Dear Lord, NO!

[animeartistjo]

I am a design major, yes? I work with layout and type, yes? I use COMPUTER programs like Adobe Photoshop, okay? Why, why, oh WHY does this HISTORY of Western Textiles class REQUIRE me to make a bloody QUILT? And out of USED textiles, by God! How on Earth is a VISUAL COMMUNICATION major supposed to find this stuff? I can't even hem a PILLOW CASE and now they want me to learn how to applique, piercing, and trapunto? I don't even RECOGNIZE those words!

I'm wigging out and crying hopelessly right now. I don't need this stress in what's supposed to be a LECTURE class! I'm already taking TWO other studios! And ANOTHER history class. T^T

You can bet I'll be waiting outside the design advisers' office first thing tomorrow morning hoping to drop.

Comments

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Machine quilting or hand quilting?

[animeartistjo.livejournal.com]

Mercifully, if I've no choice but to continue this class, it's only a 14x14 patch we're supposed to make, but then the prof says something about "Fold under each side of the quilt top and the quilt bottom with a 1/2" fold, press with an iron and sew them together neatly around the perimeter. Use the smallest possible stitch so that it is barely visible. This means you should make your sample 1/2" larger on each side so that you don't cut into the design." Either? Both? XD

I'm just petrified because I have NEVER done anything more complex then sewing a button back on. 9_9

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's little. ^_^ Maybe if you do end up having to make it I can buy it from you for a doll quilt for Tian. <3

Sounds like either would work. Me, I'm more of a machine girl because a) my hand stitching is ugly and irregular and b) I have a tendency to skewer myself with sharp objects. >.>;

I've only sewed one or two things in my life, and it was just simple stuff, but quilting IS simple. It's all straight lines and no attaching sleeves to sleeveholes only to find out that they don't match up. >.<

I think what I'm trying to say is, if you end up sticking out the class, I do live with a fashion major. ^^; He doesn't always make sense, but sometimes he provides useful information. :)

Oh, and lastly, used fabric = thrift store. ^.~ I think the idea here is that most quilting was done to recycle bits of old garments that were no longer wearable. Of course, these days quilting squares come in pre-cut perfect sized squares for the lazy quilter. *headshake*

[graylor.livejournal.com]

Aw. *pets* On one hand, quilting's not that hard. On the other hand, that's a lot of effort (and can be a lot of expense) for a class outside your major. I hope you can escape it and find something to fit into your schedule.

[animeartistjo.livejournal.com]

Exactly! If I were a fashion and textiles major, I'd probably already know all the usual sources of these things from lower division classes, but as it is, I'm completely in the dark. XD

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

=(

*hugs*

Hope you can drop the class.

[animeartistjo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I just hate it when professors surprise me like this. XD

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

If you cannot drop, I second using the machine. Ask around if you don't have one, because someone will. And they will usually be more than happy to help you out if for no other reason than to make sure you don't kill their sewing machine. I know there are literally hundreds of beginning quilting books out there if you need more help.

Used textiles also sounds like hitting up Goodwill or some where similar where you can get old clothes to work with. That way, if you screw up, you're out a couple of dollars.