years past. Thank you, thank you ♥️
Haha! I have an old White, bought it in the early 70's, for a big 50.00 doles brand new, still have it but the feed dogs drop on me and need to be fixed, it came with 24 design cam's, and a foot I could fmq with, but at the time I didn't quilt. I still love this machine.
I'm a quilt top maker, I love the hunt of putting all the colors and fabric together. I do have a long arm and quilt other folks quilts for them. But it seems mine are always pushed back to get others finished. Usually I get a few of mine quilted in December, when others are finished.
Since your job is quilting for others full time, the you have to schedule yours on your off time. Evenings, weekends , holiday
Ok, my last post…lol…I think. My husband always reminds me when I express how I’m feeling about not getting my quilts finished, “Cheryl, it’s a hobby, not a job.” And you have just said the same thing. I forget that and I put pressure on myself because I know how many quilts I have started, and then gotten distracted, that are on the shelf while still adding to my list. 😂 I’ve decided that I am a quilt kit and a quilt fabric collector. I must stop and settle on one project to complete. Thank you, Pat. This video is so perfect because you have been there (where I/we are), you have that same mind that we quilters have, you have walked where we walk so you know us well. Thank you!
Oh, I am such a 2! I had 9 quilt tops done on 1/1/22, with really no plans to finish them. I've cut the backs and batting for 6 of them, and I have 3 done. I've also started 3 more quilts, so I think that's the pay off. I've decided that some are worth spending time doing quilting, and others just need to be DONE! At least that's what I'm telling myself!
Thank you Pat I am quilting my first quilt right now and was really worried about starting because I didn't want to ruin it, it is for my dad. The other day I finally got started on it and it could be better but I am going to finish I really want to do them from start to finish. Your video today was very helpful and encouraging and something I really needed to hear you gave so much great advice and now I can continue and finish and be proud of what I accomplish and know next time I will do better. It is almost a year since I started learning to quilt and I have learned so much from you so thank you. Summer Soire was the very first thing I did and I will be quilting that next.
Not even quilting a year and two quilts already?! Impressive!!
Pat, this is the video I've needed. I have been stuck between wanting to do my own quilting and being afraid of ruining the quilt. I did try free motion quilting a quilt and it was a disaster. I tried another and it wasn't awful, but ever since I've been reluctant and tops have begun piling up. I admire your courage in pushing through when you were starting out. I'm paralyzed with perfection, but I will try to push through and forgive myself for my imperfections. I just purchased Jacquie Gering's first WALK book and I'm feeling hopeful again. Thank you!
The aphorism "Pefection is the enemy of the good" is well earned for those of us "self conscious quilters". Know that whomever you give a quilt to is going to be thrilled to get it no matter how you quilted it. We will always notice every nit in our work...they will not.
I struggled with finishing because I wanted things to be perfect. I've come to learn that finished is BETTER than perfect!
This was the best video! Thank you so much I have learned so much from you!
Great tips to just get it done! My goal this year is to finish my quilts by just getting it done! Wish me luck😉
OMGoodness, I absolutely love your giggle. I just happened upon your video this AM. I have two large tops that are waiting to be quilted. You nailed it by saying we think we are not good enough to finish our quilt tops. Wow, I thought you looked right into my mind. And then I went and looked at my quilt top and thought, I did all this work( it is a crazy quilt top) it is beautiful and it has been sitting for almost 4 years, alone and lonely because I thought I was not good enough to quilt the top. Well, after listening to your tips I thought, this is going to get done this year. I say this year because, my husband has advanced Dementia and I am his primary care giver. So my time is split between care giving, sewing and thinking about this top. So I will give myself a dead line and start small, like baby step a little at a time. Thank you for being a wonderful narrator and making me believe I to can do this.
I listen to you every day over breakfast. Enjoyed your talk today very much. I am an occasional quilter but I love every quilt I make. Although I am not a perfectionist I am surprised how much I love even my not-so perfect quilting. The most important thing I found is to spend some time on the quilt sandwich to get it flat. I use basting spray and ironing to get it flat. I find stippling is the easiest pattern to use.
My juki is set up like a mock sitdown. I bought an extra large extension table and turned my machine so that I quilt off the head rather than the front of the machine. Next I bought 3 dog grooming arms and 2 packs of handiquilter bungee clips and I've found having a suspension system deals with the bulk and drag wonderfully. Finally, I have a foot with a side open toe. I can meander or do most simple allover patterns and finish a quilt top in 4 hours. Get the tools to do the job, and just start. A stack of unfinished tops is just a pile of fabric. I also keep a quilt in the livingroom to hand quilt in my quiet time.
As I slowly return to quilting I need to remind myself that it is a learning process and it can only improve with practice. Pat I the your videos and also reading the community comments. Thank you all
Thank you. I am very insecure about my quilting. You inspire me 👍
Thank you, Pat!Really appreciated this and am determined to make a significant hole in my ufo's this year.
Wonderful advise. I quilt almost all of my own quilts. I have found that quilting finished tops for charity with my guild has given me the practice opportunity to improve my skills. Now it's just another favorite part of the quilting journey.
