AnnT

I'm going to be spending sometime riding/traveling this summer and would appreciate some suggestions for quilt patterns/ideas that I can hand sew. I've never made one with only hand sewing, I've always used my machine for everything and send it out to a long-arm quilter for quilting, but I have done the bindings by hand. I'm not a novice with sewing by hand for other things, just never done a quilt. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Tink74

Grandma's Flower Garden :-)

Grammy o'5

Maybe check into quilt as you go projects. I've done one that way. Have fun with your travels. 8-)

cctx.

Applique.

Prepare your little kit to carry along with you.
Simple appliques, i.e. Hearts, stars, cats, etc....

Tink74

English Paper Piecing =D

JeanneZ

I would love to make a cathedral window quilt all in hand sewing. how about making something like that? Whatever you chose have fun.
JeanneZ

thimblebug6000

I always have projects for our travels. At the moment I have some squares traced with patterns that I am hand embroidering & will later place into a table runner. I can't hand quilt evenly while we're traveling, so I either do embroidery or yes....I do have a UFO that sometimes travels with me....a hexagon paper pieced project that I cut the shapes onto those little ads that fall out of magazines.....

Hinterland

For hand piecing, I try to pick patterns that would be a bit difficult for me to piece by machine...which really leaves the field wide open, LOL.

Applique is also fun to do, and very portable.

Janet

Cyn

My favorite to go with project!

MZStitch

Applique is great fun by hand. For me its a way to enjoy my sewing while sitting with my family in the evenings. When starting an applique project I like to do my prep work first. I use the freezer paper method of needle turning. So I cut out my blocks, pencil my pattern on my block, make freezer template patterns of my appliques and iron them on the fabric. Then I put each block with its appliques in a seperate platic bag to keep it all organized. Use a sewing box to keep your bags, threads, and scissors! By your travels end you could come home and sew your blocks together and have a finished quilt top!