The thing that I hate the most about HST is the trimming. It is super tedious, and I'm always afraid that I will trim one 1/4 inch too small by accident (in fact I think that's because I've done it before . . . )
Never the less, since my sewing machine front cover / plate wiggles and falls off at the slightest breeze, I have difficulty sewing and accurate 1/4 inch seam these days (especially since there is often a toddler on my lap trying to dismantle the machine while I sew). So, I must make these bigger and then trim them all down to size if I want a clean, relatively accurate looking quilt.
This is the "still to do" pile.
I was going to make myself trim the entire stack before I did anything else quilt-y. Then I reminded myself that this is my hobby, and that this quilt is for me, so I have no deadline for it. So I finished about 15 more and put the rest back in the ziploc bag for another day.
Instead I spent the day stitching
my mermaid quilt together and I'm presently trying to back it from stash (and convince myself I really don't need to just order 3 more yards of
this Innocent Crush print to back it). I'll show you it another day, as my quilt testers were busy all through the process of trying to piece the top, so it needs a good pressing before it is presentable.
2 comments:
ack that looks so depressing - I always have to trim down as well or else mine go wonky so I feel your pain!!
Sometimes I have to remind myself that too when I'm trying to push myself to finish something :)
xx
I'm with you - trimming is the pits. I have to be in just the right mood for it, or I'm liable to just cut them in half!
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