Friday, August 22, 2014

Confessions of a Quilt Addict

 quilty secrets




By now, I'm sure you have seen Amy's post over at 13 Spools. It's a fun post in which she airs her 10 Quilty Little Secrets :) Well. . . I have aired a lot of my quilty little secrets throughout my blog but here they are all in one place for all to see. . . I'm airing dirty laundry here folks, if you have a weak stomach, you should probably move on to the next blog in your reader ;) Hang on to your hats, here we go!

1. Cotton + Steel, Amy Butler, Pearl Bracelets - don't get it. Haven't any. Likely. Never. Will. :)

2. When IF I pin, I run over them when sewing. Always. Have I hit them? Yes. Has the world ended as a result? No. I put the pins there to keep the seams together when I sew over them. . . that's not happening if I take the pin out!!

3. I never have and never will pre-wash anything. . . The quilt is going to be washed when I finish (always) so why bother with another step that is going to make it a longer time for me to get to cutting and sewing.

4. Pre-Cuts. . . love to hate them (except fat quarters of course). After being burned on several occasions by the cuts being inaccurate. I'd rather have the person responsible for the inaccurate cuts there to beat (me) than to be cussing in the wind!

5. I use starch. A LOT of starch. I am not a best press fan. It's expensive and not as starchy as the cheap stuff. When I say a lot, I mean soak. Pre-washed in starch. :)

6. I iron press my seams open. Almost always. And I only use steam when pressing curved piecing. I don't try to convert anyone, please don't try to convert me to the dark side ;) HA

7. I can't don't follow patterns. I gotta be me right??!

8. I do not have any fabric in my stash that is 'too pretty' or 'too special' to cut into. . . I bought it to sew with and sew I will! When I get fabric, I rip open the package with glee and hack off a corner just because! grin

9. I am not a scrap lover/quilt maker. Love them from afar, do not like making them. . . I keep scraps, I have a couple of bags. . . they will never get used. I kept them because I knew someone would yell at me if I ever did a post like this and admitted that I had thrown them all away ;)

10. I don't have any UFOs. . . STOP! Don't throw any rocks just yet! I totally understand how UFO happens. . . No, I didn't forget a word, I did that on purpose ;) I will NOT let myself start another project unless the two I am working on are finished (I have on occasion had three going but it makes me nervous). I think it spurs me on to get what I'm working on done so I can start what I have planned while FMQing the two quilts I am finishing. Besides, I would just sit here and look at everything half finished, wonder what to do next, and get nothing done ;)

There you have it! What are your quilty little secrets??

One more thing, that great quilting in the button Amy made? She finished the quilt, you have to check it out!! Nothing short of awesome!

Until next time, keep on quilting!!
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20 comments:

  1. I love your list!! Maybe I need you to come and teach me the wisdom of #10..... I have far too many. :D

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  2. :) This was fun!
    Much respect on no UFOs!!!
    Carol

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  3. That's a great list. so... scraps... sell them - then no one yells and you can buy big fabric. and 10 - want me to send you a UFO just so you can say you have one? Tee hee hee!!

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  4. Judy - that was great! It is fun to read your list! I love how we each have Quilty little secrets and that there are no hard and fast rules.

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  5. I agree with the scraps - have tons of them - good sized ones - will never use them! I agree too with the precuts but I continue to buy them - tote boxes full of charm packs, jelly rolls, etc! Somebody make me stop! The WIPS - Oh my you have restraint - I have more flimsies than I care to admit! Obviously you have way more control than I do! Wow, I feel pretty lame now....LOL

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  6. Fun! I wish had some of those. There are few more things I don't get like Liberty and simple patterns which you can find for free but are availble from others to purchase. I'm sure if you would sort your scraps in some way people would like to help you with those ;)

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  7. Funny how we are all Quilting Rebels in way or another! This post is fun to see that we are not alone in some of our feelings, styles and techniques. I need to get me some more STARCH!!!!!

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  8. About 70% of your list would make it onto mine too! I'd add that I don't shop fabric by collection/designer, and I don't keep track of who designed what fabric. If I like it, I use it, and it's mixed in with whatever else works with it.

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  9. great list, I agree about the starch, I use the cheap stuff and love it.

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  10. I have never used starch, but it sounds appealing for a variety of reasons. Great list, I wish I had your self control on the UFOs, here I am at 12 down from 20 earlier this summer. Must get this under control!

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  11. #3 yes! #10 - oh wish I was there! I gave away some quilts-in-progress that I lost interest in and knew I would never finish.

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  12. I wish I has worded, your number 2 as well as you did. I want to say, duh, that's why we're pinning it in the first place. Glad you stated it so well. And you gave me a good laugh as I am sitting at the reference desk at the library tonight. My part-time job, and it's unbearbly quiet here tonight.

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  13. I leave pins in until the very last possible second and then I pull them out. Or I go suuuuuper slow over that part to make sure the needle doesn't hit the pin.

    I really need to work on my self control of starting new projects. I'd love to have all of my UFOs done. Maybe I should challenge myself since it's so close until the end of the year that I have to finish everything before New Year lol.

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  14. Judy, No UFOs? Can I send you some? I agree with you on the precuts. I'm a sucker for anything in a bundle, but can they learn to cut straight?

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  15. I admire your no UFO policy! My UFOs are part of my retirement plan :)

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  16. Ahahaha! #2 is my favourite thing to do - works so well - lots of crooked pins in my pincushion. #10 totally me as well - 3 makes me nervous - 2 seems about right, most often 1.

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  17. Love #10 I will take heed to your suggestion after I get finish with the 12 or so I have in my bin.

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  18. okay as a favor to you, you can send me all your scraps, hehheh
    I love them! We need to pair up, those who hate them and those who love em. LeeAnna at lapaylor.blogspot.com

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  19. Pre washed in starch - hilarious!

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  20. I am with you about using fabric, the first thing I do is cut off a 5" strip. Once I have made that first cut it seems fine to keep using it.

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