When you shake your quilt all the mistakes fall off.
Kelly Cline said, “Sewing is not the same as quilting.” She enjoys 15 minutes of sewing before she goes to her long arm to quilt. Do you separate sewing from quilting?
I have been quilting a project on my mid-arm machine. I wish I were sewing. I am using acrylic rulers to guide the ruler foot. This is a technique that I rarely use in quilting. My circles are not circular. My parallel lines are not parallel and my ‘make-up as you go’ pattern requires multiple ripped stitches. I have to divide the time I spend on quilting into small segments just to finish the quilting. I am looking forward to binding the project. My takeaway is 60+ years of sewing versus 4+ years of quilting. Recently, while looking for inspiration, I stumbled across the saying. “When you shake your quilt all the mistakes fall off.” I knew the “galloping horse test” for a quilt, but since I don’t have access to a horse, I think I will go shake my quilt.
Keep sewing,
Janice
