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Post by honeylemon on Aug 11, 2017 7:15:15 GMT -6
What's your least favorite part of your craft?
Organizing? Buying materials? Getting started? Finishing?
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Post by honeylemon on Aug 11, 2017 7:16:49 GMT -6
This is what inspired this thread. These freaking ends. If I were smart I'd weave them in as I go, but I never do. So I'm left with this mess.  I just want to start on the border! I do not want to deal with ends. Buh. |
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Post by cakewench on Aug 11, 2017 14:48:50 GMT -6
The middle. When I start a new cross-stitch project, I'm super excited and work on it a bunch. Then I get bored. It revs up again when I'm close to the end.
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Post by rablissful on Aug 11, 2017 15:49:53 GMT -6
Weaving in ends are THE WORST. I've gotten very good at weaving in as I go. I try to set restrictions on myself, like no starting a new skein/color/pattern repeat until ends are weaved in or else I go insane. I make a lot of blankets though and would have 80 billion ends like you do honeylemon if I didn't weave as I go. Nothing would ever get finished. Never ever. (Btw that blanket looks amazing) |
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Post by honeylemon on Aug 11, 2017 16:28:56 GMT -6
rablissful thank you! I finished all that weaving and I'm working on the border now. I started this blanket shortly after my mastectomy in June and I've been calling it my recovery blanket. I'm hoping finishing it will give me some mental closure.
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Post by rooskie on Aug 11, 2017 17:41:40 GMT -6
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Post by rablissful on Aug 11, 2017 19:42:40 GMT -6
honeylemon that's amazing. I really hope it gives you some peace ❤️ rooskie I am dying 😂😂😂
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Post by elsiemae on Aug 12, 2017 19:34:49 GMT -6
honeylemon, I agree! Weaving in the ends is the effing worst! rooskie, that meme seriously just made my day 
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Post by cam on Aug 13, 2017 7:11:55 GMT -6
I hate starting a project then getting pulled away for a significant amount of time (i.e. weeks, not hours) because it is so hard to remember what step on I am on, which spot I stopped sewing at, what order I wanted to sew pieces together in, or other things along those lines when it is a more complex sewing project or something. Yeah, I'm looking at you, not-even-half-done fabric basket with a divider.  |
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Post by Speedy on Aug 13, 2017 15:25:55 GMT -6
I hate when I've just finished sewing a difficult part of my pattern only to realize that my bobbin ran out halfway through. There's a few projects that I actually abandoned because it happened more than once.
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Post by oliversbear on Aug 13, 2017 17:39:17 GMT -6
My least favorite part is definitely satin stitching. I can never get all the stitches smooth and even. Making tassels is also difficult for me, but thankfully I do not have to do that very often.
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olenka
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Post by olenka on Aug 13, 2017 19:34:09 GMT -6
I don't like pinning together my quilt sandwich, especially if it is bigger than baby size. Just a very tedious process.
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 14, 2017 8:49:29 GMT -6
The middle. When I start a new cross-stitch project, I'm super excited and work on it a bunch. Then I get bored. It revs up again when I'm close to the end. The middle is usually where I abandon a project because I get sidetracked or bored. I try to pick short projects because of that, if it takes me more than a few days, I probably won't finish it. |
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Post by saltypearl on Aug 15, 2017 15:01:03 GMT -6
I don't like pinning together my quilt sandwich, especially if it is bigger than baby size. Just a very tedious process. Make friends with glue spray....life changing! |
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Post by olenka on Aug 15, 2017 19:22:27 GMT -6
I don't like pinning together my quilt sandwich, especially if it is bigger than baby size. Just a very tedious process. Make friends with glue spray....life changing! I need to try basting spray again. In the past I've used too much and got high off the fumes. maybe there's a less noxious brand! |
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Post by saltypearl on Aug 16, 2017 9:38:05 GMT -6
Make friends with glue spray....life changing! I need to try basting spray again. In the past I've used too much and got high off the fumes. maybe there's a less noxious brand! I use this one ![]() ![]()  |
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olenka
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Post by olenka on Aug 16, 2017 9:44:48 GMT -6
saltypearl, I've heard that kind is good! I will look for it.
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Post by bonzo on Aug 22, 2017 18:29:26 GMT -6
Weaving in ends is my least favorite part of knitting, for sure. But it's better than hand quilting! I have a queen size quilt that I stupidly started hand quilting. I haven't touched it in over 6 months. I really need to get back on it, but it's tedious and I hate working on it in the summer because it's easiest to have the giant hoop rest on my lap and that gets hot.
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Post by randomosity on Sept 14, 2017 15:07:48 GMT -6
Weeding vinyl. Sometimes it is so satisfying but I always seem to choose skinny fonts that are a total PITA.
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Post by weather on Sept 19, 2017 19:18:33 GMT -6
Ironing. Blegh. And pre-washing/drying fabric is a close second.
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Post by honeylemon on Sept 22, 2017 13:23:10 GMT -6
Weeding vinyl. Sometimes it is so satisfying but I always seem to choose skinny fonts that are a total PITA. What's weeding vinyl? |
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Post by alwayscheese on Sept 22, 2017 21:07:51 GMT -6
Weeding vinyl. Sometimes it is so satisfying but I always seem to choose skinny fonts that are a total PITA. What's weeding vinyl? Pulling out all the vinyl from between the letters etc? I think maybe? |
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