A friend of mine pieced this Chinese Coin top and asked if I would be willing to quilt it for her. I'm thankful for my friends who trust my limited quilting abilities enough to let me practice on their quilts, but it's a nerve-wracking process for me! I'm much more comfortable quilting my own quilts. Maybe once I put a few more hours on my machine it won't be so stressful to quilt for someone else. Thankfully I have a big stack of my own tops to practice on now...yes, there is a method to my UFO madness!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Quilting Stress
A friend of mine pieced this Chinese Coin top and asked if I would be willing to quilt it for her. I'm thankful for my friends who trust my limited quilting abilities enough to let me practice on their quilts, but it's a nerve-wracking process for me! I'm much more comfortable quilting my own quilts. Maybe once I put a few more hours on my machine it won't be so stressful to quilt for someone else. Thankfully I have a big stack of my own tops to practice on now...yes, there is a method to my UFO madness!
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It looks good to me. I need way more practice than you do. I am sure she will be happy with it.
ReplyDeleteI think I would feel the same way. However, I must say.....I think your work looks very nice and it is probably a matter of getting comfortable with the process of quilting for others.
ReplyDeleteSmiles,
Kelly
You're doing great! I always work a little harder on the ones for friends, too. It's more practice,though!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great to me. I am also trying to teach myself free motion. I just have a Bernina with a stitch regulator though-not a long arm. I think my quilting would be A LOT better if I did have a long arm.
ReplyDeleteIt looks good in the photo! I give a lot of our Project Linus to quilters who are getting used to a new machine and so far, we've had wonderful quilting on them all. So relax!
ReplyDeleteyour quilting looks great! I'm sure your friend will love it.
ReplyDeleteYour friend is lucky to have you. I can't imagine quilting a quilt!!! You are very good at it though. Your friend wouldn't ask you if she didn't have every confidence in you.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly the reason why the quilt I currently have loaded on my machine has been there for 3 weeks!
ReplyDeleteYour quilting looks great..
I can understand your stress over this. But your friend knows you and your work and she chose YOU! I think your quilting is fantastic and clearly your friend does too!
ReplyDeleteGreat job!!
ReplyDeleteWoo-Hoo!! It looks great and practice is the only way you'll get better!
ReplyDeleteLooks great and you got double practice: on your quilting and on doing a quilt for someone else. But I find doing work for someone else never gets to be stress free.
ReplyDeleteI like it, your quilting looks good to me! Practice makes perfect, and I can only imagine how you must feel...but surely your friend has great confidence in you, and I say it is looks like she has placed her confidence with a good quilter! Have a great week!
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