cactusmomma

I'm a beginner hand quilter and your quilts are beatiful. I like it because it is relaxing and it is so much more personal and rewarding.

heather1949

Rhuelina they are just stunning, and so many of them, how long does it take you to do one.
I would really like to know the answer please. well done again.

stitchingmemories

I am awed by your work. I could never produce such wonderful quilts. I machine quilt because of the pain in my hands from arthritis and fibromyalgia. I can't even sit at the machine very long. Even though I've been sewing all my life, I can only dream of your kind of talent. Just beautiful!!

thebossbab

First let me say how esquisite your handwork is. I wish I would have known a hand quilter when I was a young girl. As it is, I'm just really starting this craft/skill in my 50's and pretty much learn as I go or online classes. I would love to learn what you do. I think hand crafts like this are very relaxing. I cross-stitch and I love it. My personal belief is that these skills aren't passed down to younger generations because we are in such a hurry to do things.

dove

your quilts are amazing...i would never be able to do that by hand....you are extremelt talented!

Chris Anders

I love your quilting it is very beautiful. I also hand quilt as that was what I was taught to do and it is very calming. I enjoy looking at the quilts that people put on here because it gives me so much inspiration. I also like to make up my own pattern and then admire what I did. pat myself on the back so to speak lol. Thank you for sharing. I was just wondering the other day if anyone still did hand quilting as I see so much machine quilting.

quilter1430

Unbelievably beautiful work! Wow!!! I'm so impressed!!!

starshine

When I learned to quilt it was hand quilting. I have only done a little machine quilting on a couple of doll quilts, but once I get some confidence with it I would use my dsm for quilts that might get a lot of wear, like every day lap or child's quilt. My daughter asked me to make her one and I'm working on it. I gave her the choice of how it would be quilted and she said hand quilted of course- so I will. I think there is room for both. I agree that in a quilt show hand quilting should be a separate category. I think its use and the receipiant could be part of the determining factor. If someone has little care if it is hand quilted, and would treat it like a store bought blanket than I would do the machine quilting as it goes faster. And I guess I would seriously consider if I would even make them one. But I would gladly hand quilt for someone who would appreciate and care for a hand quilted quilt. But with machine quilting I could get more of the ones I want to make done.

gmabcaa1

Your quilts are beautiful, but I know my kids and grandkids will just throw them in the washer and let the dogs get on them. So no, even if I knew how, I wouldn't do it.

kaysue4

Wow, you do amazing work. I have started my quilt all by hand and people at our county fair kept feeling between the top and the bottom to look at the stitches and can't believe that I did over 800+ squares by hand. This is my first quilt and now I just have to figure on how to tie the top to the bottom to keep it period correct for the 1860s.
I love the butterflies and the star and circle ones. How long does it take you to do a hand quilt?