Great video! Thankfully I like to do binding. I usually try to make it the day I finish the top so it’s ready once it’s quilted. I also do 100% machine binding. It is far from perfect, but nobody cares! Once it’s washed & in use you don’t even notice the quilting as so much.
Actually, once it’s washed & in use, you don’t really notice any of the things you stewed over while making it. (Like that word fabric border I forgot to cut length of fabric 🙄).
One thing I have started doing, when buying precuts, i buy a yard of fabric for the binding also. That way I have enough for most of my situations. This is especially handy if I don’t use the precut for a few years - I don’t have to hunt something down to go with it.
I don’t have a problem with binding. As soon as I mastered the corners I was away. Once I’ve got to the binding stage the finish line is in sight and I can’t wait to get it done.
Thanks for this...I am paralyzed to quilt my tops. Intimidated by the process. Your tips really help to break it down
I'm relieved to know I am not alone! I have several tops waiting on me, and yes, I gifted a top at Christmas a few years ago, and unfortunately, I have yet to quilt it! I have a Gracie frame with a Juki TL2010Q and nothing programmable. It's all me, and I freeze in fear of destroying the beautiful top! I do have a few panels to practice on. Thank you for the encouragement. I desperately need it!😊
a couple years ago, my only way of quilting was either tie it, or stitch in the ditch; I later learned how to use my embroidery machine to quilt edge to edge; that has been life changing for me! Last Oct I challenged myself to finish quilting the pieced quilts I had waiting to be sandwiched and quilted...I did it in time to sell at our Fall and Winter Fest...
Way to go!
Pat, thank you so much for giving quilting tips today. It really is about getting ready to the quilting and thinking whether it will turn out ‘good enough’. I remember a couple years ago being terrified about cutting the fabric, what if I made a mistake! It was really hold me back. How could I quilt if I couldn’t even get the pieces cut? I watched a lot of TH-cam and decided what if I tried a certain ruler? It had slots in it at certain intervals, well, can hardly make a mistake with that, I thought. That ruler and the confidence I gained, knowing I wouldn’t make a mistake (at least less likely!) was the key to at least getting the fabric cut. I am still working on sewing accuracy but I will get better. Now, it’s getting over the hurdle of finally quilting the quilt sandwich. I will try some of them, like using panels (what a great idea!) to get me jump started on perfecting this skill. Thanks so much! Have a great weekend!
What a terrific segment!! Great advice. Thanks Pat!
One trick for binding is to make the binding before you start the quilt. I always do this first as it gets it out of the way and then when the quilt sandwich is done, quickly trim and sew the binding on. I love to bind by hand - it gives me time to meditate and create a beautiful project at the same time.
Great idea to make the binding ahead of time. Love binding by hand too. For me it gives me the time to enjoy the quilt and is extremely satisfying.
Wow I needed this! Going to watch it again and take notes. Thanks doll this was great!
Pat. Thank you for the fantastic thoughts on quilting.I want to type these with bullets and print them out. ♥️
Wow! This episode was for me! I think it was #2…….my skills aren’t good enough……I’m afraid I will mess it up…..this has been me! But another one you didn’t list is…..I hate basting my quilts! I have had low back issues and crawling around on the floor basting is tough! I did find another way to spray baste using pool noodles but the spray baste gets everywhere! So hubby has banned me to the garage😂 I loved Barbara’s comment……I do love the quilting process❤️
What valuable encouragement you have given us in this video, Pat. Right down the list of why our quilts aren't getting to the completed stage. So valuable. The honest truth and very doable solutions as well. Thank you so much!
When I finish a quilt top and before quilting it, I get the binding strips pieced and ready to go. That way it's not a chore to do after the big process of the machine quilting.
Great plan! Love this idea and plan to adopt this step into my own quilting process. I have always waited till finished quilting 😳🥴
I must give credit to Laura Coia from sewveryeasy on TH-cam for this tip. She also has great videos!
My aunt lived to the age of 98. The last time I visited her in her home, she brought out a quilt she'd started 80 years earlier. The top was done except for the binding, and she still couldn't decide which major color should form the sides. She eventually finished it with and was written up in her local paper with a photo of her and the quilt, called the longest quilt project in the county.
My mother-in-law finished a quilt top her grandmother had made. She was a grandmother herself by this time.
Anna Bates of quilt roadies once called herself a "serial starter" lol that's me! Picking fabric making the top how exciting but then oh look a new project haha my girlfriend Cindy said I really look forward to seeing that dresden flower quilt youre sewing all Finished So am I lol
Thank you Pat..this entire video spoke to me. I haven’t been quilting too long and I am sorry I didn’t start years ago, as I am totally addicted.. in 9 months of quilting I have already accumulated 7 tops in the waiting to be quilted lineup! As always you have motivated me to get to work! As always , I love having my morning coffee with you! You are a highlight of my day! 🥰🥰🥰
Pat, thanks for sharing your thoughts on quilting a top. I bought a walking foot for my budget Brother machine last year, but I've been afraid to damage my machine by using it, lol. I think 2022 is the year to give it a try. Fingers crossed.