seakitten Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 My customer is an older lady who has made her first quilt, for a grandson. The fabric is nasty stretchy stuff, and NOTHING lines up. She wants the quilting to stop 1/2 inch from the edge, so she can put piping in the binding. I'm just glad she did not ask me to do that for her (well, maybe not so glad, as I would have probably told her it is impossible, and quilted to the edge). To top it all off, she wants the quilting to look just like the pre-quilted stuff you buy at WalMart; she has an old potholder in that design (yes, she brought it to show me), that she JUST LOVES! I am doing some kind of wavy crosshatching, using a vine ruler, so I hope it is an approximation. I will try to post a photo when I'm done, if I am still sane enough to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 My customer is an older lady who has made her first quilt, for a grandson. The fabric is nasty stretchy stuff, and NOTHING lines up. She wants the quilting to stop 1/2 inch from the edge, so she can put piping in the binding. I'm just glad she did not ask me to do that for her (well, maybe not so glad, as I would have probably told her it is impossible, and quilted to the edge). To top it all off, she wants the quilting to look just like the pre-quilted stuff you buy at WalMart; she has an old potholder in that design (yes, she brought it to show me), that she JUST LOVES! I am doing some kind of wavy crosshatching, using a vine ruler, so I hope it is an approximation. I will try to post a photo when I'm done, if I am still sane enough to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Blecchh! Question--is she going to do a piping edge, which means a turned edge enclosing the piping and hand-stitching the backer down? She will still have a bit of unquilted fabric on the front--maybe a quarter inch or so at the edge. Good luck. It's a shame that some customers don't realize the beautiful things our machines and brains are capable of. You will do great, but you do have my sympathy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Blecchh! Question--is she going to do a piping edge, which means a turned edge enclosing the piping and hand-stitching the backer down? She will still have a bit of unquilted fabric on the front--maybe a quarter inch or so at the edge. Good luck. It's a shame that some customers don't realize the beautiful things our machines and brains are capable of. You will do great, but you do have my sympathy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I make piped bindings, but I always quilt over my edge. Guess I've been doing it wrong Good luck with this one, it's a job I'd have passed on so you have my sympathy too. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I make piped bindings, but I always quilt over my edge. Guess I've been doing it wrong Good luck with this one, it's a job I'd have passed on so you have my sympathy too. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yuck. That is all I've got to say. Remember, you can say "no" to a quilt top:o and let the quilter find someone else to quilt the top. But you do take a chance on losing a customer (sometimes it is good to lose them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yuck. That is all I've got to say. Remember, you can say "no" to a quilt top:o and let the quilter find someone else to quilt the top. But you do take a chance on losing a customer (sometimes it is good to lose them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carreen Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Thanks for the refresher as to why I quilt only for myself! Glad I don't have to make money with it! It would certainly take the fun out of it. Good luck!! Carreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carreen Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Thanks for the refresher as to why I quilt only for myself! Glad I don't have to make money with it! It would certainly take the fun out of it. Good luck!! Carreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Oh yuck!! I always get mad at myself later when I realize what I have said yes to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Oh yuck!! I always get mad at myself later when I realize what I have said yes to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 as my mother used to say, "to each, his own, dear." and she would smile while she was saying it. but, really, you are doing a real nice thing. think about how happy you will make this woman. she will be tickled and so proud to give it to her dgs. and that's what its all about, right? and, who knows, maybe she'll continue to quilt, improve and it will turn out to be a good thing. good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 as my mother used to say, "to each, his own, dear." and she would smile while she was saying it. but, really, you are doing a real nice thing. think about how happy you will make this woman. she will be tickled and so proud to give it to her dgs. and that's what its all about, right? and, who knows, maybe she'll continue to quilt, improve and it will turn out to be a good thing. good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieBrewer Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I she rolling the back to the front for the binding? If not, why would you need to leave 1/2inch. I hope she knows this is a custom job. Charge enough to get a ruler out and use it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieBrewer Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I she rolling the back to the front for the binding? If not, why would you need to leave 1/2inch. I hope she knows this is a custom job. Charge enough to get a ruler out and use it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I put piping on mine and I quilt all the way to the edge. This won't stop that. She will also have problems with that loose 1/2" and probably get puckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I put piping on mine and I quilt all the way to the edge. This won't stop that. She will also have problems with that loose 1/2" and probably get puckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I forgot to say earlier. When customers ask me for grid their reason always turns out to be "well it's the easiest thing for you to do so it will be cheap" A little education later we usually have a pattern both of us like Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I forgot to say earlier. When customers ask me for grid their reason always turns out to be "well it's the easiest thing for you to do so it will be cheap" A little education later we usually have a pattern both of us like Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yes, she is planning to do a turned-over piping edge, as Linda describes. Ferret & Heidi, how do you do yours? I will let her know. She has definite ideas about how things should look. They may not be the same as mine, but they're not altogether bad ideas. I have feeling she was a pretty good seamstress at one time, but just does not yet understand the mechanics of quilting. I took the job because someone had already turned her down & she was so proud of her accomplishment, I felt bad for her. She has already called several times, because she "misses it". (Honestly, I have been putting it off a while.) And no, she does not want the grid because it's cheapest, she really loves it. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yes, she is planning to do a turned-over piping edge, as Linda describes. Ferret & Heidi, how do you do yours? I will let her know. She has definite ideas about how things should look. They may not be the same as mine, but they're not altogether bad ideas. I have feeling she was a pretty good seamstress at one time, but just does not yet understand the mechanics of quilting. I took the job because someone had already turned her down & she was so proud of her accomplishment, I felt bad for her. She has already called several times, because she "misses it". (Honestly, I have been putting it off a while.) And no, she does not want the grid because it's cheapest, she really loves it. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Catherine, I think that Linda hit it right when she said "Blecchh!" I have never put piping on the edge of a quilt. It sounds like a neat idea but isn't it sort of thick what with backing, binding and top? I just did a first time quilter's quilt but she said do what I thought would look good. She is coming to pick it up tomorrow so I hope she likes it. Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Catherine, I think that Linda hit it right when she said "Blecchh!" I have never put piping on the edge of a quilt. It sounds like a neat idea but isn't it sort of thick what with backing, binding and top? I just did a first time quilter's quilt but she said do what I thought would look good. She is coming to pick it up tomorrow so I hope she likes it. Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I do it like Rocky Tims, as shown on Grand Finale. You put the piping onto the binding. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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