seakitten Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 I am all in favor of the rule of law, but honestly, people, what can you do with someone who has brought you quilts before, taken classes, belongs to the guild, been quilting for years, & still brings you a quilt back that looks like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.waits Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Just go ahead and shoot them. We'll all testify that there was extreme provocation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We'll form up a posse (wait, have to call it a jury of your peers!) and shoot 'em for you! Lob that puppy right back to the person who brung it - or offer to fix it at $25/hour plus materials! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who gets these. I just shake my head, but I've been tempted to add a charge for time spent pressing seams, trimming and squaring borders, and attempting to shrink overly friendly borders. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanne.Hughes Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 ............... you obviously have been known to tame these beasts previously and therefore MUST like to work with them! NOT????:cool: Deep breaths and remember ............... good thoughts otherwise Karma might bring something even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Barb I may take you up on that. I have decided to charge her $10 to trim it out (took less that 1/2 hour), but send it back if she does it again. She lives across town & it would be a PITA to get it back from her again, with no guarantee of improvement. Oh, and did I mention, the top measures 70x71x72x73? No, of course not, because I EXPECTED that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanne.Hughes Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 See???! Just proves my point now, doesn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 You can. Just remember the shovel to hide the evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I get those too - I think it's a conspiracy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Ughhh! I get them, too and what a PITA. Yep, and they have been quilting for years, know everything about quilting (self-proclaimed) and can't understand why I charged them $20 an hour to fix the same things on each quilt. Usually it doesn't take me more than 1/2 hour, but the excuses get rather old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I fix the first awful backing for free but explain to them how it should be and that I will charge in the future. I add to their reciept my charge and subtract it off on that first backing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 hey well at least she left you enough extra fabric to hide a body.:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniquilter Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I do the same as Jeri with the few PITA customers who can't sew a straight backing. Some I've lost (Boo hoo - not!) others have learned to improve or are willing to pay the price because '...it's so much easier for me to fix it than for them to get it right first time' ! So at least my time is covered even if it still frustrates me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennyquilts Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I agree with Bonnie, she has a big shovel and she knows how to use it. LOL Try and smile, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Shoot her...then when she is down, put your foot on her chest and say, "Next time....maybe you should square the back!" From my experience....that still won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-Jane Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Sheese you guys, all I do is get a large bottle of Brandy and after a while it looks pretty good to me! Grasshopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennyquilts Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Originally posted by Dave-Jane Sheese you guys, all I do is get a large bottle of Brandy and after a while it looks pretty good to me! Grasshopper roflol good one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Della Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Good heavens....I had not thought that anything less than perfect would be given to me to quilt! Now am nervous all over again! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Why is it that the ones who "know everything about quilting" are the worst offenders??? I've had a few of those, too. One lady in our quilt group WILL NOT measure borders - just sews and whacks off at the end, leaving the elongated corners. To make it worse, she has her own HQ16 machine and should know better after trying to load one of those things. She still does it. I was glad she got her own machine and didn't ask me to do them any more. What could they get you for? Aggravated Assault ? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Now, you know you just must show a picture of this when it is complete! THEN we will see what she sees! I know she is thinking that you have a majic quilty wand and will make it beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Charge! Charge! Charge! Your service is not free, every minute fixing something for free is lost income. Granted, I would have done it the first time, then let them know that I would charge them from now on and it would be $20 per hour. I'll say it again...I am so glad I quilt for myself now:D You shouldn't fee bad about charging. Why plumbers, electricians and other service repair people usually tack on a fee just to drive out to your place...here it is about $90 just to come out before any repair is started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingraisin Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Mea culpa. I am a beginner and mess up all the time, although I DO try to square things up before shipping them off. I welcome being told what I did wrong and expect to pay if my work needs to be fixed. I often wonder if the quilts I pressed need to be repressed when I mail them to the quilt shop that has been doing my E to E. That said, I am looking for someone to quilt my first quilt for which E to E will not be right. (That's all the shop does.) It could have E to E type work in the center but needs something different for the borders. Are any of you near Fresno or looking for work via mail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Someone wrote a book called, "Mastering the Art of Precision Piecing". Can you imagine? After reading the first chapter, I put it down and broke out in a cold sweat. No one in their right mind would go to that extreme to match a seam, or even measure to make sure the borders fit. What is so difficult about measuring 6 inches, cutting 6 inches, and eyeballing it to fit? HUH??? Another thought: Do you think these quilters work in a cramped environment so that they have no room to lay things out to "see" their flaws? I once visited a "piecer" who worked in a trail system, her machine being in a tiny hole in the middle, surrounded by stacks of boxes, piles of fabric, and general chaos. Time to de-clutter and make room for a project wall I'd say. Time is money. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Originally posted by Dave-Jane Sheese you guys, all I do is get a large bottle of Brandy and after a while it looks pretty good to me! Grasshopper That's what drove me to the shovel...I was getting to many and I was pulling out the bottle to much...decided it was better to bury than to be buzzed all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 What is wrong with thee? Let me count the ways.... I'm working on the second one by the same guy. Both have sheets for the backing. Okay, I can tolerate that, but am not thrilled. He has cut them down to size seemingly by trimming them with a pair of scissors, so straight edges weren't an option. On the first one, he actually put a seam down the back by piecing together the top of the sheet, but didn't trim off the fold. I'm supposed to quilt over about 6 layers of fabric? Oh, and the quilt tops are paper pieced and appliqued. Both are the same pattern, different color ways, and really quite lovely from a distance. I was supposed to use Rainbows on the first one, but it tends to be somewhat finicky for me, so I opted to substitute SF instead. Worked like a charm, zero thread breakage, and beautiful tension through the entire quilt. I've just gotten the second one loaded, and found after I had loaded it that there is a small tear in the backing. Did I mention this sheet had been well used? Rather than attempt to hand stitch it closed, or anything else to put too much work into it, I spray basted a piece of muslin on the inside of the backing and will use that to hold things closed. Again, hack the sheet down to approximate size for the quilt top with his scissors, so there were not straight edges. Fingers crossed that I've got enough backing after all I took off to get it squared up. So far, the "worst" thing is that he actually sewed the binding strips on before bringing it to me. I'd never seen this done like this before, and I actually initially thought that this was a border that he had not pressed out before bringing me the quilt. Thank goodness I figured that out! Since this is a new customer, I'm willing to cut him some slack, but we'll be having a little talk when he comes to pick up these two quilts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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