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09-04-2014, 02:53 PM

#11

Sewnoma

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Location: Sonoma County, CA

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I sincerely admire the skill and perseverance it takes to do hand quilting. I think it's lovely but I'm not sure I'll ever even try it myself because I'm pretty sure whichever quilt I start quilting by hand will never, ever get finished!

09-04-2014, 02:54 PM

#12

Lovequilting22

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Location: Pennsylvania

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Very nice!!!

09-04-2014, 03:40 PM

#13

Stitchnripper

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Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: Mableton, GA

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Your stitches are beautiful! I love to hand quilt. When I get my mojo back I'm going to get something together.

09-04-2014, 04:04 PM

#14

sandyfullmer

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What a difference time has made! Beautiful even stitches!

09-04-2014, 06:40 PM

#15

Boston1954

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Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts

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Thank you so much! It means a great deal to hear these words from others who also quilt.

09-04-2014, 06:45 PM

#16

Kwiltr

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Join Date: Feb 2013

Location: East Kootenays, BC

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Boston1954

When I started hand quilting, a lot of my stitches were almost 1/4 inch long, and very uneven. The blue one is from about 2003. The tan one is a lap quilt that I am just finishing. It sure pays to keep trying.

Way to go! It does indeed pay to persist!

09-04-2014, 08:37 PM

#17

Jennie and Me

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Join Date: Jul 2011

Location: N.W. Missouri

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Beautiful stitches! I keep thinking that I will try hand quilting, but I do hate to fail!

09-05-2014, 01:33 AM

#18

cannyquilter

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: N.E. England

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I'm still on the tan stage but you give me hope, lovely hand quilting.

09-05-2014, 02:02 AM

#19

DOTTYMO

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: England Alton Towers

Posts: 6,673

I do enjoy hand stitching but once when walking around a show with one of my quilts in I heard this comment about my quilt.
" no wonder she didn't win anything leaving all those tacking stitches in. "
Tacking is basting in US.
I was very upset and have not put a quilt into a big show since. I didn't win because the judges disliked my colour combinations .