How long does I take you?
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How long does I take you?
I am taking forever to hand quilt one 7'x7' "picnic quilt." It's the one my Mom is working on in my avatar. How long does it take you to complete a quilt? ... baby or bed size? Am I the only slowpoke?
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No you are absolutely not the only slow poke. I once kept track until the last border on a hand quilted lone star, 90" square. I had almost 300 hours into it when I finally quit keeping track. The quilt pictured here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t127559.html took me 4 years to complete. It measured approximately 78" square. On average every hand quilted quilt I made took me several years of on again off again quilting. One of the reasons I got a longarm is it took me so long to handquilt and I have too many quilts inside me that need to get made. If I handquilted all of them I'd only complete a few in my lifetime.
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#5
Totally depends on deadlines - if I believe I have to get something done I will get it done. That said, I had one hand-quilted queen size quilt take me 9 months, and another take me four years! I kept track of hours on only one hand-quilted quilt and it was over 300...which is why I machine-quilt now. I love the process of doing it by hand, but I just don't have the time!
If I am having fun while doing it, and not getting stressed out, then I am happy for it to take however long it takes.
Alison
If I am having fun while doing it, and not getting stressed out, then I am happy for it to take however long it takes.
Alison
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My slow hand quilting is one of the reasons I am practicing FMQing. I once had a full size quilt on a frame that rolled from the bottom. It took me so long to get to the top border that I forgot what was quilted on the bottom border. I only hand quilt baby quilts now on my Qsnap frame.
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