A request to hand quilt? ??!!!
#1
My aunt has made many many beautiful quilts over the years all hand quilted.
She recently sent me a package of panels that she has hand embroidered as a gift saying that she just cannot quilt anymore so she was giving them to me. Enough to make a king size quilt!!!! She also requested that I hand quilt the project.
I am waiting for my new Long Arm to arrive and have absolutely no desire to hand quilt anything anymore. How do I tell her? It would take me the rest of my life to hand quilt and I could quilt it so beautifully on the Long Arm? I am afraid these blocks will just sit in my sewing basket for years and years. What would you do?
She recently sent me a package of panels that she has hand embroidered as a gift saying that she just cannot quilt anymore so she was giving them to me. Enough to make a king size quilt!!!! She also requested that I hand quilt the project.
I am waiting for my new Long Arm to arrive and have absolutely no desire to hand quilt anything anymore. How do I tell her? It would take me the rest of my life to hand quilt and I could quilt it so beautifully on the Long Arm? I am afraid these blocks will just sit in my sewing basket for years and years. What would you do?
#3
These may have to sit in your UFO pile for a while. Some die-hard hand quilters just don't understand that machine quilting can be just as beautiful. Time will give you the opportunity to grow and eventually show her what you can do.
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Originally Posted by hcarpanini
Go to Eddies post on his long arm quilting of the cross stitch blocks. Show your aunt what a lovely job these machine can do.
#5
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Thank her for the blocks and then have an open and honest discussion about your plan to long arm quilt them. If she doesn't want this then offer them back to her if no compromise can be reached. You don't want hard feelings on either side to mar the enjoyment of this beautiful work.
Perhaps she can realize that you will do beautiful long arm work that will enhance her beautiful handwork.
Perhaps she can realize that you will do beautiful long arm work that will enhance her beautiful handwork.
#6
As a hand-quilter, I understand her request. I have seen some beautiful machine quilting here that takes into account the design of the block and the quilt.
Personally, I don't like the free-motion quilting or feathers that goes all over w/ what seems to be no thought to the blocks/squares/quilt. Maybe that is what she thinks machine quilting is and showing her machine quilting that mimicks hand quilting will give her something else to think about.
Personally, I don't like the free-motion quilting or feathers that goes all over w/ what seems to be no thought to the blocks/squares/quilt. Maybe that is what she thinks machine quilting is and showing her machine quilting that mimicks hand quilting will give her something else to think about.
#7
Her hand quilting is so perfect that you would think it was done on a long arm!
Originally Posted by Murphy
Thank her for the blocks and then have an open and honest discussion about your plan to long arm quilt them. If she doesn't want this then offer them back to her if no compromise can be reached. You don't want hard feelings on either side to mar the enjoyment of this beautiful work.
Perhaps she can realize that you will do beautiful long arm work that will enhance her beautiful handwork.
Perhaps she can realize that you will do beautiful long arm work that will enhance her beautiful handwork.
#10
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Send them to me!! I'll hand quilt them, LOL!
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
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