hand piecing as strong as machine piecing?
#12
So would you recommend using single thread or doubling it? I'm DYING to hand-piece something ever since I got Jinny Beyer's handquilting book. Been carrying the thing around with me everywhere, it's SUCH an awesome book!
#14
Originally Posted by Hinterland
It probably isn't as strong as machine piecing. However, I have a quilt on my bed with hand pieced blocks. It's now over 10 years old, and the stitching has held up just fine.
Janet
Janet
#16
I have some quilts my great grandmother made, all hand stitched and hand quilted and they're in great shape. I've laundered them carefully and have used a couple of them some. The back stitching is important and super little stitches.
#17
Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
So would you recommend using single thread or doubling it?
Janet
#19
I pieced a couple of quilts by hand. I think I used single strand on one, double on another. I back stitched every stitch. Still holding up.
For hand quilting I use a single strand.
I do mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. That said, you cannot beat hand work for portability.
For hand quilting I use a single strand.
I do mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. That said, you cannot beat hand work for portability.
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Well all I can answer to this is to go by my quiits. I have a quilt of my mothers,hand pieced and handquilted, made in the thirties or fourties,used on the beds,kids played with and on it. washed many times,only now wearing out. The earliest one I made and still have access to is one I made my DGD when she was less than a year old and she has used it constantly since then and is still using it.She is 20 this year.
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