Natalie17

I love hand quilting. I do most of my medium to small quilts by hand . I am working on a hand quilted stencil from Amish countr y in Ohio right now. I admire people who do piecing by hand too. But, its too slow for me.

SEWPOKEY

I am a hand quilter but developed my own version of 'shorthand' though sometimes i forget my symbols lol....i like hand quilting although it is so slow and i like things to move along quick...i am trying to learn machine quilting but i am so terrible i always go back to hand quilting

KimS

I use to hand quilt and then tried FMQ which I love. I have to use a hoop to hand quilt and it seems to be in everyone's way all the time. I never learned to "rock" the needle but it still looked nice when I finished. In fact, the last quilt I did by hand was the one I gave to my sister-in-law.

CircleSquare

I am so glad that so many of you are still hand quilting!! As for me, I do not find it relaxing. It strains my neck and shoulders, and it's too time-consuming. There are so many quilt tops I want to piece, I just don't want to take the time to hand-quilt them all!! If I didn't have a longarm machine, I would send them out to be quilted.

purplemem

I really enjoy hand quilting and I find machine quilting so frustrating. I think that for me hand quilting is the best solution.

I love choosing the quilting stencils.

mjp123

Hello. Am new to this website & relatively new to quilting. I have pieced & hand quilted 5 of the seven quilts that I have made in the 14 months that I've been quilting. I learned to machine quilt (on my sewing machine) just to see if I could. Did not enjoy. Made a kind-sized bedspread for our bed that I hired done on a long arm. T'was way too heavy to hand quilt. I really enjoy hand quilting; tis very therapeutic. It saves my sanity while my sweet husband plays with the remote control of tv.

charmpacksplus

It doesn't hurt to know how to hand quilt even if you prefer to use the latest technology. I am just finishing up one I hand quilted and I don't think I want to do it again. I am also just learning how to do free motion quilting and loving it. But I am using a 1950's Singer 301A to do it :-)

nigeria

I was happy to hear that there are some many hand quilters out there. I have tried many times to machine stitch, but it never turns out as nicely as my hand quilting. My largest project was a king size quilt. I find it very relaxing, especially after a day at work. The Linus quilts or quilts for comfort all have to be machine quilted, and I feel I am not putting as much into them. All my quilts are machine washed, many times and my stitching is still intact. I feel I put a lot of love into each quilt I make - no matter who it is for. Thank you for keeping up the tradition!

marketwoman51

I've been hand quilting for about 35 years. I love hand embroidery also. My husband seemed to think I need a new sewing machine...so I now have a Bernina 440 QEE. Seems a waste not to use it for what it was intended, so I'm learning. I don't think he realized how much more time I'll spend in the sewing room instead of in the same room with him while doing my handwork

darlings7

I'm relatively new at quilting (3 years, working on my third quilt). My present quilt is 85 x 85 and I find it so big and heavy and sometimes the hand quilting does not go through to the back. I do find it relaxing to hand quilt but it is so time consuming. I have done machine quilting but it is very difficult to get this big quilt into such a small space to machine sew. I'll keep trying but just curious how long does it take you to hand quilt a queen size quilt? Thanks.
Jackie